The tomcat connector configured to listen on port 8080 failed to start

Question

Problem :

Currently I am trying to develop the REST API using the Spring Framework

I am unable to run my application because of below error.

Description:

The Tomcat connector configured to listen on port 8080 failed to start. The port may already be in use or the connector may be misconfigured.

Action:

Verify the connector's configuration, identify and stop any process that's listening on port 8090, or configure this application to listen on another port.

My 8080 port on my PC is seems to be busy.

How can I fix this issue?

Answer 1

I know the solution for this issue. Go to your command prompt by just clicking on your Start and then typing cmd. In your command window you need to type in the below command:

netstat -a -n -o

In above command the -o parameter is used to add the PID to the end of a table. On pressing enter and you should see the active connections along with the PID.

Now you need to see the name of your process that is still using your port so you must go to Task Manager by simply pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and then try to click on a Process tab.

Your task manager will not display the process ID by default so now you must click on View and then try to Select Columns.

If you  want to look into services which are running in background then simply right-click and select the open services. Then you can take the required action on that service.

Hope it fixes your issue.