# question **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [March 22, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984 "2015-03-22T17:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kenny\_esteves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecccb3/32.png) [@Kenny\_esteves](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_esteves)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/1 "2015-03-22T17:19:48Z")
hi im new here and i have a question is possible with the software wowza to transcode rtmp to hls? ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/mac_hill/32/434_2.png) [@Mac\_Hill](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mac_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/2 "2015-03-22T22:34:59Z")
Hello, Welcome to the Wowza Support Forums! To be clear, Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Streaming Cloud can transcode a rtmp stream to a hls protocol. I am providing you with a couple of articles to give you more information about this. [Wowza Streaming Engine Specifications](https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine/specifications) [How to set up live streaming using an RTMP-based encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder) Thanks again for participating in the Wowza Support Forums. Regards, Mac ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/3 "2015-04-02T13:57:06Z")
Hi, No, the edge server will have to be configured to use the “Origin URL” which will be the IP address of the Origin server and application name. For example: wowz://[Origin-IP]:1935/OriginApp The Origin will have a stream published to it from and encoder or it will pull the live source from a IP camera or other location. Please see the article on [How to configure a live stream repeater](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-a-live-stream-repeater) for more details on Origin/Edge setup. Regards, Jason ---
**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/4 "2015-03-26T08:55:20Z")
Hello, Yes, you should be able to do it via PuTTY. An upgrade from a Wowza 3 to a Wowza 4 server requires a full installation of the Wowza Streaming Engine Software. Basically what you need to do is to remove the old Wowza installation. Make sure you backup all your Wowza files (located in _/usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/_) prior to removing the old installation. First, you will need to check which RPM is installed on your machine, by running the following Linux command: ```auto rpm -qa Wowza* ``` This will return the Wowza package name that is installed on your server. It should be something like this: **WowzaMediaServer-3.x.x-ga.noarch** To remove this package, you will need to run this command: ```auto rpm -e [package name] ``` You will need to go the the [Wowza downloads](https://www.wowza.com/pricing/installer) page and get the download URL for the Linux RPM package. Currently, the available download link is the following: ```auto https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-1-2/WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin ``` In your PuTTY console, in order to download this package, you can use the **wget** command, like this: ```auto wget https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-1-2/WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin ``` This will download the installer package on your remote server. After the download is completed, you will need to add executable privileges to the .bin file by using this command: ```auto chmod +x WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin ``` Now, to start the installation, just run this command and follow the instructions from the installer console: ```auto ./WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin ``` Let us know if you get into troubles installing the new Wowza Streaming Engine. Here are some useful [Wowza Streaming Engine Quick Start guides](https://www.wowza.com/docs/quick-start-guides) and [Tutorials](https://www.wowza.com/docs/tutorials) that will help you get started using Wowza 4. Zoran ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/5 "2015-03-27T05:00:26Z")
Carlos, please try to refrain from posting the same question multiple times. Here is your [other post with a response](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/34546). Thank you, Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![Michelle\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/michelle_b/32/394_2.png) [@Michelle\_B](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michelle_B)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/6 "2015-03-25T15:38:04Z")
Hi CarlosC, We do recommend when running a load-balanced system that you have all servers on the same version. Please do make sure that you follow our [guidelines](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-upgrade-wowza-media-server-software-to-wowza-streaming-engine)when upgrading to the latest version, and that you thoroughly test the system, particularly if you have custom modules installed. To take advantage of new features, we also recommend upgrading to the latest available production build. Michelle ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/7 "2015-03-25T11:40:46Z")
Hello, I currently have 3 devices that are offsite, one is the Origin Server with 2 Edge Servers as load balancers. All 3 devices seem to be running on different versions, It is my understanding that we need to upgrade to Wowza streaming Engine by sometime in September? I really could use some feedback… Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/8 "2015-03-25T14:54:20Z")
Any feed back? ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/9 "2015-03-25T19:20:22Z")
Hello michelle\_b, Thank for your response, I’m fairly new to Wowza world but is fascinating and would love to to get to know more about it. I’m still confused though, today i found out that one of the 2 edge servers is got 4.x version and we are able to access via the web. The other Edge server is on 3.x version and the goal is to get them all on the same version but how can i do this if the servers are offsite? It seems that all we can do is access the servers via putty, is it possible to upgrade to the latest version via putty? Carlos, ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/10 "2015-03-26T08:14:37Z")
Okay so when I ran the following command: “[https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-1-2/WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin](https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-1-2/WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin)” i get a “No such file of directory” return… ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/11 "2015-03-26T09:03:50Z")
Hello, After installing the 4.xx wowza version, it tells me to go ahead and access it, but it wont let me. The attached output is what i got, I’m i doing something wrong? "To access Wowza Streaming Engine Manager, go to [http://localhost:8088/enginemanager](http://localhost:8088/enginemanager) in a web browser" [root@IP addresss local]# ls bin games lib libexec psa sbin src WowzaMediaServer-3.6.4 WowzaStreamingEngine- 4.1.2 WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.rpm.bin etc include lib64 platform sb share WowzaMediaServer WowzaStreamingEngine WowzaStreamingEngine-4.1.2.noarch.rpm [root@xxx-xx-xxx-xx local]# Carlos, ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/12 "2015-04-02T05:04:02Z")
Will do, Another question/issue i have is that i have finally upgraded all my Origin and Edge servers to the newest version. When configuring the servers do i have to insert the actual IP address of the encoder as a URL source in any of my servers? Carlos, ---
**Author:** ![carlos\_Castillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@carlos\_Castillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/carlos_Castillo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question/44984/13 "2015-04-02T10:40:38Z")
Thanks Jason, I’m having all kinds of problem, can you tell me what the output below means? Flushing firewall rules: [OK] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter mangle nat [OK] Unloading iptables modules: [FAILED] Applying iptables firewall rules: [OK] [root@216-55-139-15 WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.3]# vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables [root@216-55-139-15 WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.3]# service iptables restart Flushing firewall rules: [OK] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter mangle nat [OK] Unloading iptables modules: [FAILED] Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore: line 1 failed [FAILED] [root@216-55-139-15 WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.3]# Carlos,