Date: 11/13/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: no keywords

Openfire (Jabber/XMPP server) by default binds on port 8080 which is also used by Tomcat. This causes Tomcat to fail when openfire is started before it. The solution, as always, is simple. You can either change the port of Openfire or Tomcat. Alternatively you can bind them on different IP addresses in machines with multiple interfaces [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-resolve-tomcat-openfire-port-conflict/