Unable to connect to the thing in web browser - firewall has open port

[fomtooley 0]

Hello - I'm an intermediate user you could say - and I installed emby onto my main server a hp proliant running debian 12. install took maybe 15 seconds. before install i looked up what ports needed to be opened, and opened up 8096 (default) and a temp alt port just in case to avoid any frustration. and reloaded firewall. installed emby. went to browser and tried to open localhost:8096 and "Unable to connect: can't establish blah blah..." I tried connecting with 127.0.0.1, and my LAN IP addresses, and my external IP addresses. Nothing will connect. I chose to install the BETA version, so I decided perhaps beta was more beta than i wanted. So I reinstalled doing a rollback to the stable version. Same problem. Triple checked my firewall. Dunno what it's problem is. Even rebooted entire server. No change. I know I'm retarded, but this is getting to me. And with the week I've had I can't take any more of fixing other people's mistakes. I just wanted to relax and watch movies and unplug my brain. So, if anyone knows what I'm missing or doing wrong, I'd be obliged if you could please offer any assistance. Thank you. 

[Q-Droid 802]

Downgrade/rollback isn't supported unless you purged and deleted the Emby data then you're good. There are database changes in beta that break the stable release and a backup is recommended if you plan to go up and down in versions.

A simple test would be to disable the firewall on the server and see if you can connect. If it works then the firewall rules could need some tweaking. All this assuming the Emby server process is  actually running.

[Luke 38493]

Hi, is any server log file generated?

Emby Server Data Folder