# Issue with Licensing Key and Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/issue-with-licensing-key-and-linux/92288 "2020-11-04T23:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michael\_bradley1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@michael\_bradley1](https://community.wowza.com/u/michael_bradley1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/issue-with-licensing-key-and-linux/92288/1 "2020-11-04T23:34:45Z")
So Ive installed the trail version of Wowza on my virtual machine. When I run the .startup.sh command it shows the the please enter your License Key prompt. What am I missing here? Ive already installed the software on my machine, I thought I was past the Licensing Key prompt. Whenever I input the key I was given it asks me to input a key. ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/issue-with-licensing-key-and-linux/92288/2 "2020-11-05T12:11:16Z")
Check if your license is in `/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/conf/Server.license`, if not, you can paste it there and then try to start Wowza again. To run Wowza as a Linux (systemd) service you can run `systemctl start WowzaStreamingEngine` ---
**Author:** ![michael\_bradley1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@michael\_bradley1](https://community.wowza.com/u/michael_bradley1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/issue-with-licensing-key-and-linux/92288/3 "2020-11-18T00:02:24Z")
Yeah somehow the license disappeared so after following these steps all worked well. Thank you