Java application gets error java.net.SocketException: Protocol family unavailable
Issue
Java application (Tomcat, JBoss EAP, etc) does not start and this error is in logging this exception: java.net.SocketException: Protocol family unavailable.
Tomcat logs the following:
Dec 05 5:55:55 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService initInternal
SEVERE: Failed to initialize connector [Connector[AJP/1.3-8009]]
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to initialize component [Connector[AJP/1.3-8009]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:560)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initInternal(StandardServer.java:838)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:642)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:667)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:253)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:427)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:980)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Protocol family unavailable
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:387)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:375)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultServerSocketFactory.java:55)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint.bind(JIoEndpoint.java:403)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.init(AbstractEndpoint.java:650)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init(AbstractProtocol.java:434)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:978)
... 13 more
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Apache Tomcat
- OpenJDK, Oracle Java
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