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Why is windows universal forwarder installation failing with error "Could not bind to port 8089"

kiranpanchavat1
Path Finder

I was trying to install the UF in one of the windows server but it’s getting failed

11-17-2021 10:18:53.591 +0300 FATAL HTTPServer - Could not bind to port 8089

deploymentclient.conf : 

[target-broker:deploymentServer]
targetUri = x.x.x.x:8089
[deployment-client]
clientName = xxxxx

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Probably you have already something running on this host which is using this port 8089.

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Probably you have already something running on this host which is using this port 8089.

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