# wowza automatic restart

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-automatic-restart/42396
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-automatic-restart/42396 "2015-02-24T00:06:57Z")
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### Author: ![Emile\_Nasrallah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Emile\_Nasrallah](https://community.wowza.com/u/Emile_Nasrallah)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-automatic-restart/42396/1 "2015-02-24T00:06:57Z")

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plz how i can auto restart the wowza server daily or every 12hrs

thanks

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### Author: ![Michelle\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/michelle_b/32/394_2.png) [@Michelle\_B](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michelle_B)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-automatic-restart/42396/2 "2015-02-23T16:46:29Z")

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Hi emile\_k,

The easiest way to handle this would be a shell script or batch command file that runs on a schedule. You can use crontab if you are using Linux/OSX for your scheduler, and Task Scheduler if you are using Windows. In your shell script/batch command file, you would just need to invoke the commands to [restart the Wowza service](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-start-and-stop-wowza-streaming-engine-software).

The contents of your shell script/batch file would depend on whether you are running in service mode or standalone mode, and in what operating system you use. Can you give us this information, and I can reply with the shell script/batch file?

Michelle