Starting tomcat server at localhost has encountered a p‌r‌o‌b‌l‌e‌m

java eclipse tomcat jakarta-ee

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there are two ways to resolve the query:

Try to kill the process on port 8080 and re run the tomcat.
Run the tomcat on other port. Steps to change the port are as below:

http://www.codejava.net/servers/tomcat/how-to-change-port-numbers-for-tomcat-in-eclipse

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Updated on May 25, 2022

Comments

Cœur almost 2 years
Basically I have followed all the instructions to run Java EE programs. I have downloaded and installed tomcat apache server and configured 8080 port on it (it runs successfully on my pc). And I have downloaded and installed Eclipse IDE and connected it to the server.

Then I tried testing it via this simple code:
```
<html>
    <body>
        <h3>Hello World</h3>
        <p>The time on server is <%= new java.util.Date()  %></p>
    </body>
</html>
```
But whenever I run it I faced this problem:

Starting tomcat server at localhost has encountered a problem

You can see the full error message in this image
- ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ over 6 years
  
  do you have another instances of the server running???
- Zeromus over 6 years
  
  or, as the error says, you could have other process using those ports that need to be stopped for tomcat to work
- Pradeep over 6 years
  
  Stop the server which is using your current port and start the server.Follow these instructions.
- Pradeep over 6 years
  
  stackoverflow.com/questions/4146401/…
- tobarata over 6 years
  
  Hi, your port 8080 is busy. Do you have skype running ? Most of the time skype is the problem (it uses 8080 as alternative port). You have to change this setting or just quit skype.
Admin over 6 years

Great answer and now I have faced this problem: stackoverflow.com/questions/46238055/…