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Port already in use - T_Jamess - 2025-06-15
Like the description says, after installing jellyfin on fedora using the command on the website, running the jellyfin command shows me gives me a bunch of errors saying that 0.0.0.0:8096 is already in use. I previously dual booted with this laptop and had a windows install with jellyfin on a different ssd but I'm not sure how that's affecting it now that that ssd isn't even installed. The errors:
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Jellyfin version: 10.10.7
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR, /home/tariq/.local/share/jellyfin/log]"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Arguments: ["/usr/lib64/jellyfin/jellyfin.dll"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Operating system: Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Architecture: X64
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: 64-Bit Process: True
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: User Interactive: True
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Processor count: 8
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Program data path: /home/tariq/.local/share/jellyfin
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Log directory path: /home/tariq/.local/share/jellyfin/log
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Config directory path: /home/tariq/.config/jellyfin
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Cache path: /home/tariq/.cache/jellyfin
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Temp directory path: /tmp/jellyfin
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Web resources path: /usr/lib64/jellyfin/jellyfin-web
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Main: Application directory: /usr/lib64/jellyfin/
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.MigrationRunner: Marking following migrations as applied because this is a fresh install: ["CreateNetworkConfiguration", "M
igrateMusicBrainzTimeout", "MigrateNetworkConfiguration", "MigrateEncodingOptions"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase.BaseConfigurationManager: Setting cache path: /home/tariq/.cache/jellyfin
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost: Loading assemblies
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Defined LAN subnets: ["127.0.0.1/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Defined LAN exclusions: []
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Used LAN subnets: ["127.0.0.1/8", "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Filtered interface addresses: ["127.0.0.1", "192.168.0.152"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Bind Addresses ["0.0.0.0"]
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Remote IP filter is Allowlist
[22:04:19] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.Manager.NetworkManager: Filtered subnets: []
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins.PluginManager: Loaded plugin: TMDb 10.10.7.0
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins.PluginManager: Loaded plugin: Studio Images 10.10.7.0
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins.PluginManager: Loaded plugin: OMDb 10.10.7.0
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins.PluginManager: Loaded plugin: MusicBrainz 10.10.7.0
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.Plugins.PluginManager: Loaded plugin: AudioDB 10.10.7.0
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.MigrationRunner: Marking following migrations as applied because this is a fresh install: ["DisableTranscodingThrottling",
"CreateLoggingConfigHeirarchy", "MigrateActivityLogDatabase", "RemoveDuplicateExtras", "MigrateUserDatabase", "MigrateDisplayPreferencesDatabase", "RemoveDownloadImagesInA
dvance", "MigrateAuthenticationDatabase", "FixPlaylistOwner", "MigrateRatingLevels", "FixAudioData", "RemoveDuplicatePlaylistChildren"]
[22:04:20] [INF] [1] Main: Kestrel is listening on 0.0.0.0
[22:04:20] [ERR] [1] Jellyfin.Networking.AutoDiscoveryHost: Unable to bind to 0.0.0.0:7359
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (9
: Address already in use at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError error, Boolean disconnectOnFailure, String callerName)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)
at Jellyfin.Networking.AutoDiscoveryHost.ListenForAutoDiscoveryMessage(IPAddress listenAddress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
[22:04:21] [WRN] [1] Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware: The WebRootPath was not found: /home/tariq/wwwroot. Static files may be unavailable.
[22:04:21] [ERR] [1] Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host: Hosting failed to start
System.IO.IOException: Failed to bind to address http://0.0.0.0:8096: address already in use.
---> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.AddressInUseException: Address already in use
---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (9
: Address already in use at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError error, Boolean disconnectOnFailure, String callerName)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions.CreateDefaultBoundListenSocket(EndPoint endpoint)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportFactory.BindAsync(EndPoint endpoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure.TransportManager.BindAsync(EndPoint endPoint, ConnectionDelegate connectionDelegate, EndpointConfig
endpointConfig, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.<>c__DisplayClass28_0
1.<<StartAsync>g__OnBind|0>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions endpoint, AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationT
oken)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions endpoint, AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationT
oken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.ListenOptions.BindAsync(AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.EndpointsStrategy.BindAsync(AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindAsync(ListenOptions[] listenOptions, AddressBindContext context, Func2 useHttps, CancellationTok
en cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.BindAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.StartAsync[TContext](IHttpApplication
1 application, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostService.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.<StartAsync>b__15_1(IHostedService service, CancellationToken token)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.ForeachService[T](IEnumerable1 services, CancellationToken token, Boolean concurrent, Boolean abortOnFirstException, List
1 exceptions, Func3 operation) [22:04:21] [ERR] [1] Main: Kestrel failed to start! This is most likely due to an invalid address or port bind - correct your bind configuration in network.xml and try aga
in
[22:04:21] [FTL] [1] Main: Error while starting server
System.IO.IOException: Failed to bind to address http://0.0.0.0:8096: address already in use.
---> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.AddressInUseException: Address already in use
---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (9
: Address already in use at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError error, Boolean disconnectOnFailure, String callerName)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions.CreateDefaultBoundListenSocket(EndPoint endpoint)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketConnectionListener.Bind()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportFactory.BindAsync(EndPoint endpoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure.TransportManager.BindAsync(EndPoint endPoint, ConnectionDelegate connectionDelegate, EndpointConfig
endpointConfig, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.<>c__DisplayClass28_0
1.<<StartAsync>g__OnBind|0>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions endpoint, AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationT
oken)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindEndpointAsync(ListenOptions endpoint, AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationT
oken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.ListenOptions.BindAsync(AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.EndpointsStrategy.BindAsync(AddressBindContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.AddressBinder.BindAsync(ListenOptions[] listenOptions, AddressBindContext context, Func2 useHttps, CancellationTok
en cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.BindAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.StartAsync[TContext](IHttpApplication
1 application, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostService.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.<StartAsync>b__15_1(IHostedService service, CancellationToken token)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.ForeachService[T](IEnumerable1 services, CancellationToken token, Boolean concurrent, Boolean abortOnFirstException, List
1 exceptions, Func3 operation) at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartServer(IServerApplicationPaths appPaths, StartupOptions options, IConfiguration startupConfig)
[22:04:21] [INF] [1] Main: Running query planner optimizations in the database... This might take a while
[22:04:21] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost: Disposing CoreAppHost
[22:04:21] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost: Disposing MusicBrainzArtistProvider
[22:04:21] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost: Disposing MusicBrainzAlbumProvider
[22:04:21] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost: Disposing PluginManager
RE: Port already in use - theguymadmax - 2025-06-15
Jellyfin normally runs as a service. So you do not need to type in Jellyfin in the terminal, that's starting it twice, hence the error message. All you should need to do now, is run the startup wizard: http://localhost:8096