What is port 8080 typically used for?

The most commonly used example is assigning port 8080 for a web server. To get traffic to this web server, you would need to append the port number to the end of the domain name like http://websitename.com:8080. Note that using port 8080 is not reserved for secondary web servers.

What service runs on port 8080?

Common alternative HTTP port used for web traffic. See also TCP ports 80,81,8443. It can also be used for HTTP Web Proxies. Some broadband routers run a web server on port 8080 for remote management.

How do I find out what port my device is using?

You can check what device is using what COM port from the Device Manager. It will be listed under the hidden devices. From the Device Manager, select View – Show Hidden Devices. Now when you expand the (PORTS) COM ports section you will see all of the COM ports listed there.

What kind of program is running on port 8080?

I tried to figure out what program is running on port 8080 with the netstat command the program having PID 4 is running on port 8080, so I checked what program is having PID 4 in the task manager and I get SYSTEM (here are the details since I cannot post screenshots)

Is the port 8080 used by PID 4?

I googled this issue and in most sources I’ve read it seems that java is using port 8080 and the most straight forward solution is to end task the java process tree. In my case, port 8080 is used by PID 4, which is system. So obviously I can’t end the task.

How to stop unifi controller from using port 8080?

Right click System.properties and edit with notepad and change port 8080 to something not being used. Once you find process using port 8080, go ahead and “end” the process and restart unifi controller.

Is it OK to use port 8080 in netsh?

Port 8080 is now OK and available to my app. For anyone else running into this issue try running netsh http show servicestate and looking at registered URLs or Logging information …..my issue was I had a WCF service running as a windows service. Original Credit – pazadev Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!