File Manager Failed to Start with Error "java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind" in agilefm-stderr.log (Doc ID 2870534.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 24, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

File Manager is failing to start with below error after changing the file manager port to 80:

Error

In agilefm-stdout.YYYY-MM-DD.log:

******************************************************************************************************************
 *** File Manager Initialization failed ***
Reason :Uncaught exception thrown.HTTP transport error: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect

 The failure could be attributed to:
1. The Application Server is currently Unavailable
2. File Manager is not configured correctly - [Admin -> Server Settings -> Locations ->
  -> File Manager Internal Locator] must EXACTLY match the above-mentioned File Manager URL
3. File Manager Entry has been DISABLED or the setting is incorrectly specified
4. ifsuser username/password may not be correct.
*********************************************************************************************************************

In agilefm-stderr.YYYY-MM-DD.log:

13-May-2022 18:09:18.380 SEVERE [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-80"]
 java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind


Steps

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Open server.xml under %Agile_Home%\FileManager\conf\server.xml with text editor
   
2. Go to below line, and change the connector port from default "8080" to "80":
   
   
3. Save the file
   
4. Log into Java Client as admin user, and go to Admin tab > Server Settings > Locations > File Manager, and change the port of the File Manager URLs to the port defined in step 2
   
5. Open server.conf under %Agile_Home%\agileDomain\config, and change the port of the URL of the one in file.server.url to the port specified in step 2
   
6. Restart File Manager server service
7. Check agilefm-stdout.YYYY-MM-DD.log and agilefm-stderr.YYYY-MM-DD.log generated under %Agile_Home%\FileManager\logs
8. See the error

Other Details

- Agile Application Server and File Manager is running on the same server machine
- Agile Application Server (WebLogic) is also configured to run on port 80

Changes

Changed File Manager port from default port 8080 to port 80

Cause

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