Christian and Andy, thank you for the response. I tried to use the "-d" option when starting the server, like this: server = new BaseXServer("-p"+SERVERPORT, "-e"+EVENTPORT, "-n" + host, "-d"); but I wasn't able to get any information (actually, for some reason I had to change DEBUG to true inside the .basex file). In the "catalina.out" file, the same "java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused" exception appears. For some reason, the connection is refused when I try to stop the server (but the connection works when trying to execute other commands). In the BaseX log, nothing different appears. It also happens when I try to do the following: BaseXServer.stop(SERVERPORT, EVENTPORT); Anyway, in the BaseX log, there are lines such as: 19:35:43.118127.12.249.129:33012adminREQUESTINFO 19:35:43.865127.12.249.129:33012adminOK810.3 ms 19:35:57.304127.12.249.129:33083adminREQUESTINFO 19:35:58.072127.12.249.129:33083adminOK768.67 ms 127.12.249.129 is the internal Openshift IP. The numbers 33012, 33083 are arbitrary port numbers? The Openshift available port numbers range from 15000 to 35530. thank you in advance.