How to fix Error: listen EADDRINUSE while using nodejs?

Question

If I run a server with the port 80, and I try to use xmlHTTPrequest i get this error: Error: listen EADDRINUSE

Why is it problem for nodejs, if I want t

Answer 1

There is a way to terminate the process using Task Manager:

Note that this solution is for Windows only

1. Go to the Task Manager (or using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

2. On "Background Processes", find "Node.js" processes and terminate them (Right-click them and choose "End Task")

3. Now you should be able to start again

Answer 2

This error comes when you have any process running on a port on which you want to run your application.

how to get which process running on that port=> command: sudo netstat -ap | grep :3000

output : you will get the process information which is using that port

tcp 0 0 IPaddress:3000 : LISTEN 26869/node

Now you can kill that process sudo kill -9 26869

Answer 3

I have seen this error before (in node) with http.client, and as I recall, the problem had to do with not initializing the httpClient or setting bad options in the httpClient creation and/or in the url request.

Answer 4

Error reason: You are trying to use the busy port number

Two possible solutions for Windows/Mac

1. Free currently used port number
2. Select another port number for your current program

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1. Free Port Number

Windows

1. netstat -ano | findstr :4200
2. taskkill /PID 5824 /F

Mac

You can try netstat

netstat -vanp tcp | grep 3000

For OSX El Capitan and newer (or if your netstat doesn't support -p), use lsof

sudo lsof -i tcp:3000

if this does not resolve your problem, Mac users can refer to complete discussion about this issue Find (and kill) process locking port 3000 on Mac

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2. Change Port Number?

Windows

set PORT=5000

Mac

export PORT=5000

Answer 5

In my case I use a web hosting but it´s the same in local host, I used:

ps -aef | grep 'node' 

for watch the node process then, the console shows the process with PID. for kill the process you have to use this command:

kill -9 PID

where PID is the process id from the command above.

Answer 6

Another thing that can give this error, is two HTTP servers in the same node code. I was updating some Express 2 to Express 3 code, and had this...

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){            
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port')); 
});        

// tons of shit.

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){            
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port')); 
});                                                                   

And, it triggered this error.