Wowza StreamingEngine 4.x Installation

Textual installation:
I will be very straight forward about the installation. I assume you already have a fresh installed clean ubuntu server. If you don’t run on root, use sudo as prefix on the commands given in this tutorial

To make sure you will get through this installation first get a developer license first. You need it during the installation of wowza. You can get as many and as often one. The license is valid for 180 days and you can use it for 1 upload stream and 10 viewers. For developing purposes this should be enough. When the 180 days are over, just replace it with a new one;).
https://www.wowza.com/media-server/developers/license

Always check for the latest JDK: You might have to update the url of the java download
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

1. Make sure your ubuntu server is up to date. Run the 2 commands.
   
   1 2	apt-get update apt-get upgrade

   
   2. Wowza is depending on Java, so we have to install it manually (update april 17, 2018)
   
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   cd /tmp #run command below on a single line wget http://vanmarion.nl/software/java/jdk-8u172-linux-x64.tar.gz

   
   3. Extract the package
   
   1	tar -xzvf jdk-8u172-linux-x64.tar.gz

   
   4. remove old installer (if you have run into issues when installing Java)
   
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   cd /tmp   rm -R /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle mv jdk1.8.0_172/* /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle chown -R root:root /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

   
    5. Set the java as default
   
   1 2	sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1091 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin/javac 1091

   
   6. Go to /etc/profile.d/ and create a file and add the contents to it
   
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   vi /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh   # add these lines to it, and save the file export J2SDKDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle export J2REDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/db/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle export DERBY_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/db

   
   7. Run the file you just created
   
   1	source /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh

   
   8. So now when you check you should see the java version
   
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   java -version   # result java version "1.8.0_172" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_172-b11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.172-b11, mixed mode)

   
   The java installation is now done. The upgrade process for the version to show in Wowza hasn’t changed. 
2. Download the latest version (in this case 4.7.3) you can replace it with the latest version (which you can find here: https://www.wowza.com/pricing/installer)
   
   1	wget https://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaStreamingEngine-4-7-5/WowzaStreamingEngine-4.7.5-linux-x64-installer.run

   
   Make the file executable:
   
   1	chmod +x WowzaStreamingEngine-4.7.5-linux-x64-installer.run

   
   Time to run the file and start the actual installation:
   
   1	./WowzaStreamingEngine-4.7.5-linux-x64-installer.run

   
   5. Some questions will be asked. they all can be answered with Enter or yes.
   
   1 2	press several times on ENTER to confirm the agreement Do you accept this agreement? [y/n]: Y

   
   Get your license key on standby. You need it here:
   
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   Time to fill in the license key (check your email for the developer license, or fill in the actual license you have purchased from wowza) Enter License Key Please enter your Wowza Streaming Engine License Key.             Format: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX[-XXXXXXXXXXXX]   License Key: []:

   
   After this you have to create a username and password to your choice (words in capitals you should fill in yourself.
   
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   Fill in a admin user (fill in what you want) Enter a user name and password that will be used to manage Wowza Streaming Engine. User Name: []: YOUR_DESIRED_USERNAME Password: : YOUR_DESIRED_PASSWORD Confirm Password: : YOUR_DESIRED_PASSWORD_AGAIN

   
   Do you want to start wowza automaticly after a reboot?
   
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   Note: User Name and Password are case-sensitive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Startup Configuration   Start Wowza Streaming Engine automatically [Y/n]: Y

   
   Setup is ready. Continue to install wowza with the settings you gave in above questions. Not sure? (type N to start from step 4 again).
   
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   Setup is now ready to begin installing Wowza Streaming Engine on your computer.   Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: Y

   
   Time to get some coffee (it will take about a minute or 2)
   
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   Please wait while Setup installs Wowza Streaming Engine on your computer.   Installing 0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100% #########################################

   
   After this the setup is done
   
   1	Setup has finished installing Wowza Streaming Engine on your computer.

   
   You can now access your wowza streamingEngine Manager in your browser by typing your ipadress instead of the YOUR_SERVER_IP in the example below.
   
   1	browser: http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8088/enginemanager/

   
   Update sept 4, 2017:
   Go on the commandline again an check the java version:
   
   1	java -version

   
   It will show something like this:
   
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   java version "1.8.0_172" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_172-b11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.172-b11, mixed mode)

   
   When you go into the Enginemanager and to server > About
   You will most likely see a different (older) version. In my case it was: 1.8.0_144
   So Wowza is not using my latest java version on the server. Here is a fix for that:
   Go on the commandline again:
   1 2	rm -rf /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/java ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/ /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/java

   This will remove the current java version and create a symlink to the latest version. After this restart the streamingengine and enginemanager. 
   1 2	service WowzaStreamingEngine restart service WowzaStreamingEngineManager restart

   Now login again in the Enginemanager and check the java version again. It should give you the same version as you have on the