Solved!!
Not sure which fix took care of it, but:
- Another machine on my network (previous fog server which I was re-purposing and on which I had installed fresh copy of windows) had the same IP address as my new fog server.
- Made sure to leave SQL password blank - not assign one and then change the “my.cnf” file.
- Disabled apparmor (which by default is enabled in ubuntu)
- Made sure to enable port 80 in uncomplicated firewall