# wowza streaming engine manager is not opening - bad request

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager-is-not-opening-bad-request/49261>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager-is-not-opening-bad-request/49261 "2017-07-24T09:47:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pawan\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pawan\_Kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pawan_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager-is-not-opening-bad-request/49261/1 "2017-07-24T09:47:50Z")

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When i want to start wowza streaming engine manager page says

## Bad Request - Invalid Hostname

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HTTP Error 400. The request hostname is invalid.

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**Author:** ![Pawan\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pawan\_Kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pawan_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager-is-not-opening-bad-request/49261/2 "2017-07-24T10:18:09Z")

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found the problem “engine manager is auto stopping”

but dont knows the solution for this.

when i start engine manager from services it stops after 2-3 seconds.