I did some extra testing and discovered something:
I have two free SoapUI installations (5.1.3 and 5.4.0) and one Pro version. The description above is based on the free versions. When I use the Pro version everything seems to work. I can start the mock in SSL mode and send a message using https.
When I use the same settings in the free versions I get the following error when starting the mock:
2018-03-20 09:46:01,020 ERROR [errorlog] java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.doStart(SelectChannelConnector.java:315)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:235)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.eviware.soapui.monitor.JettyMockEngine.startMockService(JettyMockEngine.java:147)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.mock.WsdlMockRunner.start(WsdlMockRunner.java:201)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.mock.WsdlMockRunner.<init>(WsdlMockRunner.java:71)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.support.AbstractMockService.start(AbstractMockService.java:249)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.support.AbstractMockService.start(AbstractMockService.java:222)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.support.AbstractMockService.start(AbstractMockService.java:58)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.SoapUIMockServiceRunner.runMockService(SoapUIMockServiceRunner.java:197)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.SoapUIMockServiceRunner.runRunner(SoapUIMockServiceRunner.java:117)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.AbstractSoapUIRunner.run(AbstractSoapUIRunner.java:188)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.AbstractSoapUIRunner.run(AbstractSoapUIRunner.java:123)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.AbstractSoapUIRunner.runFromCommandLine(AbstractSoapUIRunner.java:98)
at com.eviware.soapui.tools.SoapUIMockServiceRunner.main(SoapUIMockServiceRunner.java:66)
When I change the port to a number I haven't used I can start the mock but end up with the described behaviour. When I restart free SoapUI and start the mock again I get the same error. Maybe something is blocked?
I closed SoapUI and used netstat -a -b. Port 8444 doesn't show up in the list. After starting SoapUI I ran it again and port 8444 doesn't show up. When I try to start the mock and get the error, netstat shows port 8444 only once
