Troubleshooting OpenRemote 1.0 Installation on Windows XP

Some common errors installing OpenRemote 1.0 on Microsoft Windows are listed here.

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A Very Long List of Error Messages on the Console when Starting OpenRemote

When starting OpenRemote from your command shell (or bash console), you see a very long (multiple pages) output what looks like error messages
Using the web browser to connect to http://localhost:8080/controller does not bring up the startup/controller upload page.

Problem Description

If the output on the command terminal looks similar to what is shown below then an error occurred starting OpenRemote.

java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint.init(JIoEndpoint.java:502)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.init(Http11Protocol.java:176)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initialize(Connector.java:1058)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:677)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:795)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:530)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:550)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:260)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:412)
24.11.2009 16:33:03 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
SCHWERWIEGEND: Catalina.start
LifecycleException:  Protocol handler initialization failed: java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initialize(Connector.java:1060)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:677)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:795)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:530)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:550)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:260)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:412)

Shown above is a typical "stack trace" that is printed when an error occurs at OpenRemote startup.

If anywhere on the terminal (this could be several pages up where the error output started), you see messages containing following:

java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080

  or

LifecycleException:  Protocol handler initialization failed: java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080

The above indicates that there's already another service running on the computer that is binding to the same port number 8080. This could mean OpenRemote is already running on the machine. It could also be another operating system service allocating the port for its own use. Often web application servers allocate port 8080 for their use.

Problem Solution

Shut down the services running on port 8080.

Alternatively, reconfigure OpenRemote to run on a different port number.