Activemq can't run due to address already in use error

Question

How to solve the error?

Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0_05 E:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_05\\jre
  Heap sizes: current=1004928k  free=994439k  max=100         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue and it seems the port is blocked by another JVM using AMQ connection (ServiceMix as a client of the AMQ service).

Restarting the ServiceMix unlocked the port reservation and the ActiveMQ Service restarted without issues.

Note that the previous ActiveMQ process was no running anymore and this seems a limitation of two JVM's and Windows blocking the port as a client still use it. This is not because two instances are trying to start at the same time.

This perhaps does not answer your specific problem, but it can also helps other people having the same setup.