Puppetserver on Red Hat Satellite-capsule fails to start with: Exception in thread "main" java.net.BindException: Address already in use

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Issue

  • Puppetserver on Capsule 6.7 server fails to start with:

    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main] Errors encountered during run:
    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main]  Systemd start for puppetserver failed!
    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main] journalctl log for puppetserver:
    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main] -- Logs begin at Fri 2021-12-10 16:05:40 UTC, end at Sun 2021-12-12 09:49:26 UTC. --
    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main] Dec 12 09:48:59 capsule.example.com systemd[1]: Starting puppetserver Service...
    [ERROR 2021-12-12T09:49:39 main] Dec 12 09:49:25 capsule.example.com puppetserver[18613]: Exception in thread "main" java.net.BindException: Address already in use
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Capsule 6.7

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