Tomcat server stopped but eclipse says ports are still in use

Question

I have stopped my Tomcat 7.0 server in Eclipse. When I go to the server view, it has confirmed that the tomcat server has stopped. Yet any time I try to run a new project on the Tomcat Server, I get the error

"Several Ports (8080, 8009) required by Tomcat v7.0 Server at localhost are already in use..." How do I get tomcat server to run my java project?

Answer 1

Go to localhost:8080 and see if you get a response.

If so, try going to the /bin folder and running shutdown.sh(.bat depending on your OS).

Answer 2

Go to the terminal and execute the command:

brew services stop tomcat

Post this.. dont start any services using "brew"

Run your application using Run on Server

If the state of the server is marked stopped then do the following:

Go to Window>Show View>Other Select Server>Servers

In the console if you see stopped, synchronized, right click on the line where you see stopped and start the server