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]>
