# "/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/WowzaStreamingEngine" commands not working

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/usr-local-wowzastreamingengine-bin-wowzastreamingengine-commands-not-working/52576
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [December 30, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/usr-local-wowzastreamingengine-bin-wowzastreamingengine-commands-not-working/52576 "2018-12-30T10:49:59Z")
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### Author: ![ada\_mare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@ada\_mare](https://community.wowza.com/u/ada_mare)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/usr-local-wowzastreamingengine-bin-wowzastreamingengine-commands-not-working/52576/1 "2018-12-30T10:49:59Z")

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Hi, i didn’t find any solution anywhere so let me ask you. When I trying to start/stop/restart wowza through

/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/WowzaStreamingEngine start

/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/WowzaStreamingEngine stop

/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/WowzaStreamingEngine restart

nothing happen

When I trying to check status via

/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/WowzaStreamingEngine status

I always got “stopped” status, although server/service is working well

Does anyone know solution of this?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/usr-local-wowzastreamingengine-bin-wowzastreamingengine-commands-not-working/52576/2 "2019-01-04T02:30:57Z")

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Wowza Streaming Engine runs as a service. We have documentation on how to stop and start Wowza Streaming Engine at the article below. As you appear to be running on Linux I have linked directly to that portion of the article.  
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software#startServLin](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software#startServLin)

Below is how to stop and start Wowza Streaming Engine Manager.  
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software#startManServLin](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software#startManServLin)