title: Build failed - gradle
body: <p>I am building my application using Gradle. I am unable to build because it is showing "An error occurred starting the Tomcat server" I am actually trying to build an application provided by the spring tutorial <a href="http://spring.io/guides/tutorials/web/" rel="nofollow">http://spring.io/guides/tutorials/web/</a></p>
  
  <p>I have checked that no other process is running on port 8080 </p>
  
  <p>can somebody suggest what am I doing wrong</p>
  
  <p>Here is the full stack trace of error</p>
  
  <pre><code>Started Tomcat Server
  The Server is running at http://localhost:8080
  :tomcatRunWar FAILED
  
  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  
  * What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':tomcatRunWar'.
  &gt; An error occurred starting the Tomcat server.
  
  * Try:
  Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
  
  * Exception is:
  org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':tomcatRunWar'.
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:69)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:46)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.execute(PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.java:35)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter$1.run(CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.java:35)
      at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:179)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:232)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:142)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:83)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.execute(CacheLockReleasingTaskExecuter.java:33)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:58)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ContextualisingTaskExecuter.execute(ContextualisingTaskExecuter.java:34)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter$1.run(CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.java:39)
      at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:124)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:112)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:134)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:79)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.execute(CacheLockAcquiringTaskExecuter.java:37)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:57)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:41)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:51)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:52)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:42)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask.executeWithoutThrowingTaskFailure(AbstractTask.java:282)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.executeTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:48)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:34)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.process(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:27)
      at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:89)
      at org.gradle.execution.SelectedTaskExecutionAction.execute(SelectedTaskExecutionAction.java:29)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter$1.run(TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.java:31)
      at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:124)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:112)
      at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:134)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:79)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.execute(TaskCacheLockHandlingBuildExecuter.java:29)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
      at org.gradle.execution.DryRunBuildExecutionAction.execute(DryRunBuildExecutionAction.java:32)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
      at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:54)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:166)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:113)
      at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:81)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:64)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:33)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:24)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:35)
      at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:50)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:171)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:201)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:174)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:170)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:139)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
      at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
      at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:48)
      at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
      at org.gradle.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:39)
      at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:50)
      at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:32)
      at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:26)
      at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:33)
      at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:130)
      at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)
  Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleException: An error occurred starting the Tomcat server.
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask.startTomcat(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy:243)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask$_validateConfigurationAndStartTomcat_closure1.doCall(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy:115)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask$_validateConfigurationAndStartTomcat_closure1.doCall(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.internal.LoggingHandler.withJdkFileLogger(LoggingHandler.groovy:52)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.internal.LoggingHandler$withJdkFileLogger.callStatic(Unknown Source)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask.validateConfigurationAndStartTomcat(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy:114)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask.start(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy:76)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.BeanDynamicObject$MetaClassAdapter.invokeMethod(BeanDynamicObject.java:216)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.BeanDynamicObject.invokeMethod(BeanDynamicObject.java:122)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.CompositeDynamicObject.invokeMethod(CompositeDynamicObject.java:147)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.TomcatRunWar_Decorated.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
      at org.gradle.util.ReflectionUtil.invoke(ReflectionUtil.groovy:23)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.doExecute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:217)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:210)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:199)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:526)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:509)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80)
      at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:61)
      ... 70 more
  Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.internal.ShutdownMonitor.&lt;init&gt;(ShutdownMonitor.groovy:48)
      at org.gradle.api.plugins.tomcat.AbstractTomcatRunTask.startTomcat(AbstractTomcatRunTask.groovy:235)
      ... 88 more
  
  
  BUILD FAILED
  </code></pre>