Which docker image to use for production installation (possibly kubernetes)?

cjcolvar
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:08:23 +0000
Wowza Streaming Engine

There are two docker images for the Wowza Streaming Engine: wowzamedia/wowza-streaming-engine-linux is recommended on “Set up Wowza Streaming Engine on the Docker container platform” and wowza/wowza-streaming-engine is recommended on “Trial Wowza Streaming Engine using a Docker Compose deployment” . It looks like wowzamedia/wowza-streaming-engine-linux has both WSE and the manager running in the same container where they have been split into two distinct containers in the other case. Focusing on just WSE, it appears that the container startup scripts are different between the two and make use of different environment variables. I have a custom module and I like how wowza/wowza-streaming-engine will copy in contents of a lib.addon directory so I can mount that directory instead of having to mount the whole lib directory. Is the only difference between the two images the startup scripts or is there any difference in the application code? Is it okay to use wowza/wowza-streaming-engine in a production environment? Which would be better suited for a kubernetes environment?

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