# Error when starting Discourse, Redis port already in use

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 19, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146 "2019-05-19T14:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![MST2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mst2/32/139354_2.png) [@MST2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MST2)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146/11 "2019-05-20T20:00:36Z")

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Nothing happens

> [@Stephen](#):
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> netstat -tulpn | grep 6379

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