# Wowza AWS EC2 AMI Instance

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064 "2020-10-05T19:48:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![James\_Ketner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@James\_Ketner](https://community.wowza.com/u/James_Ketner)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064/1 "2020-10-05T19:48:50Z")

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Can some one explain how I am to copy my JKS into the server. I have followed the directions but the directories don’t exist. How do I find my install directory? **[_install-dir_]/conf**

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hatchett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hatchett/32/391_2.png) [@Jason\_Hatchett](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hatchett)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064/2 "2020-10-05T22:13:42Z")

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Hello James,

In your EC2 instance, if it is Linux based, this directory will be under:  
/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/conf  
if it is Windows Based it will be under:  
C: Program Files (x86)/Wowza Media Systems/Wowza Streaming Engine

the use of [install-dir] is to represent the Installation directory.

I do hope this helps

Sincerely,

Jason Hatchett

Solutions Engineer / Program Manager

Wowza Media Systems

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**Author:** ![James\_Ketner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@James\_Ketner](https://community.wowza.com/u/James_Ketner)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064/3 "2020-10-05T22:29:50Z")

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Thank you so much Jason. Is it better to connect via SSH than the AMI connection?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Johnny\_W](https://community.wowza.com/u/Johnny_W)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064/5 "2020-10-06T20:28:05Z")

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This information is also documented in [Understanding Wowza Streaming Engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/understanding-wowza-streaming-engine#install-directory). There’s a lot of helpful contextual information in that article.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hatchett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hatchett/32/391_2.png) [@Jason\_Hatchett](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hatchett)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-ami-instance/92064/6 "2020-10-14T18:00:59Z")

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Hello James,

How you connect is more up to personal preference.

Jason Hatchett

Solutions Engineer / Program Manager

Wowza Media Systems