tag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:/discussions/questions/20369-how-to-remove-the-firewall-for-localhost-connectionAppVeyor: Discussion 2018-08-25T02:28:30Ztag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/452538992018-05-09T15:30:52Z2018-05-09T15:30:52ZHow to remove the firewall for localhost connection?<div><p>Hello</p>
<p>This job <a href="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zosrothko/poco/build/build%20develop-259/job/pebd9ms4tu2vy7kw">https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zosrothko/poco/build/build%20develo...</a> is aborted by timeout after 2 hours which is expected. What happens when I redo the same build/test on my PC is that the testsuite.exe running all the ending tests is blocked by my local firewall. As defaut action, the firewall popups a modal window asking my authorization for running the testsuite.exe exactly at the same test as the failing job on AppVeyor.</p>
<p>Thus, is there a way to deactivate the firewall for the localhost ip address?</p></div>zosrothkotag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/452538992018-05-09T17:02:09Z2018-05-09T17:02:09ZHow to remove the firewall for localhost connection?<div><p>So you suspect that the same kind of window, blocking the build and reaching your 2-hour timeout? This very well can happen and you can check it with <a href="https://www.appveyor.com/docs/how-to/rdp-to-build-worker/">RDP</a>. If it is true, please try to use <code>netsh advfirewall firewall add rule</code> and described in <a href="https://www.itninja.com/blog/view/allow-an-app-through-firewall">this</a> at some article before running your tests.</p></div>Ilya Finkelshteyn