[GEODE-1904] start server should skip assertAvailablePort if --cache-xml is specified when --server-port is not specified

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0-incubating
• Component/s: management
• Assignee: Swapnil Bawaskar
• Reporter: Kirk Lund
• Created: 16/Sep/16 01:11
• Updated: 01/Oct/16 22:22
• Resolved: 16/Sep/16 18:15

Description

1) start a server with --server-port 40404
2) start a 2nd server without specifying --server-port or --disable-default-server but do specify --cache-xml containing a unique server port
3) start will fail due to assertAvailablePort

The error will look something like:

java.lang.RuntimeException: An IO error occurred while starting a Server in /dx2-office-dhcp32 on dx2-office-dhcp32[40404]: Network is unreachable; port (40404) is not available on localhost.

Work-around is to specify --disable-default-server in step #2. This will cause it to skip assertAvailablePort(40404).

I believe it's more intuitive to the user if we also make the change to skip assertAvailablePort(40404) if --cache-xml is specified when --server-port is not specified.