# Starting the service

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [February 12, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730 "2015-02-12T23:54:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bernie\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bernie\_Hunt](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bernie_Hunt)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730/1 "2015-02-12T23:54:16Z")

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I have found two different ways to start the engine in the documentation.

1. cd /user/local/WowazaStreamingEngine/bin

./startup.sh

and

1. sudo service WowzaStreamingEngineManager start

What is the difference between these two?

Sorry for such a basic question, I’m new here.

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730/2 "2015-02-12T23:50:10Z")

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Hi.

1. Starts the Wowza Streaming Engine as a console application and will only stay running as long as you are logged in and running your current session.

2. Starts Wowza Streaming Engine as a service which will persist through logout/log in sessions, and may also allow Wowza Streaming Engine to

start automatically this way each time the Server is started / restarted.

Daren

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**Author:** ![Diogo\_Moraes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Diogo\_Moraes](https://community.wowza.com/u/Diogo_Moraes)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730/3 "2015-02-16T11:05:07Z")

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But won’t the second command open only the Manager?

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**Author:** ![Bernie\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bernie\_Hunt](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bernie_Hunt)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/starting-the-service/44730/4 "2015-02-16T09:14:11Z")

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thanks!