Not to worry. After a relaxing weekend I found the problem this morning. I'd just forgotton to set a port right at the bottom of the server.xml files.
What a dofus. My apologies for adding unnessescary traffic to the list Bert. > -----Original Message----- > From: Webdesign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 20 May 2002 9:36 a.m. > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Multiple Tomcat Instances on Linux Box : Binding exceptions > galore : No ideas left > > > does tomcat bind to a particular port which is hardcoded in? > > Has anyone run multiple instances of tomcat on one machine or is > it assumed > that tomcat is run from client machines and not on a central server? If > so,it seems to be a bit strange. > > Appreciate any help. > > Bert. > > > > > Hi folks. > > > > I'm trying to setup tomcat on one of our servers so that multiple > > developers > > can have their own tomcat instance, but keep running into bind > exceptions. > > I've been fiddling with it for quite a few days but have come to a stage > > where I can't figure out what more to do. > > > > _______________________ > > Here is the setup: > > > > We use redhat linux 7.2, tomcat rpm 4.0.3-1, j2sdk-1.4.0. > Tomcat has been > > installed in /var/tomcat4 on the server. For each developer I have set > > CATALINA_BASE to point to their own tomcat directory ( > > /home/www/<user>/tomcat ) which contains the conf/webapps/temp/logs > > directories. I have modified the server.xml file in each users > > directory to > > use unassigned ports ( eg ports 9620 to 9629 for user1, 9630 to 9639 for > > user2 etc...). There are no other services running using any of > > these ports. > > > > The server is assigned a whole heap of IP addresses, so IPs > > 192.168.1.253-240, for instance, all point to the same physical > > machine. All > > ip addesses resolve to a name. ie 192.168.1.253=<user1>.domain.cxm, > > 192.168.1.252=<user2>.domain.cxm etc... DNS works fine. These > > names are used > > in each users server.xml file (for engine and hosts). No two server.xml > > files share the same hostname. > > > > Tomcat is started by calling '/usr/bin/tomcat4 start' This > script has been > > modified to run the '/usr/bin/dtomcat4' script as the user making > > the call. > > > > Now, to start each instance, each user telnets into the server > > and executes > > the command '/usr/bin/tomcat4 start'. The directories tomcat > uses are all > > correct (it does use the correct CATALINA_BASE). > > > > _____________________ > > The problem is this: > > > > Tomcat runs for each user if no other tomcat instance is > running (I ensure > > that by running gtop on the server and killing instances run by other > > users). However, if one other instance of tomcat is running (by another > > user), we get the error message below. > > > > I have tried commenting out all the connectors except for non-SSL > > HTTP/1.1. > > I have turned them all on and generated keystore files for SSL. > > > > I have replaced the hostnames with the IP addresses. > > > > Nothing seems to work. I am at a complete loss at what to do. If > > anybody has > > ANY idea where to go from here, I am open to suggestions. > > > > _____________________ > > error message is: > > > > Catalina.start: LifecycleException: Error creating server socket > > (java.net.BindException): java.net.BindException: Address > already in use > > LifecycleException: Error creating server socket > > (java.net.BindException): > > java.net.BindException: Address already in use > > at > > org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpConnector.initialize(WarpCo > > nnector.ja > > va:491) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardServic > > e.java:454 > > ) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer. > > java:553) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:780) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorIm > > pl.java:39 > > ) > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAc > > cessorImpl > > .java:25) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) > > ----- Root Cause ----- > > java.net.BindException: Address already in use > > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method) > > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:321) > > at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:308) > > at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:266) > > at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:182) > > at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:138) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(De > > faultServe > > rSocketFactory.java:118) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpConnector.initialize(WarpCo > > nnector.ja > > va:485) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardServic > > e.java:454 > > ) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer. > > java:553) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:780) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorIm > > pl.java:39 > > ) > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAc > > cessorImpl > > .java:25) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) > > _____________________ > > > > Bert van Brakel > > > > Web Design > > Advance Enterprise Ltd (AEL) > > email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bus ph : +64 3 389 9411 > > fax : +64 3 389 1411 > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
