Activemq can't run due to address already in use error

Question

How to solve the error?

Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0_05 E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\jre
  Heap sizes: current=1004928k  free=994439k  max=1004928k
    JVM args: -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Xms1G -Xmx1G -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dactivemq.classpath=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\conf;F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\../conf;F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\../conf; -Dactivemq.home=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\.. -Dactivemq.base=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\.. -Dactivemq.conf=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\conf -Dactivemq.data=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\data -Djava.io.tmpdir=F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\data\tmp
ACTIVEMQ_HOME: F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_BASE: F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_CONF: F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\conf
ACTIVEMQ_DATA: F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\data
Loading message broker from: xbean:activemq.xml
 INFO | Refreshing org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory$1@2b9f7952: startup date [Sat Jul 28 18:10:38 CST 2012]; root of context hierarchy
 INFO | PListStore:[F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\data\localhost\tmp_storage ] started
 INFO | Using Persistence Adapter: KahaDBPersistenceAdapter[F:\workspace\Eclipse java\destinytalk\DestinyServer\apache-activemq-5.6.0\bin\..\data\kahadb]
 INFO | KahaDB is version 4
 INFO | Recovering from the journal ...
 INFO | Recovery replayed 1 operations from the journal in 0.071 seconds.
 INFO | ActiveMQ 5.6.0 JMS Message Broker (localhost) is starting
 INFO | For help or more information please see: http://activemq.apache.org/
ERROR | Failed to start ActiveMQ JMS Message Broker (localhost, null). Reason: java.io.IOException: Transport Connector could not be registered in JMX: Failed to bind to server socket: tcp://0.0.0.0:61616 due to: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
java.io.IOException: Transport Connector could not be registered in JMX: Failed to bind to server socket: tcp://0.0.0.0:61616 due to: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
    at org.apache.activemq.util.IOExceptionSupport.create(IOExceptionSupport.java:27)
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.registerConnectorMBean(BrokerService.java:1836)
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.startTransportConnector(BrokerService.java:2327)
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.startAllConnectors(BrokerService.java:2243)
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.start(BrokerService.java:551)
    at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerService.afterPropertiesSet(XBeanBrokerService.java:60)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1544)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1485)

Answer 1

If you are using Windows 7, please try to disable "Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" service.

Answer 2

Go to installation_folder/conf folder and open up activemq.xml file. On the file look for transport connectors. You can change the port value from there. I changed it to 6616 from 61616. I could not see what process was using it in windows by running netstat -ao command.

<transportConnectors>
        <!-- DOS protection, limit concurrent connections to 1000 and frame size to 100MB -->
        <transportConnector name="openwire" uri="tcp://0.0.0.0:6616?maximumConnections=1000&amp;wireformat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
    </transportConnectors>

Answer 3

I faced the same problem with the error being:

ERROR | Failed to start ActiveMQ JMS Message Broker (localhost, null). Reason: java.io.IOException: Transport Connector could not be registered in JMX: Failed to bind to server socket: tcp://0.0.0.0:61616 due to: java.net.BindException: Address already in use

Following steps maybe useful:

1. find the process id that is using this port (in your case, 61616). In command promt write: netstat -a -o -n and look at the process id.
2. Next kill the process from Task Manager or taskkill /F /PID "process id"

http://sourcecode-kk.blogspot.in/2013/02/kill-process-running-on-certain-port-in.html

Cheers.