<p>"Address already in use" </p>

<p>It probably means you have another instance of the process running on the background</p>

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2020-03-02T08:09:04.453Z
2020-03-02T08:09:04.453Z
Riccardo Casatta
<p>Continuing on from this post: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/91746/configure-esplora-to-point-to-the-bitcoind-servers-ip-address#">Configure esplora to point to the bitcoind servers ip address</a></p>

<p>Trying to run <code>cargo run --release --bin electrs -- -vvv --daemon-dir ~/.bitcoin</code>, but it kept saying that the <code>.cookie</code> file is missing.  I manually created the <code>.cookie</code> file with <code>user:pass</code> and I am now getting the following error message:</p>

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<p>Any idea how to correct this?</p>

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Configure esplora to point to the bitcoind servers ip address - Part 2
oshirowanen
# Configure esplora to point to the bitcoind servers ip address - Part 2

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-26)

Continuing on from this post: [Configure esplora to point to the bitcoind servers ip address](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/91746/configure-esplora-to-point-to-the-bitcoind-servers-ip-address#)

Trying to run `cargo run --release --bin electrs -- -vvv --daemon-dir ~/.bitcoin`, but it kept saying that the `.cookie` file is missing. I manually created the `.cookie` file with `user:pass` and I am now getting the following error message:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/P7Pxv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/P7Pxv.png)

Any idea how to correct this?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, blockchain, ubuntu, blockexplorer, esplora


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

"Address already in use"

It probably means you have another instance of the process running on the background


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