Tomcat not starting (throwing java.net.BindException: )

Question

I have done the following settings to run a Java web project but somehow my Tomcat is not starting from Eclipse:

JAVA_HOME : C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_         


        

Answer 1

these lines :

SEVERE: Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind :8009  

imply that there is already a service running on port 8009. is there a tomcat (with ajp) running already?

if the service running on 8009 is needed you could change the connector configuration in server.xml to something like below :