From 9b575bf7788af975dd1b60f394606f2aadab001b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pabloFuente <pablofuenteperez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:00:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] openvidu-server: capture spring initialization error and
 better inform of port issues

---
 .../io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java    | 17 +++++++--
 .../server/config/OpenviduConfig.java         | 36 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
index 3d6f07777..fd1de8616 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
@@ -302,8 +302,21 @@ public class OpenViduServer implements JsonRpcConfigurer {
 		argsAux[argsAux.length - 2] = "--spring.main.banner-mode=off";
 		argsAux[argsAux.length - 1] = "--spring.main.allow-circular-references=true";
 
-		SpringApplication.run(OpenViduServer.class, argsAux);
-
+		try {
+			SpringApplication.run(OpenViduServer.class, argsAux);
+		} catch (org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException e) {
+			Throwable rootCause = e;
+			while (rootCause.getCause() != null) {
+				rootCause = rootCause.getCause();
+			}
+			if (rootCause instanceof java.net.BindException) {
+				log.error("Cannot start OpenVidu Server on port {}: {}."
+						+ " You can modify the port used by OpenVidu Server with the 'HTTPS_PORT' configuration property.",
+						System.getProperty("server.port"), rootCause.getMessage());
+			} else {
+				throw e;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static <T> Map<String, String> checkConfigProperties(Class<T> configClass) throws InterruptedException {
diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
index 77ce4b67e..7728fe10b 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
@@ -429,23 +429,23 @@ public class OpenviduConfig {
 	public Set<OpenViduRole> getRolesFromRecordingNotification() {
 		Set<OpenViduRole> roles = new HashSet<>();
 		switch (this.openviduRecordingNotification) {
-		case none:
-			break;
-		case moderator:
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
-			break;
-		case publisher_moderator:
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
-			break;
-		case all:
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.SUBSCRIBER);
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
-			break;
-		default:
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
-			roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
+			case none:
+				break;
+			case moderator:
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
+				break;
+			case publisher_moderator:
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
+				break;
+			case all:
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.SUBSCRIBER);
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
+				break;
+			default:
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.PUBLISHER);
+				roles.add(OpenViduRole.MODERATOR);
 		}
 		return roles;
 	}
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ public class OpenviduConfig {
 			try {
 				URI finalUri = new URI(this.getFinalUrl());
 				this.coturnIp = finalUri.getHost();
-			} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+			} catch (Exception e) {
 				log.error("Can't get Domain name from OpenVidu public Url: " + e.getMessage());
 			}
 		}