Cannot access Neo4j browser on a Windows Server

Question

I have a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine provisioned on Azure. I installed Neo4j server on this virtual machine and I'm accessing the Neo4j browser on localhost:7474.

However I cannot access the browser outside using my virtual machine's public IP e.g <machineIP:7474>

Here's what I have done so far:

• In the Azure portal, I added inbound rules for the NSG to allow http and https ports 80 and 443 (I have done the same on a Linux virtual machine also hosted in Azure and I can access the browser just fine)
• I also added an inbound rule in Windows Firewall to allow Port 80 and 443 as well

What possibly blocks me from accessing the virtual machine's IP from the outside?

Answer 1

To remotely access Neo4j installed on a Windows VM in Azure, these are the changes you'll need to make:

1. In the Azure portal, add TCP port 7474 to the Endpoints of your Windows VM
2. On your Windows VM, in the Windows Firewall Advances Security, add a new Inbound Rule for port 7474
3. Change the conf/neo4j.conf and uncomment this line: org.neo4j.server.webserver.address=0.0.0.0

Note: In case you also want full access to Neo4j's browse interface including Bolt, then also add port 7687 both in the Azure Endpoints and the Windows Firewall.

Answer 2

You have to add TCP port 7474 to the firewall in the Azure portal:

Answer 3

change your neo4j-server.properties

set

org.neo4j.server.webserver.address=0.0.0.0