service fabric failed to contact the server. please try again later or get help from "how to configure secure connections"

Question

I'm trying to deploy a service fabric application to an unsecure Azure Service Fabric cluster. When I open the publish window in VS 2017 I get the following. If my cluster is unsecure, shouldn't I be able to publish it w/o configuring the cert?

I tried a publish anyways and I got:

Answer 1

Try accessing the server via powershell to maybe get a better error. Usually, errors like this are caused by firewalls blocking the port 19000.