Unable to connect to home assistant after restart

Hi all. I have had home assistant running great for months though virtualbox.
I restarted my PC today, restarted the VM and cannot connect to home assistant. The VM appears to have connected with the proper IP.
I’m also using duckdns and have had no issues
I’m running HA OS 7.1 and core 2021.12.8
Would someone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks

I got it working by recreating the VM but I would love to know some troubleshooting steps incase this happens again.