Upgrading Wowza on Amazon AMI instance

Wowza Streaming Engine
1

Hello!

I’m curious if it is possible to upgrade an existing AMI instance to the latest Wowza version and what are the steps?

Thanks

-awax256

2

Yes, you can do it following these steps in an SSH client, starting with logging in as ec2-user:

>ec2-user
>sudo su -
root>cd /home/wowza/updates
root>mkdir WowzaStreamingEngine-Update-4.0.3
root>cd WowzaStreamingEngine-Update-4.0.3
root>wget https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-0-3/WowzaStreamingEngine-Update-4.0.3.zip
root>unzip https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-0-3/WowzaStreamingEngine-Update-4.0.3.zip
root>service WowzaStreamingEngine stop
root>service WowzaStreamingEngineManager stop
root>cd linux
root>chmod +x update.sh
root>./update.sh
root>service WowzaStreamingEngine start
root>service WowzaStreamingEngineManager start

Of course you would adjust the file name and update folder (following this upgrade guide) name if/as necessary, but the above is the right file name at this writing for the upgrade patch on the Production Build page

Richard

3

Follow up question … same method works for Wowza 4.1, yes?

Also, will it affect the server monitoring history available through the dashboard?

Thank you