Severe error on confluence startup

[Gavin Kennedy]

SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.await StandardServer.await: create[localhost:8000]:
 java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind

Any ideas - confluence won't start....

[Alexis Robert]

Hi @Gavin Kennedy , 

this means that you probably have another application (Jira maybe ?) that is running on the same port than Confluence.

You will need to check what processes are running, and change Confluence port or stop these other applications.

You can follow this documentation to change Confluence port.

Let me know if you have any questions, 

--Alexis

[Ben]

HI,

I also have that kind of problem, confluence complains since a week or so about the error below.  My tomcat confluence server is listening on  8090  and for synchrony on 8092.

This morning I had a process running on 8090. But af ter i stopped that external proces I still get this error, and the thing is: confluence is not running on port  8000.

Any suggestions, maybe confluence is  set back to a default somewhere which might be port 8000 ?

Thanks

18-May-2019 13:23:21.903 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.await StandardServer.await: create[localhost:8000]:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use (Bind failed)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:387)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:375)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.await(StandardServer.java:422)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.await(Catalina.java:770)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:716)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:492)

[Alexis Robert]

Hi @Ben , 

I think port 8000 is used for the shutdown connector. You should basically try to list the processes listening on that port with "netstat -laputen | grep 8000" and try to kill the process.

Let me know if this helps, 

--Alexis

[Petr Vaníček]

Hi, 

it's not starting because you are already using port 8000. You should change it to another one in INSTALL-DIR/conf/server.xml