Failed to connect

[JTN02]

I have port forward correctly, The server is up and running on the web interface. And it shows up in-game. however, after waiting about 30 seconds it fails to connect. this is not my first time running game servers but my first time encountering this problem. The only trouble code is "SECURITY ALERT: Your console port (1234) is Port Forwarded!'
20:00:50 - WARNING ('SECURITY ALERT: This allows access to the server backend from outside of '
'your network.')
20:00:50 - WARNING 'SECURITY ALERT: Disable this ASAP to prevent issues.'"

which is weird because port 1234 is NOT forwarded on my router.

would this cause a failed connection?

I should also clarify this is running in a VM if that matters.

NEW INFORMATION
server logs after I changed the port to 8777

20:20:02 - INFO 'AstroLauncher - Unofficial Dedicated Server Launcher v1.8.3.0'
20:20:02 - INFO 'If you encounter any bugs please open a new issue at:'
20:20:02 - INFO 'https://github.com/ricky-davis/AstroLauncher/issues'
20:20:02 - INFO 'To safely stop the launcher and server press CTRL+C'
20:20:03 - INFO 'Starting a new session'
20:20:03 - INFO 'Attempting to validate Playfab Certs'
20:20:05 - INFO 'Checking the network configuration..'
20:20:07 - INFO 'Server network configuration good!'
20:20:07 - WARNING 'SECURITY ALERT: Your console port (8777) is Port Forwarded!'
20:20:07 - WARNING ('SECURITY ALERT: This allows access to the server backend from outside of '
'your network.')
20:20:07 - WARNING 'SECURITY ALERT: Disable this ASAP to prevent issues.'
20:20:12 - INFO 'Backup retention started'
20:20:12 - INFO 'Running a web server at http://localhost:5000'
20:20:13 - INFO 'Starting Server process...'
20:20:13 - INFO 'Server started ( 1.25.152.0 )! Getting ready....'
20:20:35 - INFO 'Server ready! Took 21.75 seconds to register.'
20:20:35 - INFO 'Connected to RCON Console!'
20:20:38 - INFO 'Server FPS: 3'

FIXED it was my gaming computers firewall. had nothing to do with the server.