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I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »Subscribe
I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »
Get Past “Tomcat failed to start: Address already in use” Errors
If you develop with Apache Tomcat, then you’ve probably run into the all-too-common “Tomcat failed to start: Address already in use” error. This usually happens when another application is using one or more of the default Tomcat ports 8080, 8005 and 8009.
It’s become more common in the last few years to deploy application management consoles as web applications. Two better-known examples of this are VMWare Server and the Oracle database.
It’s frustrating to sit down with a hot, fresh cup of coffee, ready to tear into some code and be me with an error message first thing telling you that you can’t even start the server. So, in an effort to help my fellow coders I thought it might be valuable to have a list of known applications that use these ports. This should make it much easier for you to figure out what’s blocking the standard Tomcat ports.
Applications that are distributed bundled with Tomcat
Do You Know of Any Others?
Let me know if you know of any other applications that use these ports. I’ll add them to the list.
Find out for Yourself
Read my post on how to find out what process is running on a certain port (for both Windows and Linux)