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Unable to access Oracle Cloud MC server despite following Stack/Google port setup advice

Ive been attempting to set up a Bedrock Minecraft server on a free Oracle VM. I have some experience as I have a server running on a Hetzner instance however a few weeks later after scouring the internet including lots of Stackoverflow posts, I am pulling my hair out trying to get port access externally so I can connect. I have no issue connecting via SSH.

Here is what I have done.

  • Fired up a server using Ubuntu 20.04 image
  • Configured a VCN using the Wizard ensuring internet connectivity (an internet gateway) is added
  • Set up Ingress rules in the default security list for port 19132
  • via SSH disabled firewall and verified with sudo firewall-cmd --state the result is ‘not running’
  • via SSA added to the iptable with

sudo iptables -I INPUT 1 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 19132 -j ACCEPT

tested the port by pinging the public ip and port 19132
result: Port Closed

Arrgghh.

There must be something am overlooking or a way of testing why it is blocking.

Please help me Obiwan, am at my wits end.