"java.net.BindException: Address already in use" Tomcat

Issue

• Following message is seen in the tomcat catalina.out log files and tomcat fails to start.

ERROR -> (main) [org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol] Error initializing endpoint
java.net.BindException: Address already in use:8080

SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException Failed to initialize component [Connector[HTTP/1.1-8080]]
 org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:935)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:136)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:530)
...
Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
        at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)
        at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:440)