# Startup package: Restart Wowza

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/startup-package-restart-wowza/48872>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 29, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/startup-package-restart-wowza/48872 "2017-05-29T15:08:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jay\_Hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@Jay\_Hughes](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jay_Hughes)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/startup-package-restart-wowza/48872/1 "2017-05-29T15:08:34Z")

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We have a simple startup package that downloads the s3 plugin for Wowza and runs the default tuning script before exiting. Wowza is running, but it’s very choppy. If I restart Wowza, the stream is fine and runs very smooth.

So all I’d like to do is restart Wowza as the last thing in a startup package. I added a startup.sh in a /scripts directory in the startup package that includes “service WowzaStreamingEngine restart” (also included a version that has “sudo su” in the line before that).

On both, when I check on Wowza, it’s stopped. I have to login and restart manually, which is problematic for our automation.

Is there a way I restart Wowza via startup package reliably?

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**Author:** ![Jermaine\_Hemby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jermaine\_Hemby](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jermaine_Hemby)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/startup-package-restart-wowza/48872/2 "2017-07-23T16:26:59Z")

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Hello

Thanks for contacting the Wowza Community

Can you confirm you are using the proper command:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software)

regards,

Jermaine