[SOLVED] VirtualBox License Server Connection Problem. Users cannot get the licenses I'm serving

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Hello!

Disclaimer:
I'm new to Red Hat, but not to Linux in general so I may not be as familiar with it's particular ins and outs as everyone here.

First I'd like to provide some system details.

My setup:

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.5 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.5"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.5
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.5"
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.5 (Ootpa)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos

CPU Information:

[root@tnagentrhel8 RLM 11.2]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 79
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
stepping    : 1
cpu MHz     : 2100.014
cache size  : 20480 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 12
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 12
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 20
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch invpcid_single pti fsgsbase avx2 invpcid rdseed md_clear flush_l1d
bugs        : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips    : 4200.02
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor   : 1
etc....

My Network Logs:

-- Logs begin at Wed 2022-03-23 22:10:14 EDT, end at Thu 2022-03-24 13:45:57 EDT. --
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.7265] NetworkManager (version 1.32.10-4.el8) is starting... (for the first time)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.7269] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (lib: 00-server.conf)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.7302] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.7378] manager[0x5563a242f000]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9164] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9167] hostname: hostname changed from (none) to "tnagentrhel8"
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9174] dns-mgr[0x5563a240a250]: init: dns=default,systemd-resolved rc-manager=symlink
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9258] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9352] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9377] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9395] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9442] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9445] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9446] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9447] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9449] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9491] settings: Loaded settings plugin: ifcfg-rh ("/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.32.10-4.el8/libnm-settings-plugin-ifcfg-rh.so")
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9491] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9569] device (lo): carrier: link connected
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9572] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9583] manager: (enp0s3): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9592] device (enp0s3): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9774] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9778] device (enp0s3): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9784] policy: auto-activating connection 'Profile 3' (d754f4b8-7107-41b2-acf9-2cdca8b1794f)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9791] device (enp0s3): Activation: starting connection 'Profile 3' (d754f4b8-7107-41b2-acf9-2cdca8b1794f)
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9792] device (enp0s3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9797] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Mar 23 22:10:20 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087820.9799] device (enp0s3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5662] device (enp0s3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5699] device (enp0s3): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5726] device (enp0s3): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5728] device (enp0s3): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5733] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5739] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5741] policy: set 'Profile 3' (enp0s3) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5848] device (enp0s3): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 23 22:10:21 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087821.5858] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.0046] device (enp0s3): carrier: link connected
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.0051] manager: startup complete
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.3942] manager: (virbr0): new Bridge device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.4077] manager: (virbr0-nic): new Tun device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.4241] device (virbr0-nic): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.4252] device (virbr0-nic): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9200] device (virbr0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9233] device (virbr0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9243] device (virbr0): Activation: starting connection 'virbr0' (2a6a28e7-fa0c-40d7-b448-50eab5e7640b)
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9244] device (virbr0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9247] device (virbr0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9260] device (virbr0-nic): Activation: starting connection 'virbr0-nic' (73a96ce4-ef54-422b-9aec-6f40616991c5)
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9261] device (virbr0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9262] device (virbr0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9270] device (virbr0-nic): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9273] device (virbr0-nic): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9276] device (virbr0-nic): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9277] device (virbr0): bridge port virbr0-nic was attached
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9278] device (virbr0-nic): Activation: connection 'virbr0-nic' enslaved, continuing activation
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9279] device (virbr0-nic): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9288] device (virbr0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9289] device (virbr0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9294] device (virbr0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9377] device (virbr0-nic): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9380] device (virbr0-nic): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9387] device (virbr0-nic): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9870] device (virbr0-nic): state change: activated -> unmanaged (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9877] device (virbr0): bridge port virbr0-nic was detached
Mar 23 22:10:23 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087823.9877] device (virbr0-nic): released from master device virbr0
Mar 23 22:10:33 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087833.6531] agent-manager: agent[4e9dc8256a749405,:1.70/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/42]: agent registered
Mar 23 22:10:42 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648087842.7807] agent-manager: agent[2f51841834c06d7d,:1.244/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/1000]: agent registered
Mar 24 10:43:51 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648133031.3181] agent-manager: agent[db70d3b83e92adaa,:1.733/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/42]: agent registered
Mar 24 12:54:32 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648140872.6983] agent-manager: agent[ee717f46474a44b0,:1.733/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/42]: agent registered
Mar 24 13:01:22 tnagentrhel8 NetworkManager[1219]: <info>  [1648141282.5828] agent-manager: agent[db70d3b83e92adaa,:1.244/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/1000]: agent registered

What I'm Trying to Accomplish:
Building a license server, using Reprise Software, to distribute licenses (REMOTELY) for Zbrush inside of Virtual Box running Red Hat 8.

What I've Done So Far:
1 - I've installed the host OS - Red Hat 8
2 - Created a working Virtual Box instance of Red Hat 8
3 - The virtual machines network connection to the host is set to "Bridge" mode
4 - Opened the required ports for the Reprise Software
5 - Installed the Reprise Software
6 - Started the Reprise Software in the VM - This works and I can view it via a web interface
6 - Forwarded ports on the router so the outside connections can be made to the VM Server

The issue:
My users cannot get the licenses from the license server.

Extra Information that Might be Useful:
I can access the VM and log into it remotely from vnc.

Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions. Again, there may be things that are unique to Red Hat that I'm unaware of therefore may have missed.

So please don't hesitate to ask for more information or to point out something that may seem obvious.

Output of the Reprise Software Running in a Terminal:

03/23 22:35 (rlm) RLM License Server Version 11.2BL2

    Copyright (C) 2006-2014, Reprise Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

03/23 22:35 (rlm) License server started on tnagentrhel8
03/23 22:35 (rlm) Server architecture: x64_l1
03/23 22:35 (rlm) License files:
03/23 22:35 (rlm)     license_ZBrush4_1_14seat.lic
03/23 22:35 (rlm)     license_ZBrush4_1_1seat.lic
03/23 22:35 (rlm)     license_ZBrush4_1_Roam.lic
03/23 22:35 (rlm) 
03/23 22:35 (rlm) Web server starting on port 5054
03/23 22:35 (rlm) Using TCP/IP port 2376
03/23 22:35 (rlm) ... adding UDP/IP port 5053
03/23 22:35 (rlm) Starting ISV server pixologic on port 2377
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) RLM License Server Version 11.2BL2 for ISV "pixologic"
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) Settings from RLM Version 11.2BL2 for ISV "pixologic"
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) Server architecture: x64_l1

    Copyright (C) 2006-2014, Reprise Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

    RLM contains software developed by the OpenSSL Project
    for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org)
    Copyright (c) 1998-2008 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved.

03/23 22:35 (pixologic) Using options file pixologic.opt
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) Setting TIMEOUT for all products to 180 secs.
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) TIMEOUT value (180) < min (3600) (product: rlm_roam), min used.
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) 
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) Server started on tnagentrhel8 (hostid: xxxxxxxx) for:
03/23 22:35 (pixologic)     zbrush rlm_roam 
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) 
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) License files:
03/23 22:35 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_14seat.lic
03/23 22:35 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_1seat.lic
03/23 22:35 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_Roam.lic
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) 
03/23 22:35 (pixologic) File descriptor limit increased from 1024 to 262144
03/23 22:38 (rlm) Status request (rlm web i/f) from webuser@localhost
03/23 22:54 (rlm) Status request (rlm web i/f) from webuser@localhost
03/24 00:00 (rlm) Reread request (for everyone) by automatic@midnight
03/24 00:00 (rlm) Sending reread msg to pixologic (pid: 5292)
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) ==== Reread request by automatic@midnight ====
03/24 00:00 (rlm) Starting any new ISV servers...
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) Using options file pixologic.opt
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) Setting TIMEOUT for all products to 180 secs.
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) TIMEOUT value (180) < min (3600) (product: rlm_roam), min used.
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) 
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) Re-reading license files, supporting products:
03/24 00:00 (pixologic)     zbrush rlm_roam 
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) 
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) License files:
03/24 00:00 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_14seat.lic
03/24 00:00 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_1seat.lic
03/24 00:00 (pixologic)     license_ZBrush4_1_Roam.lic
03/24 00:00 (pixologic) 

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