Windows EC2 instance cannot be reached via HTTP/HTTPS but RDP works - windows

VPC and Subnet => Public and has an Internet Gateway
I've Apache web server running on the instance listening on port 80 & 443 and I can reach it from within the ec2 instance.
VPC and Subnet NACL is set to default and allows all network.
Instance has a public DNS
I can RDP into the instance from my local.
Instance can reach the internet
I cannot reach the instance via my local on browser or telnet on port 80/443
Do you guys have any idea what's causing it?
I've verified that the subnet is public, has an internet gateway, NACL's good and I can RDP into the server. The instance can access the internet.
Edit: Security Group on the Instance allows all ports from my IP address.

It was the windows firewall settings. I had to allow ports 80 and 443 to go through.
Thanks to Steve G in the question comments for the answer.

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Check if the web application is actually running
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disable the internal firewall
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ping
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Is there any application listening on the port on EC2 machine.

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I want to setup a render farm in EC2 (all Win2012r2) with several slaves an one instance with a OpenVPN connection to our office LAN (all OSX).
What I have done so far:
setup VPC 10.42.0.0/16
setup OpenVPN 10.8.0.0/24, one instance as client, the server is in our office 192.168.1.0/24, the connection is working flawlessly
added 10.8.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 to the VPC Route Tables/Routes Tab with target: VPN client instance
Source/dest checks turned off for the VPN client instance
What is working:
I can ping around in the VPC
I can ping around the VPN
What doesn't work:
ping from VPN server to the clients VPC-address
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some debugging:
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No everything works like a charm!
--Dennis
Please check your VPN Settings from OpenVpn Admin Page. Specify the private subnets to which all clients should be given access at Rooting section from the VPN Settings Tab on OpenVPN Admin Page.

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