# Wowza SNMP Agent: Failed to Start

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-snmp-agent-failed-to-start/48509>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-snmp-agent-failed-to-start/48509 "2017-04-11T09:51:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kelechi\_Nwosu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kelechi\_Nwosu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kelechi_Nwosu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-snmp-agent-failed-to-start/48509/1 "2017-04-11T09:51:17Z")

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Good day,

I tried to setup the SNMP monitoring of wowza streaming engine following the guide: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-snmp-in-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-snmp-in-wowza-streaming-engine).

However I keep getting the error “SNMP Agent: Failed to start” in the logs after restarting the server.

I have not been able to get much help on the forum.

Any help I receive on this will be much appreciated.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Jermaine\_Hemby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jermaine\_Hemby](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jermaine_Hemby)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-snmp-agent-failed-to-start/48509/2 "2017-06-18T16:17:19Z")

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Hello

Thanks for contacting the Wowza Community

Did you see this note and confirm you meet these requirements?

```auto
Notes:

This article assumes that you've set up an SNMP-managed network and have functional knowledge of its use.  

SNMPv2c capability is supported in Wowza Streaming Engine™ 4.5.0 or later. It enables you to monitor status for different media server SNMP objects but not configure those objects.

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If so, we would need to take a look at your config and log files to determine the issue.

[Open Ticket Here](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)

Hope this helps.

regards,

Jermaine