Information needed to log into load balancer page

Wowza Streaming Engine
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I have set up load balancing for this: Dynamic load balancing for Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3 and later

And I place this similar information into a browser and a dialog appears: http://192.168.1.1:1935/loadbalanceinfo

I don’t know what to place into the dialog window. Where would I find this information?

Derrick

2

It should be just asking you to put in the Wowza Engine Manager username and password when you go to that link.

3

That’s what I was thinking too. I did put in my Wowza Streaming Engine Manager username and password yesterday before I sent the message but could not log in.

Is there another option to see the servers in the load balancer list?

Also, is there a way to disable the required log-in?

Thank you,
Derrick F.

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Is there an answer to this post?

Derrick F

5

Hi @Derrick_Freeman2

There is not a way to disable the authentication as it uses the Wowza Manager authentication option.
Can you submit a support ticket that way we can review your configuration and assist you further on the issue?

Typically there is just an issue with the username and password that is used to login.

Regards,
Alex Chepurnoy

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By default, Wowza Streaming Engine uses B-Crypt which will break Wowza Load Balancer HTTP calls ( *calls to the “serverinfo” endpoint will not work).

To get around this, navigate to Server.xml

Change this:

<!-- none, basic, digest, remotehttp, digestfile-->
<AuthenticationMethod> **bcrypt** </AuthenticationMethod>
<em><!-- cleartext, digest, bcrypt --></em>
<PasswordEncodingScheme> **digest** </PasswordEncodingScheme>

To this:

<!-- none, basic, digest, remotehttp, digestfile-->
<AuthenticationMethod> **digestfile** </AuthenticationMethod>
<em><!-- cleartext, digest, bcrypt --></em>
<PasswordEncodingScheme> **digest** </PasswordEncodingScheme>

Then, add this property to the end of the Server.xml Properties container with the other Load Balancer properties:

<Property>
<Name>loadBalanceUseEncryptedAdminPassword</Name>
<Value>true</Value>
<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>

Finally, save and restart the WSE service for the changes to take effect.