# Wowza Streaming Engine 4.2 and ubuntu 15.04 with Systemd **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Tags:** server-administration\ **Created:** [September 20, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017 "2015-09-20T13:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Perez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@Richard\_Perez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Perez)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/1 "2015-09-20T13:28:23Z")
Hi everybody, I’m currently using Wowza with ubuntu 15.04 wich use the new service startup system (systemd) and i can’t have wowza to start automaticaly. I have seen this post ([Ubuntu 15.04 install: Service fails to start with vague error message](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/45372)) and the workaround but i would like to know if Wowza is planning to support systemd? alternatively is there a way to configure systemd to start wowza? Best regards Richard ---
**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/2 "2015-09-21T23:36:01Z")
Hi, We are planning to support systemd, but there is not timeframe for availability. Best regards, Daren ---
**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/3 "2015-09-23T07:37:43Z")
Hi There are some workarounds. 1/ you can manually start Wowza by running the following as root # /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngine start # /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngineManager start 2/ Alternatively, you can reinstall the missing upstart functionality # apt-get install upstart-sysv The second option would ensure that Wowza is restarted on machine reboots. 1. A third option would be to try implementing the systemd service. This [forum thread/post](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36886) seems to have something that was reported as working. Daren ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Perez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@Richard\_Perez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Perez)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/4 "2015-09-22T09:37:33Z")
> Hi, > > We are planning to support systemd, but there is not timeframe for availability. > > Best regards, > > Daren Thank you for your answer, Is there any temporary workaround available? I tried to build a custom .service file but without success. Best regards Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Perez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@Richard\_Perez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Perez)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/5 "2015-09-23T09:51:38Z")
> Hi > > There are some workarounds. > > 1/ you can manually start Wowza by running the following as root > > # /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngine start > > # /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngineManager start > > 2/ Alternatively, you can reinstall the missing upstart functionality > > # apt-get install upstart-sysv > > The second option would ensure that Wowza is restarted on machine reboots. > > 1. A third option would be to try implementing the systemd service. This [forum thread/post](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36886) seems to have something that was reported as working. > > Daren 1. Is the solution i currently use… but it is not very safe in production situation. 2. I tried this but the rollback to upstart give me some weirf behavior of my web server… 3. I just tried this solution and i receive the following error message when trying to activate the service : ```auto administrateur@zircone:/etc/init.d$ sudo systemctl enable WowzaStreamingEngine.service Synchronizing state for WowzaStreamingEngine.service with sysvinit using update-rc.d... Executing /usr/sbin/update-rc.d WowzaStreamingEngine defaults insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 1 6) of script `WowzaStreamingEngine' overrides LSB defaults (0 1 6 S). Executing /usr/sbin/update-rc.d WowzaStreamingEngine enable update-rc.d: error: WowzaStreamingEngine Default-Start contains no runlevels, aborting. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Perez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@Richard\_Perez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Perez)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/6 "2015-09-23T13:19:43Z")
It’s ok it works. I just forgot : ```auto removed symlink /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngine removed symlink /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngineManager ``` Best regards Richard ---
**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:** [September 29, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-2-and-ubuntu-15-04-with-systemd/40017/7 "2015-09-29T07:48:52Z")
Thanks for the update and glad you got this sorted. Salvadore