Tomcat 7 startup.bat exception - tomcat7

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.
Open a telnet connection telnet localhost 8080 (or whatever host and port you are using)
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.
Type a command like GET (assuming HTTP protocol)
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.