On dashboard startup, check if ports are in use before starting Kestrel
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### Is there an existing issue for this?
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### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe the problem.
If the dashboard is started while a previous instance is running the user sees an unfriendly error message that the port is already in use. This will cause the dashboard startup to fail.
### Describe the solution you'd like
Two things:
1. Poll if ports are in use. If they are then wait a short time (5 seconds?) and try again. Makes dashboard more resilient
2. Throw a friendly error message to the user.
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