cannot start Tomcat 7 server - java.net.BindException: Address already in use

Question

Hi i am not able to start tomcat 7 server from eclipse.

When i give start from eclipse i get the following error log.

Jan 11, 2013 10:10:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin/client;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/lib/i386;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Users\Jayant\Desktop\data\adt-bundle-windows-x86\eclipse;;.
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1165 ms
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.12
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 507 ms
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer await
SEVERE: StandardServer.await: create[localhost:8005]: 
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.bind0(Native Method)
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.await(StandardServer.java:422)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.await(Catalina.java:707)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:653)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:303)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:431)

Jan 11, 2013 10:10:28 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler pause
INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:29 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler pause
INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:30 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stopInternal
INFO: Stopping service Catalina
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:30 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler stop
INFO: Stopping ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:10:30 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler stop
INFO: Stopping ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]

Now i am getting the following error.

Jan 11, 2013 10:18:59 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin/client;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/lib/i386;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Users\Jayant\Desktop\data\adt-bundle-windows-x86\eclipse;;.
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 872 ms
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.12
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Jan 11, 2013 10:19:00 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 535 ms
Jan 11, 2013 10:20:13 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer await
WARNING: StandardServer.await: Invalid command 'GET / HTTP/1.1' received
Jan 11, 2013 10:20:19 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer await
WARNING: StandardServer.await: Invalid command '' received

Answer 1

Go to server.xml file and change

<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">

to

<Server port="8006" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">

Answer 2

The admin port is for receiving admin commands,and the HTTP port is for receiving HTTP requests. You must use different ports. What happened is: the HTTP connector could not start, because the server already opened that port. Your browser/client/whatever sent the request to the admin port , the server does not understand HTTP and logs this error.

Try Reinstalling Tomcat to another port.