Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost:8085

Question

I downloaded Apache Tomcat 7 to use with NetBeans 6.9. I followed the installation as best as I could. I think I did everything OK. when I tried to get to the Tomcat welcome screen but typing http://localhost:8085, which is the port i set when I installed Tomcat, I got the error Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost:8085. I even checked server.xml in the config folder to confirm the port which was incorrect at first (8005), but I made the correction to (8085)and I still get the error. I have something else in the standard 8080 port.

Any help will be appreciated

Jerry McLeod

Answer 1

How do you know Tomcat is on port 8085? Does netstat -nat show anything listening on port 8085?

Answer 2

This is really not much info to go on, so we can only guess very basic problems. Assuming the port is correct:

• Is the tomcat server actually running?
• Do you have any firewall software that would be preventing it from communicating?

Answer 3

Have you tried with another browser or telnet localhost 8085 at the command line to see if you get a response?

Answer 4

Assuming a default installation:

8080 is the http port you should try this. localhost:8080

8005 is the shutdown port. This listens for a string SHUTDOWN. And turns off the tomcat instance. To do this you can test by typing

telnet localhost 8005
SHUTDOWN

The tomcat instance will then shut down.

The other port your likely to see in a default installation is 8009 this is an AJP port. Basically this port is used to connect your tomcat instance with Apache httpd server or other http servers.