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>:

Possible Cause

This is an indication of a port conflict.

Resolution

Check if any of the Spotfire Server ports are blocked by other processes on the Spotfire Server computer. 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.