Tomcat 7 startup.bat exception

Question

When i run startup.bat file of Tomcat 7 i m getting the following error.

INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"] Mar 01, 2014 12:18:22 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init SEVERE: Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"] java.lang.Exception: Socket bind failed: [730013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint.bind(AprEndpoint.java:430) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.init(AbstractEndpoint.java:640) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init(AbstractProtocol.java:434) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:981) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:559) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initInternal(StandardServer.java:814) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:639) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:664) 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.load(Bootstrap.java:281) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455)
Mar 01, 2014 12:18:22 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService initInternal SEVERE: Failed to initialize connector [Connector[HTTP/1.1-8080]] org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to initialize component [Connector[HTTP/1.1-8080]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:559) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initInternal(StandardServer.java:814) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:639) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:664) 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.load(Bootstrap.java:281) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:983) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102) ... 12 more Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Socket bind failed: [730013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint.bind(AprEndpoint.java:430) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.init(AbstractEndpoint.java:640) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init(AbstractProtocol.java:434) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:981) ... 13 more

When I run the url http://localhost:8080, I get the prompt for authentication. If i give default username and password as 'tomcat', it prompts me again without successful login.
Here is my tomcat-users.xml file

  <role rolename="tomcat"/>
  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,manager-gui"/>

Can anybody help me please?

Answer 1

You may have another instance of Tomcat already running in the background and using port 8080. Try shutting it down with shutdown.bat, or look for a java process in the Windows Task Manager. You can also reboot if you really want to be sure that there's no other instance running.

Answer 2

the port 8080 might be used by other application. go to server.xml in tomcat and change the port number, and restart the tomcat. To change port follow http://www.mkyong.com/tomcat/how-to-change-tomcat-default-port/

Answer 3

I had the same problem and I ran netstat -ano > output.txt In output.txt file, I saw the the System process with PID 4 was holding onto that 8080 port. I could not release it in any way so I restarted the system. After that it was fine.

Answer 4

An error like Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"] means that Tomcat cannot start bind to (use) port 8080.

I had a silar Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-80"] on port 80 the other day.

Try to connect with telnet on 8080 (or whatever port this error occurs on) to figure out what process is using this port.

1. Open a telnet connection telnet localhost 8080 (or whatever host and port you are using)
2. Expect to see a blank screen with blinking cursor. If you get a Could not open connection to the host or similar error nothing is using this port after all.
3. Type a command like GET (assuming HTTP protocol)
4. See if the server responds whith a HTTP responds which could reveil a bit about what process is serving this port.

Answer 5

You may have another instance of Tomcat already running in the background and using port 8080. Go to Task Manager and end all the java*.exe processes.