This information applies to Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.18 - 4.8.27. New installations include a custom-packaged version of OpenJDK Java SE JRE 11.0.2. This custom package was tested and optimized to run with the Java 11 JRE.
Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.18 - 4.8.27 is compiled using Java 11 (OpenJDK Java SE JRE 11.0.2) and supports Java versions 11 - 12. Earlier versions of Java aren't supported.
When you're updating to Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.18 - 4.8.27 from a base installation of Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.17 or earlier, check these considerations.
If your Wowza Streaming Engine workflow uses custom modules or plugins, we recommend testing them with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.18 - 4.8.27 in a non-production environment before updating your media server software. The following Java modules are included with the JRE for Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.18 - 4.8.27:
- java.base
- java.datatransfer
- java.desktop
- java.instrument
- java.logging
- java.management
- java.management.rmi
- java.naming
- java.prefs
- java.rmi
- java.scripting
- java.scripting.jgss
- java.security.sasl
- java.sql
- java.transaction.xa
- java.xml
- jdk.crypto.cryptoki
- jdk.crypto.ec
- jdk.httpserver
- jdk.management
- jdk.management.agent
- jdk.naming.rmi
- jdk.unsupported
- jdk.xml.dom
If you have other dependencies, you must install a Java 11 JRE or JDK that includes these dependencies. For more information, see Manually install and troubleshoot Java on Wowza Streaming Engine.
