Tomcat start up error

Question

I am getting the following error in the Catalina log file while starting Tomcat on Windows:

Sep 3, 2010 3:22:53 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
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Answer 1

Another process is using that port (probably another Tomcat instance).

If you don't want to use another port for your actual Tomcat instance, you need to kill that process.

cmd

• 1 line

  for /f "tokens=5" %a in ('netstat -ao ^| findstr 0.0.8080') do taskkill /pid %a
  

  or

• 2 lines

  • get PID

    netstat -ao | findstr 0.0:8080
    

    you get something like this:

    TCP    0.0.0.0:8080           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       5180
    

    (the last value is the PID - use it in the following command)

  • kill process

    taskkill /pid