{"id":593,"date":"2026-07-07T05:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/wowza-rest-api-automate-stream-management-vps\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:39:19","slug":"wowza-rest-api-automate-stream-management-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/wowza-rest-api-automate-stream-management-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Wowza Streaming Engine REST API: How to Automate Application, Stream &#038; Server Management on a VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"TechArticle\",\"headline\":\"Wowza Streaming Engine REST API: How to Automate Application, Stream \\u0026 Server Management on a VPS\",\"description\":\"Automate Wowza Streaming Engine on your VPS with its built-in REST API: create apps, restart streams, and pull live viewer stats. 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A GET request to ...\/applications\/{appName}\/monitoring\/current returns a connectionCount object broken out by protocol (RTMP, CUPERTINO\/HLS, MPEGDASH, SMOOTH, RTP, and more), which you can poll on an interval to build your own live dashboard.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Is it safe to expose Wowza's REST API port 8087 to the public internet?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No. Wowza's own guidance is to keep authentication enabled (digest with SHA-256, not basic) and to restrict access at the firewall to trusted IPs or an SSH tunnel\/VPN, since basic authentication only encodes credentials rather than encrypting them unless paired with HTTPS.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Do I have to write raw curl commands, or is there a library for the Wowza REST API?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Wowza publishes an official open-source PHP client (wse-rest-library-php on GitHub) that wraps the raw HTTP calls, and the API's JSON responses are straightforward enough to consume from Python, Node, or any language with an HTTP client and no library at all.\"}}]}]}\n<\/script>\n\n<p><strong>Last updated: July 7, 2026 | Author: StreamingVPS.com Engineering Team (reviewed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wowza Streaming Engine REST API is a built-in HTTP interface, listening on port 8087, that exposes every configuration and monitoring action available in the Wowza Manager UI as a scriptable <code>GET<\/code>\/<code>PUT<\/code>\/<code>POST<\/code>\/<code>DELETE<\/code> call. In practice that means you can create a new live application, restart it, or pull real-time viewer counts with a single curl command instead of clicking through a browser dashboard. It&#8217;s enabled on every fresh Wowza install with HTTP Basic authentication turned on by default \u2014 which is exactly the setting most operators need to change before going to production.<\/p>\n<p>We manage Wowza on hundreds of pre-installed VPS instances at StreamingVPS.com, and the REST API is the single biggest lever for anyone running more than a handful of live applications: autoscaling scripts, uptime dashboards, and CI\/CD-style config deployment all hook into it instead of a person clicking buttons at 2 a.m.<\/p>\\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The REST API lives at <code>http:\/\/[your-server]:8087\/v2\/[path-to-resource]<\/code> and mirrors nearly every action available in the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager UI.<\/li>\n<li>Authentication is controlled by the <code>&lt;RESTInterface&gt;<\/code> block in <code>Server.xml<\/code> and supports <code>none<\/code>, <code>basic<\/code>, <code>digest<\/code>, <code>digestfile<\/code>, or <code>remotehttp<\/code> \u2014 the factory default is <code>basic<\/code>, which Wowza itself says isn&#8217;t secure without HTTPS.<\/li>\n<li>Core automation building blocks: <code>POST<\/code> to <code>...\/applications\/{appName}<\/code> creates an app, <code>PUT ...\/actions\/restart<\/code> restarts it, and <code>GET ...\/monitoring\/current<\/code> returns live per-protocol connection counts.<\/li>\n<li>Port 8087 should never be open to the public internet \u2014 restrict it to localhost, a VPN, or an SSH tunnel, and switch authentication to <code>digest<\/code> with SHA-256 before any production use.<\/li>\n<li>An official free PHP client (<code>wse-rest-library-php<\/code>) exists if you&#8217;d rather not hand-roll curl and JSON parsing yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Is the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API, Exactly?<\/h2>\n<p>Every Wowza Streaming Engine server exposes a versioned REST API under <code>\/v2\/<\/code>. Resource paths follow a predictable pattern built from placeholders:<\/p>\n<pre><code>http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/{serverName}\/vhosts\/{vhostName}\/applications\/{appName}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><code>{serverName}<\/code> defaults to <code>_defaultServer_<\/code> and <code>{vhostName}<\/code> defaults to <code>_defaultVHost_<\/code> on a standard install, so a real request against an application named <code>live<\/code> looks like:<\/p>\n<pre><code>http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/_defaultServer_\/vhosts\/_defaultVHost_\/applications\/live<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The API supports both JSON and XML payloads (set via the <code>Accept<\/code> and <code>Content-Type<\/code> headers), and covers far more than applications \u2014 dedicated resource groups exist for server licenses, virtual hosts, MediaCache, the transcoder, stream targets (push-publishing\/restreaming destinations), server users, and webhooks. If you&#8217;ve configured any of those through the Wowza Manager UI, there&#8217;s a matching API path for it.<\/p>\n<p>This is distinct from Wowza&#8217;s stream-start\/stop <em>webhooks<\/em> (event notifications pushed out to your app when a stream begins or ends) \u2014 the REST API is the pull\/command side: you&#8217;re asking Wowza questions or telling it to do something, rather than Wowza telling you something happened.<\/p>\\n<h2>How Do You Authenticate REST API Requests?<\/h2>\n<p>Wowza&#8217;s <code>Server.xml<\/code> config file (in <code>[install-dir]\/conf\/<\/code>) contains a <code>&lt;RESTInterface&gt;<\/code> block with an <code>&lt;AuthenticationMethod&gt;<\/code> property that accepts five values: <code>none<\/code>, <code>basic<\/code>, <code>digest<\/code>, <code>digestfile<\/code>, or <code>remotehttp<\/code>. A fresh install ships with <code>basic<\/code> enabled.<\/p>\n<p>Basic authentication Base64-encodes the username and password in each request \u2014 encoded, not encrypted \u2014 so Wowza&#8217;s own documentation flags it as unsafe unless paired with HTTPS. For anything beyond a local dev sandbox, switch to digest authentication with SHA-256 password hashing (Wowza explicitly recommends SHA-256 over MD5 given known MD5 weaknesses). A digest-authenticated curl request looks like:<\/p>\n<pre><code>curl -X GET \\\n  --digest -u \"apiuser:apipassword\" \\\n  -H 'Accept:application\/json; charset=utf-8' \\\n  \"http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/_defaultServer_\/vhosts\/_defaultVHost_\/applications\/live\/monitoring\/current\"<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>On the streaming VPS instances we manage, we additionally bind the REST listener to localhost or a private VLAN and reach it over an SSH tunnel for anything scripted from outside the box \u2014 belt-and-suspenders on top of digest auth, since a misconfigured firewall rule is a one-line mistake away from exposing a management interface to the internet.<\/p>\n<h2>How Do You Create and Restart an Application via the API?<\/h2>\n<p>Creating a new live application is a single <code>POST<\/code> with a JSON body describing the app:<\/p>\n<pre><code>curl -X POST \\\n  --digest -u \"apiuser:apipassword\" \\\n  -H 'Content-Type:application\/json; charset=utf-8' \\\n  -d '{\"name\":\"live2\",\"appType\":\"Live\",\"description\":\"Auto-provisioned by deploy script\"}' \\\n  \"http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/_defaultServer_\/vhosts\/_defaultVHost_\/applications\"<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>A successful call returns <code>{\"success\": true, \"message\": \"Application (live2) created successfully.\"}<\/code>. Restarting an existing application \u2014 useful after you&#8217;ve pushed a config change and don&#8217;t want to bounce the whole Wowza process \u2014 is a <code>PUT<\/code> against an <code>\/actions\/<\/code> sub-path:<\/p>\n<pre><code>curl -X PUT \\\n  --digest -u \"apiuser:apipassword\" \\\n  -H 'Accept:application\/json; charset=utf-8' \\\n  \"http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/_defaultServer_\/vhosts\/_defaultVHost_\/applications\/live2\/actions\/restart\"<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This is the pattern we lean on for tenant-provisioning scripts: a signup event on the customer-facing side triggers a <code>POST<\/code> that spins up an isolated Wowza application per customer, with no manual step in between. On a 4 vCPU \/ 8 GB StreamingVPS Wowza instance we&#8217;ve scripted this to provision and restart a new isolated application in well under two seconds end-to-end, which is fast enough to do synchronously in a signup flow rather than queuing it.<\/p>\\n<h2>How Do You Pull Live Stream Stats Through the API?<\/h2>\n<p>The <code>monitoring\/current<\/code> endpoint is the workhorse for dashboards and alerting:<\/p>\n<pre><code>curl -X GET \\\n  --digest -u \"apiuser:apipassword\" \\\n  -H 'Accept:application\/json; charset=utf-8' \\\n  \"http:\/\/localhost:8087\/v2\/servers\/_defaultServer_\/vhosts\/_defaultVHost_\/applications\/live\/monitoring\/current\"<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The response includes a <code>connectionCount<\/code> object broken out per delivery protocol, for example:<\/p>\n<pre><code>\"connectionCount\": {\n  \"RTMP\": 42,\n  \"CUPERTINO\": 118,\n  \"MPEGDASH\": 31,\n  \"SMOOTH\": 0,\n  \"RTP\": 0,\n  \"WEBM\": 0,\n  \"DVRCHUNKS\": 6\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>You can drill in further to a specific incoming stream with <code>\/instances\/{instanceName}\/incomingstreams\/{streamName}\/monitoring\/current<\/code>, which is what we use internally to detect a source encoder that&#8217;s dropped without waiting for a viewer complaint. Wowza also exposes a lighter-weight legacy alternative \u2014 the <code>HTTPConnectionCountsXML<\/code> HTTP provider on the administrative port (typically 8086) \u2014 if you only need aggregate connection counts in XML and don&#8217;t want to authenticate against the full REST API.<\/p>\n<p>At the scale we run (dozens of concurrent applications per box on our higher-tier VPS plans), polling <code>monitoring\/current<\/code> across every application every 5 seconds adds negligible measured CPU overhead \u2014 it&#8217;s reading in-memory counters, not querying a database \u2014 so it&#8217;s safe to poll aggressively for a real-time dashboard rather than settling for a 1-minute cron.<\/p>\n<h2>Is It Safe to Expose Port 8087 to the Internet?<\/h2>\n<p>No \u2014 and this is the mistake we see most often on self-managed VPS boxes. Port 8087 is a <em>management<\/em> interface: anyone who can reach it and authenticate can create applications, delete them, or read live viewer\/connection data. Wowza&#8217;s own hardening guidance is consistent with general server-security practice for any admin API:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Practice<\/th><th>Why it matters<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Set <code>AuthenticationMethod<\/code> to <code>digest<\/code> with SHA-256<\/td><td>Basic auth only Base64-encodes credentials; digest hashes them, and SHA-256 avoids known MD5 weaknesses<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Firewall port 8087 to trusted IPs only<\/td><td>The REST API is a management plane, not a viewer-facing delivery port \u2014 it has no business being open to 0.0.0.0\/0<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Prefer an SSH tunnel or VPN for remote automation<\/td><td>Keeps the API bound to localhost\/private network even when your CI\/CD or orchestration tooling lives elsewhere<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Rotate REST API credentials separately from Wowza Manager admin credentials<\/td><td>Limits blast radius if a script or CI secret leaks<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Pair with HTTPS\/TLS if basic auth must be used<\/td><td>Basic auth without TLS sends credentials in a form that&#8217;s trivially decodable, not encrypted<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already read our <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/streaming-server-firewall-ports-guide\/\">firewall ports guide<\/a>, the same logic applies here: 1935 (RTMP) and your HLS\/DASH delivery ports are meant to be public, 8087 is not.<\/p>\\n<h2>Wowza REST API vs. the Manager UI vs. Third-Party Orchestration<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Approach<\/th><th>Best for<\/th><th>Tradeoff<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Wowza Manager web UI<\/td><td>One-off changes, initial setup, visual monitoring<\/td><td>Doesn&#8217;t scale past a handful of applications; no audit trail beyond manual notes<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Direct REST API (curl\/PHP library)<\/td><td>Scripted provisioning, custom dashboards, CI\/CD-style config pushes<\/td><td>You own the scripting and error handling; API is stable but undocumented edge cases exist<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Terraform\/Ansible wrapping the REST API<\/td><td>Fleet-wide, repeatable infrastructure-as-code deployments<\/td><td>More upfront setup; overkill for a single VPS running one or two applications<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n<p>For a single-server setup, the REST API called directly from a shell script or small Python service is usually the sweet spot \u2014 enough automation to eliminate manual clicking, without the overhead of a full infrastructure-as-code pipeline.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is the Wowza REST API included with every Wowza Streaming Engine license?<\/strong><br>Yes. It ships as a built-in part of every installation on port 8087, with no separate add-on or license tier required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What port does the Wowza Streaming Engine REST API use?<\/strong><br>Port 8087, via <code>http:\/\/[your-server]:8087\/v2\/[path-to-resource]<\/code> \u2014 separate from RTMP (1935) and your HLS\/DASH delivery ports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I use the REST API to see live viewer counts?<\/strong><br>Yes. <code>GET ...\/applications\/{appName}\/monitoring\/current<\/code> returns a <code>connectionCount<\/code> object broken out by protocol (RTMP, CUPERTINO\/HLS, MPEGDASH, RTP, and more), which you can poll on an interval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it safe to expose port 8087 to the public internet?<\/strong><br>No. Keep digest authentication (SHA-256) enabled and restrict access at the firewall to trusted IPs, an SSH tunnel, or a VPN \u2014 basic auth alone only encodes credentials rather than encrypting them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I need to write raw curl commands, or is there a client library?<\/strong><br>Wowza publishes a free, official PHP client (<code>wse-rest-library-php<\/code> on GitHub); the JSON responses are also simple enough to consume from Python, Node, or any HTTP client without a library at all.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Started<\/h2>\n<p>Wowza&#8217;s REST API turns application provisioning, restarts, and live monitoring into something you script once and forget, instead of a manual task that doesn&#8217;t scale past a handful of streams. Every Wowza VPS from StreamingVPS.com comes with Wowza Streaming Engine pre-installed and the REST API listening out of the box \u2014 you just need to lock down the firewall rule and pick your authentication method. <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/wowza-streaming-vps.html\">Get a pre-installed Wowza VPS from StreamingVPS.com<\/a> \u2014 go live in 60 seconds, and see <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/pricing.html\">pricing<\/a> for current plans.<\/p>\n<p>Related reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/wowza-transcoder-explained-abr-watermark-captions-gpu\/\">Wowza Transcoder Explained<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/wowza-stream-targets-push-publish-multistreaming-vps\/\">Wowza Stream Targets (push publishing)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/live-stream-webhooks-automation-vps-guide\/\">Live Stream Webhooks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingvps.com\/blog\/streaming-server-firewall-ports-guide\/\">Streaming Server Firewall Ports<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automate Wowza Streaming Engine on your VPS with its built-in REST API: create apps, restart streams, and pull live viewer stats. 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