There are two docker images for the Wowza Streaming Engine: wowzamedia/wowza-streaming-engine-linux is recommended on “Set up Wowza Streaming Engine on the Docker container platform” and wowza/wowza-streaming-engine is recommended on “Trial Wowza Streaming Engine using a Docker Compose deployment” . It looks like wowzamedia/wowza-streaming-engine-linux has both WSE and the manager running in the same container where they have been split into two distinct containers in the other case. Focusing on just WSE, it appears that the container startup scripts are different between the two and make use of different environment variables. I have a custom module and I like how wowza/wowza-streaming-engine will copy in contents of a lib.addon directory so I can mount that directory instead of having to mount the whole lib directory. Is the only difference between the two images the startup scripts or is there any difference in the application code? Is it okay to use wowza/wowza-streaming-engine in a production environment? Which would be better suited for a kubernetes environment?
For most production or single-container setups, we recommend using wowzamedia/wowza-streaming-engine-linux. It runs both the Wowza Streaming Engine and the Manager in the same container, making it easier to manage and deploy — ideal for standard use cases.
The wowza/wowza-streaming-engine image is more suited for trial, Docker Compose, or Kubernetes environments. It separates the Engine and Manager into different containers, offering more modularity but requiring additional configuration.
As for using wowza/wowza-streaming-engine in production , it’s technically possible, but just keep in mind that it’s not the image we actively recommend or test for production scenarios — that would be the -linux one.
For Kubernetes , though, the separate-container approach of wowza/wowza-streaming-engine can be more flexible if you’re trying to follow microservice-style patterns — but you might need to tweak the Dockerfiles or compose setup a bit to make it more production-ready.