Cannot access Jira from public IP in AZURE

[Brandon Smith]

We have setup Jira in a virtual machine in Azure due to a legal requirement (we cannot use Jira Cloud because we must store all data in protected environment) and long story short we have verified with Microsoft that all the server settings are correct (allowing HTTP and HTTPs traffic in your network security rules), yet when we try to login to Jira we get a connection refused error. I have re-installed Jira and checked all of the settings, but it does not appear to be working. I believe there is something not working with the connection that is misconfigured on my end, but I have exhausted all options and I am not sure what. I can hit the VM from another VM on the same VNET (they are peered) using the server local DNS name, but any external traffic to the public IP (even when specifying the port in the URL) gets connection refused. I have also disabled the firewall and am seeing the same result. 

[Brandon Smith · Accepted solution]

I was able to solve the problem, the issue lies with the underlying workings of Azure Government GCC High. You have to enable an exception for port 8080 as well as port 80 and 443 for traffic to flow from the internet. You also need to enable exceptions on the firewall on the server as well. 

[Nandesh Rasiklal]

I'm having the same problem here - has anyone found a definitive solution?

[Randy]

What are your security group settings?  

Are you able to access jira when you're on the VM?

[Brandon Smith]

I am able to access the application just fine when I am either on the server or on the VM connected to the same network....however it is setup as a http://localhost:8080 URL. I have tried changing that url to jira.example.com but that only breaks it further. 

[Randy]

Can you post your security group settings for http and https traffic? 

[Brandon Smith]

Sure, I've attached the Azure NSG settings...both are allowed on port 80 and 443

[Randy]

hrm...try enabling logging on your NSG's to see if it's even getting to them and denied or if the traffic is getting past them.