Cannot connect to my Virtual Machine using the public IP address

IT 6 Reputation points
2020-09-01T01:37:47.75+00:00

I have created a new Windows Virtual Machine using standard settings. I successfully RDP'd into the machine using the public IP address.

I installed Apache on the server and this worked using "localhost" in the browser. The browser will not resolve the public IP address.

I want to be able to browse to the Apache HTTP server using port 80 (default).

When I use "Connection troubleshoot" in Azure the result is successful.

Please help.

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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  1. IT 6 Reputation points
    2020-09-01T02:14:21.817+00:00

    I have managed to resolve it myself.

    The virtual machine has Windows Firewall running.

    I attempted to turn the service off but it would kill by RDP session and not do anything, so I disabled the service and rebooted the server.

    Now I can browse to the virtual machine. Yes!

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