# Where is the administrator dashboard?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-the-administrator-dashboard/46760>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [March 20, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-the-administrator-dashboard/46760 "2016-03-20T21:18:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hao\_Zhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hao\_Zhou](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hao_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-the-administrator-dashboard/46760/1 "2016-03-20T21:18:07Z")

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I installed 4.4.1 and run in my Mac. It’s working. It shows port 8087,8086,8083,1935 are binded. I can’t access port 8088. Where should I access the admin dashboard. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Hao\_Zhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hao\_Zhou](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hao_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-the-administrator-dashboard/46760/2 "2016-03-20T22:04:47Z")

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> I installed 4.4.1 and run in my Mac. It’s working. It shows port 8087,8086,8083,1935 are binded. I can’t access port 8088. Where should I access the admin dashboard. Thanks.

Need to start engine manager separately.

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**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 21, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-the-administrator-dashboard/46760/3 "2016-03-21T06:05:00Z")

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Hello there and welcome to the Wowza support forum. It sounds like you answered your own question, but in case someone else is looking for the solution:

Wowza Streaming Engine Manager (WSEM) operates in parallel with Wowza Streaming Engine (WSE). Please refer to these instructions for specifics on:

[- How to start/stop WSE](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-install-and-configure-wowza-streaming-engine#startServer)

- How to start/stop WSE Manager

1. Using the instructions from the QuickStart Guide, try manually starting Wowza as a service.

2. Confirm that Wowza Streaming Engine is running by testing this URL, in a web browser, which should return some version information:

http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935

1. Start Wowza Streaming Engine Manager

2. Access Wowza Stream Manager using this URL and attempt to login:

http://[wowza-ip-address]:8088

Regards,

Salvadore