Chapter 2. Known issues

Issue: If you are using Google Chrome, you might not be able to load http://localhost:8080 or https://localhost:8443. This is caused by a combination of the operating system settings and Google Chrome which results in the IPv6 address ::1 being selected instead of the IPV4 address 127.0.0.1. Google Chrome attempts to resolve localhost to IPv6.

Actual result:

Expected result: Web pages open as expected on http://localhost:8080 or https://localhost:8443.

Workaround: Use http://localhost4:8080 or http://127.0.0.1:8080 to force IPv4 resolution to the local address. localhost4 and localhost6 have been available as aliases for the IPv4 and IPv6 localhost addresses respectively since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Use these aliases to ensure the address of the desired protocol is resolved. However, if your system does not have the localhost4 alias defined in the /etc/hosts file, you can use 127.0.0.1:8080.

For more information, see the webpages on localhost do not load in Google Chrome browser Knowledgebase article.