Cassandra Error :CassandraDaemon.java:708 - Exception encountered during startup

Error log

INFO  [main] 2018-08-12 11:36:01,276 IndexSummaryManager.java:85 - Initializing index summary manager with a memory pool size of 200 MB and a resize interval of 60 minutes

Exception (java.lang.RuntimeException) encountered during startup: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.getServerSockets(MessagingService.java:753)

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.listen(MessagingService.java:692)

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.listen(MessagingService.java:676)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.prepareToJoin(StorageService.java:777)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:664)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:613)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:379)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:602)

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:691)

Caused by: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433)

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425)

at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223)

at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.getServerSockets(MessagingService.java:742)

... 8 more

ERROR [main] 2018-08-12 11:36:01,309 CassandraDaemon.java:708 - Exception encountered during startup

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.getServerSockets(MessagingService.java:753) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.listen(MessagingService.java:692) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.listen(MessagingService.java:676) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.prepareToJoin(StorageService.java:777) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:664) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:613) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:379) [apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:602) [apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:691) [apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

Caused by: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_151]

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433) ~[na:1.8.0_151]

at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425) ~[na:1.8.0_151]

at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223) ~[na:1.8.0_151]

at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74) ~[na:1.8.0_151]

at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService.getServerSockets(MessagingService.java:742) ~[apache-cassandra-3.11.3.jar:3.11.3]

... 8 common frames omitted

INFO  [StorageServiceShutdownHook] 2018-08-12 11:36:01,321 HintsService.java:220 - Paused hints dispatch

Solution #
 Goto conf folder and open cassandra.yaml and change the hostname from locahost to "127.0.0.1" for listen_address and rpc_address and restart the cassandra server.