From 387192610f5aca62e691dfe2dfed92a5889c6cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:17:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handle Kestrel startup failures with a nice error

---
 Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index 5719c5e46f..d22f2be817 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -663,7 +663,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 })
                 .Build();
 
-            await host.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            try
+            {
+                await host.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Kestrel failed to start! This is most likely due to an invalid address or port bind - correct your bind configuration in system.xml and try again.");
+                throw;
+            }
         }
 
         private async Task ExecuteWebsocketHandlerAsync(HttpContext context, Func<Task> next)