Running multiple instances of CostOS Server on one machine

It's possible to run multiple CostOS Server instances on one machine as long as the instance completes the following requirements:

• Not sharing the same listening of any other instance or service.
• Not sharing the same database with another instance.
• When using services within windows, using 2 different windows service definitions.
• Not sharing the same CostOS Server home folder.
• Having separate licenses for each of the instances.

By default, CostOS Server runs on port 8080 and JMS port 61616 (and hence is available at (http://<yourserver>:8080/ces, eg. http://localhost:8080/ces).

If you want to run another CostOS Server instance but already has a service claiming port 8080 and 61616, there will be a conflict, and CostOS Server will fail to start. You may see errors like this:

Protocol handler initialization failed: java.net.BindException: Address already in use:8080

This can be fixed by changing JIRA to use another listening port (eg. 8090) and shutdown port (eg. 8015). This is done by editing conf\server.xml (eg. in Wordpad). The start of the file looks like:

<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">

  <Service name="Catalina">

    <Connector port="8080"
      maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
      enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" />

Here, change the shutdown port from "8005" to "8015" and change the listening port from "8080" to "8090" (or some other free port — see below).

Then restart JIRA (bin\shutdown.bat; bin\startup.bat) and point a browser to http://<yourserver>:8090 (eg. http://localhost:8090).

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