# Monitor Wowza/JVM metrics with prometheus **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Tags:** server-administration\ **Created:** [May 5, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265 "2021-05-05T14:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Haridas\_Terhanian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/haridas_terhanian/32/762_2.png) [@Haridas\_Terhanian](https://community.wowza.com/u/Haridas_Terhanian)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/1 "2021-05-05T14:55:34Z")
I spent a few hours figuring out how to monitor Wowza with prometheus. Sharing it here for others ### 1. Get the compiled jmx\_prometheus javaagent and create the config.yaml for it ```auto mkdir /opt/jmx_prometheus cd /opt/jmx_prometheus https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/prometheus/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent/0.15.0/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.15.0.jar echo '--- startDelaySeconds: 0 ssl: false lowercaseOutputName: false lowercaseOutputLabelNames: false' > /opt/jmx_prometheus/config.yaml ``` ### 2. Add javaagent to Wowza Tune.xml and restart Add it to the VMOptions section ```auto -javaagent:/opt/jmx_prometheus/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.15.0.jar=8081:/opt/jmx_prometheus/config.yaml ``` ### 3. Restart wowza ```auto systemctl restart Wowza* ``` ### 4. Check your metrics ```auto curl http://localhost:8081/metrics ``` That’s it! Look at the jmx\_exporter repo for instructions on how to limit what metrics are shown to reduce load on Wowza server. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Deely](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/chris_deely/32/977_2.png) [@Chris\_Deely](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Deely)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/2 "2021-11-23T01:38:28Z")
Thanks, this was very helpful! On the second line, I think you forgot to add `wget` or a similar `curl` command to download the `jar` file: ```auto wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/prometheus/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent/0.15.0/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.15.0.jar ``` I’m curious if you have any Prometheus queries that you have found useful for monitoring Wowza? I am just getting started with Prometheus & Grafana, so open to any suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Connessione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Connessione](https://community.wowza.com/u/Connessione)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/3 "2021-11-25T01:23:07Z")
I am curious to a different question here. Why is Prometheus/Grafana more useful than wse manager here? What additional metrics are you I measuring? ---
**Author:** ![Haridas\_Terhanian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/haridas_terhanian/32/762_2.png) [@Haridas\_Terhanian](https://community.wowza.com/u/Haridas_Terhanian)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/4 "2021-11-25T17:32:19Z")
I can’t edit my post to add wget but at least someone can read yours. The agent exposes metrics starting with these names > java\_lang\_\* > jvm\_\* > WowzaStreamingEngine\_\* I started with this dashboard: [JVM metrics | Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/14359) that already monitors jvm metrics. Then I created a single graph for all the WowzaStreamingEngine\_Connections\*\_current metrics. In my implementation, Wowza does not release memory properly and has to be restarted on a schedule to maintain good performance. I wanted to get a better idea of what was going on internally so I’m mainly looking at connection counts and the different jvm memory pools. ![Screenshot from 2021-11-25 09.25.32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/wowza1/original/1X/b5d7c6c22c38b8526fe6e95385f6c68649f1c8b6.png) ---
**Author:** ![Haridas\_Terhanian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/haridas_terhanian/32/762_2.png) [@Haridas\_Terhanian](https://community.wowza.com/u/Haridas_Terhanian)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/5 "2021-11-25T17:41:54Z")
I use Grafana already so I find it more convenient when I can look at all metrics in one place. When I was investigating Wowza memory usage, after reading articles like these: [https://spring.io/blog/2019/03/11/memory-footprint-of-the-jvm](https://spring.io/blog/2019/03/11/memory-footprint-of-the-jvm) , I thought it would be useful to monitor the JVM internals which WSE does not provide. ---
**Author:** ![Connessione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Connessione](https://community.wowza.com/u/Connessione)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/6 "2021-11-26T14:40:09Z")
Ah I see jvm stats ofcourse ! ---
**Author:** ![Pham\_Huy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@Pham\_Huy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pham_Huy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/7 "2022-11-14T02:20:44Z")
do you can share dashboard the WowzaStreamingEngine by file json ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/8 "2022-11-14T17:43:46Z")
Hello do you mean share the dashboard and stream data with a team member but without full admin access? ---
**Author:** ![Pham\_Huy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@Pham\_Huy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pham_Huy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/9 "2022-11-15T04:31:21Z")
how to monitor wowza with prometheus and grafana ---
**Author:** ![william.cornejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@william.cornejo](https://community.wowza.com/u/william.cornejo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitor-wowza-jvm-metrics-with-prometheus/93265/12 "2025-11-13T16:48:15Z")
Whenever Wowza or its pod is restarted, the metrics are lost and only new data is available to WSE Manager, The good thing about monitoring Wowza with Prometheus/Grafana is that it enables us to store them for long term analysis.