Troubleshoot: NPM HTTP-Server EADDRINUSE Error

**Problem: **I’m trying to use the NPM module HTTP-Server to run a localhost, but it keeps throwing an error like so:

events.js:141

throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event

^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE 0.0.0.0:8080

at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:870:11)

at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:893:20)

at Server._listen2 (net.js:1237:14)

at listen (net.js:1273:10)

at net.js:1382:9

at nextTickCallbackWith3Args (node.js:452:9)

at process._tickCallback (node.js:358:17)

at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:444:11)

at startup (node.js:136:18)

at node.js:966:3

How can I get past this and run my server?

**Solution: **Basically, this error is telling you that the port number you’re trying to use is already in use. Therefore, you can’t use HTTP-Server on it. Instead, you should choose a different port number. You can do this by typing:

http-server -p [INSERTPORTNUMBER]

Simply choose a portnumber that’s not in use, and you should be good to go.