Spotfire Server fails to start

If the Spotfire Server fails to start, check the log for the error described in this topic.

Error initializing the Spotfire web application. Please contact the server administrator.

The following errors are captured in the server logs.

SEVERE: Catalina.start
LifecycleException: service.getName(): "Spotfire"; Protocol handler start failed: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind <null>:

Cause

This is an indication of a port conflict.

Resolution

You can check if any of the Spotfire Server ports are blocked by other processes on the Spotfire Server machine. Either stop those services so that Spotfire Server can grab these ports or assign a different port by modifying the server.xml file located under \tomcat\conf folder.