---
title: "Application actions"
method: PUT
path: "/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/actions/{action}"
tags: ["Applications"]
---

# Application actions

`PUT /v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/actions/{action}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:8087`
- URL: `http://localhost:8087/v2/servers/{serverName}/vhosts/{vhostName}/applications/{appName}/actions/{action}`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Start, copy, restart, or shutdown an application. This API is available in builds 15089 or later.

## Path parameters

- `serverName` string, required
- `action` 'copy' | 'restart' | 'shutdown' | 'start' | 'disableWhipWhep' | 'enableWhipWhep', required
- `vhostName` string, required
- `appName` string, required

## Query parameters

- `dstEntryName` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `402`: Payment Required
- `404`: Not found
- `415`: Unsupported Media Type
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-10-01** `5bbc374d21b2`: 2 info
  - added the new enum value `disableWhipWhep` to the `path` request parameter `action`
  - added the new enum value `enableWhipWhep` to the `path` request parameter `action`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/wowza/apis/wowza-streaming-engine-rest-api/changes/v2/servers/:serverName/vhosts/:vhostName/applications/:appName/actions/:action/put.md)

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