curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8080 Connection refused

I am trying to use this command to see the running status of my port, but I am getting this error in a loop. Kindlly help!

1 Answer

Apparently, port 8080 is not open on the host in question. To see if something is listening on a certain port or if it's open at all, you can use netstat -tlpen | grep 8080 or nc -vz [host] [port]