Tomcat Server Won&#x27;t Start

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Hi ddsh79,

As I mentioned in my post. I have tried changing port. As a test I ran tomcat on a separate machine with no problem and changed the port there to port 8181 with no issues. I have tried multiple re-boots and I have also re-installed Tomcat but to no avail it is the same error message every time. Any other suggestions on how I can get tomcat running would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

it looks like the server is not able to bind any of the address. try the user have sufficient permissions (try running as admin). also in server.xml try changing other ports as well apart from 8080. As i see 8005 is also causing problem. So looks like a permission issue.

Please paste the output of the following commands.

netstat -plan | grep ":8080"

and

service iptables save

iptables -nL | grep 8080

Let us know the results.

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Hi ddsh79,

I am the administrator on the account. I have tried your recommendations with no luck. There are three of us working on this problem and we have tried everything. Is there anything else you can think of?

Many thanks

test apache or any other server if they work on 8080. change apache or iis configuration and start them on 8080. Tell me what happen.

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Hi testez & ddsh79,

I disabled firewall and uninstalled anti virus software and the error message has changed see below (it looks like it is trying to start even though the port 8080 issue continues). ddsh79 I will try your recommendation of running something on port 8080 next but if you could let me know what you think of this message. thanks

06-Jan-2012 14:30:46 org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin;.;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\Broadcom 802.11\Driver;;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\syswow64;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\SysWow64\;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\SysWow64\syswow64;
06-Jan-2012 14:30:46 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
SEVERE: Error initializing endpoint
java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: JVM_Bind:8080
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint.init(JIoEndpoint.java:501)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.init(Http11Protocol.java:177)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initialize(Connector.java:1059)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:677)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:792)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:518)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:538)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:260)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:412)
06-Jan-2012 14:30:46 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
SEVERE: Catalina.start
LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: JVM_Bind:8080
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initialize(Connector.java:1061)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:677)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:792)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:518)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:538)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:260)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:412)
06-Jan-2012 14:30:47 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 436 ms
06-Jan-2012 14:30:47 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
06-Jan-2012 14:30:47 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.14
06-Jan-2012 14:30:51 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
SEVERE: Error starting endpoint
java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: JVM_Bind:8080
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint.init(JIoEndpoint.java:501)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint.start(JIoEndpoint.java:515)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.start(Http11Protocol.java:204)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1132)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:531)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
06-Jan-2012 14:30:51 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
SEVERE: Catalina.start:
LifecycleException: service.getName(): "Catalina"; Protocol handler start failed: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: JVM_Bind:8080
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1139)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:531)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
06-Jan-2012 14:30:51 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 4557 ms

Can you try a reboot of your machine and then try to restart tomcat?

Also please check the hosts file.

/WINDOWS/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

and make sure that localhost is set correct.

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I did the reboot and here is a copy of the host file

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#      127.0.0.1 localhost
#      ::1 localhost
#127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1      localhost

Ok. Lets try this.

Open command prompt and run the following command.

netstat -a -n -o [Use "o" not "zero" ]

Now you will get a list of ip address. Check for the one that listen on port 8080.

Now note the PID numbers that matches that IP address.

Open task manager > click the processes tab > click view (at the top) > select columns > check PID > click Ok

Sort your Processes in Task Manager by PID and then kill the PID numbers that you noted.

After that restart tomcat and see if it fix the issue.

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I ran that command and there is nothing on port 8080 or any other number begining with 8. I then re-started Tomcat and there is an 8005 running (java.exe). As I mentioned, even if I change the server.xml file from 8080 to 8181, it still gives the bind error

the message you say changed is nearly same because root cause is same. it can not assign port 8080 to run the server. Now try some other program to run on port 8080 and see if anything else can use the port?

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It would be interesting to know if there is a command that will detect even a silent listener on a port