Windows server not responding on port 8080

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I have setup tomcat7 on my new windows server 2012 r2 (default connector port 8080). I am able to run tomcat and access the dashboard by loading http://localhost:8080 in the server's browser.

However, I am losing hair trying to load this page over the web at http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:8080. The connection simply times out. When I load http://xx.xx.xx.xx:80 which I read is open by default, it loads the default windows server page full of welcome text.

After some reading, I created inbound and outbound rules for opening TCP port 8080, firewall protection is turned off, I still see no change in results even after restarting tomcat server everytime. When I run netstat -an on the server, this line is present:

TCP 0.0.0.0:8080    0.0.0.0:0   LISTENING

which I presume should mean that the machine is listening to inbound connections on port 8080 from all network interfaces. Why on earth can't I access my tomcat dashboard over the web?

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Firewall? - Jozef Chocholacek
@JozefChocholacek that problem is not about failure to browse, it's about fear of leaving firewall turned off. I have done all he did as stated in my question and still failed to access over web - egimaben

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You need to add the inbound rule for TCP 8080 in Windows Firewall, and configure the rule to allow NAT Traversal.