http://0.0.0.0:8080 is already in use. Trying another port.

[ghost]

Before submitting an issue, please, see https://github.com/tapio/live-server#troubleshooting

Issue description

When starting the server, it complains that http://0.0.0.0:8080 is already in use. As far as I can tell, this isn't true.

If I change the host to 127.0.0.1, the server starts correctly.

Here's how I'm calling live-server.

    import liveServer from 'live-server';
    
    const params = {
        port: 8080, // Set the server port. Defaults to 8080.
        host: '0.0.0.0', // Set the address to bind to. Defaults to 0.0.0.0 or process.env.IP.
        root: './fixtures/site', // Set root directory that's being served. Defaults to cwd.
        open: false, // When false, it won't load your browser by default.
        logLevel: 0, // 0 = errors only, 1 = some, 2 = lots
    };
    liveServer.start(params);

Software details

• Command line used for launching live-server: cmder (conemu)
• OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
• Browser (if browser related): N/A
• Node.js version: v8.11.4
• live-server version: 1.2.1

[ghost]

Turns out there was a process using that port. I killed it and now it works fine.

First I used netstat to find the PID

netstat -ano | findstr :8080
TCP    0.0.0.0:8080           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       14320

Then I killed that process

taskkill /f /im 14320
SUCCESS: The process with PID 14320 has been terminated.

I'm not sure if this issue would be present for any Windows user or I have something specific to my setup going on...

[varvens]

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