OPSREST fails with 'EDC5111I Permission denied. (errno2=0x744C735A)' error

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

OPS/MVS RESTfull API stc fails to start with below error. 

Caused by: java.net.SocketException: EDC5111I Permission denied. (errno2=0x744C735A)
     at sun.nio.ch.Net.listen(Native Method)
     at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:254)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.initServerSocket(NioEndpoint.java:268)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.bind(NioEndpoint.java:223)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.bindWithCleanup(AbstractEndpoint.java:1359)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.start(AbstractEndpoint.java:1445)
     at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start(AbstractProtocol.java:665)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.startInternal(Connector.java:1040)
     ... 29 common frames omitted
 2025-04-24 15:28:18.994 <OPS$:main:67306764> OPSREST (com.broadcom.restapi.sdk.lifecycle.LifeCycleLogger:223) INFO OPS$112I OPS/MVS
 REST API startup failed 

Cause

The port wasn't free

Resolution

The port specified in OPSREST application.yml needs to be free or assigned to OPSREST STC.