Apache Geronimo is not installing in Eclipse

Question

I installed Apache Geronimo Server on my Windows machine and start it from Windows->Preferences->Server->Run-time, but after that I try adding a new server and get the following error:

Booting Geronimo Kernel (in Java 1.7.0_03)...
Module  1/62 org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car                13:22:28,738 WARN  [1/car,j2eeType=GBean,name=JMXService] Failure in JMXConnector service:jmx:rmi://0.0.0.0:9999/jndi/rmi://0.0.0.0:1099/JMXConnector
13:22:28,739 ERROR [GBeanInstanceState] Error while starting; GBean is now in the FAILED state: abstractName="org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car?ServiceModule=org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car,j2eeType=GBean,name=JMXService"
java.rmi.server.ExportException: Port already in use: 9999; nested exception is: 
    java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.listen(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.LiveRef.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(Unknown Source)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIJRMPServerImpl.export(Unknown Source)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIJRMPServerImpl.export(Unknown Source)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectorServer.start(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.geronimo.jmxremoting.JMXConnector.doStart(JMXConnector.java:191)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.createInstance(GBeanInstance.java:998)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.attemptFullStart(GBeanInstanceState.java:268)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.start(GBeanInstanceState.java:102)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.startRecursive(GBeanInstanceState.java:124)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.startRecursive(GBeanInstance.java:555)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.startRecursiveGBean(BasicKernel.java:379)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.ConfigurationUtil.startConfigurationGBeans(ConfigurationUtil.java:456)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.KernelConfigurationManager.start(KernelConfigurationManager.java:187)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.SimpleConfigurationManager.startConfiguration(SimpleConfigurationManager.java:534)
    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.geronimo.gbean.runtime.ReflectionMethodInvoker.invoke(ReflectionMethodInvoker.java:34)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:832)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(RawOperationInvoker.java:35)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.GBeanLifecycle$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$458b9f94.startConfiguration(<generated>)
    at org.apache.geronimo.system.main.EmbeddedDaemon.doStartup(EmbeddedDaemon.java:156)
    at org.apache.geronimo.system.main.EmbeddedDaemon.execute(EmbeddedDaemon.java:78)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.util.MainConfigurationBootstrapper.main(MainConfigurationBootstrapper.java:45)
    at org.apache.geronimo.cli.AbstractCLI.executeMain(AbstractCLI.java:67)
    at org.apache.geronimo.cli.daemon.DaemonCLI.main(DaemonCLI.java:30)
Caused by: 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 java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createServerSocket(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createServerSocket(Unknown Source)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newServerSocket(Unknown Source)
    ... 36 more
Server Startup failed

org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.LifecycleException: start of org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car failed
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.SimpleConfigurationManager.startConfiguration(SimpleConfigurationManager.java:551)
    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.geronimo.gbean.runtime.ReflectionMethodInvoker.invoke(ReflectionMethodInvoker.java:34)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:832)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(RawOperationInvoker.java:35)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.GBeanLifecycle$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$458b9f94.startConfiguration(<generated>)
    at org.apache.geronimo.system.main.EmbeddedDaemon.doStartup(EmbeddedDaemon.java:156)
    at org.apache.geronimo.system.main.EmbeddedDaemon.execute(EmbeddedDaemon.java:78)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.util.MainConfigurationBootstrapper.main(MainConfigurationBootstrapper.java:45)
    at org.apache.geronimo.cli.AbstractCLI.executeMain(AbstractCLI.java:67)
    at org.apache.geronimo.cli.daemon.DaemonCLI.main(DaemonCLI.java:30)
Caused by: org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.InvalidConfigException: Unknown start exception
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.ConfigurationUtil.startConfigurationGBeans(ConfigurationUtil.java:522)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.KernelConfigurationManager.start(KernelConfigurationManager.java:187)
    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.SimpleConfigurationManager.startConfiguration(SimpleConfigurationManager.java:534)
    ... 16 more
Caused by: org.apache.geronimo.gbean.InvalidConfigurationException: Configuration org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car failed to start due to the following reasons:
  The service ServiceModule=org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/2.1/car,j2eeType=GBean,name=JMXService did not start because Port already in use: 9999; nested exception is: 
    java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind

    at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.ConfigurationUtil.startConfigurationGBeans(ConfigurationUtil.java:485)
    ... 18 more

Answer 1

The root error is listed several times in that long stack trace you posted. The server is attempting to bind to a port already in use (port 9999). You need to find which process is using the port in question and stop it before running your Geronimo server.

You can use the netstat command to find what process is holding a particular port:

netstat -ano

Answer 2

+1 for the answer by Perception.

I would like to add something to that...

When I come across 'Port already in use: xxxx', restarting Eclipse session currently in use and trying to run again usually helps me to get rid of it.