Error: Ports are not available, bind: address already in use

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Error: Ports are not available, bind: address already in use occurs while running docker-compose up -d

[yash-puligundla]

This error occurs when you try to run a docker container on a port that is already in use.

Solution 1: Kill the process that is currently running on the port and re-try

• Check which process is using the port sudo lsof -i :<port_number>
• If this process is not vital, to kill it, use the following command
  kill -9 <PID>

Solution 2: Change the host port number to a different one
Example docker-compose.yml

version: "3"
services:
  web:
    image: nginx:latest
    ports:
      - "<**new_host_port_number**>:<docker_container_port>"