> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:19 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List'; 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Cannot connect from outside using Tomcat 7/APR/SSL on AWS > Windows system > > <!-- Snip entire thread --> > > Eureka, I finally figured it out! > It was a real eureka moment, some remembrance burned its way up from my > subconscious and I had the answer. > Ready guys? Really surprised no one mentioned it. > It was Windows F-ing Firewall!!!!! > Since the server is hosted at AWS and I in no way trust their minimal > firewall they refer to as "security groups" (just a bunch of iptables > rules), I left the Windows Firewall up and running. > I haven't figured out a rule to apply to Tomcat in general, so I have > to set up a rule for each Tomcat instance (tied to the > bin\commons_deamon_name.exe file) and I hadn't done that for the new > install. Considering it's been a year since I had to do one of these, I > completely forgot about that step (doing it without my notes). > Once I did that for my new install, BINGO! > It also explains why the re-install of Tomcat 6 didn't work, since I > was using a different service name. If I re-installed with the old > service name, then it "mysteriously" worked, because the old firewall > rule was still in existance. > > Thanks for following me down this rabbit hole. I hope not to lead you > down another anytime soon. > > Jeff > I HATE WINDOWS!!!!!! > >
Actually, Konstantin did mention to check my firewalls on Monday. My fault for not thinking all the way to the Windows internal firewall. Jeff
