cep: Not able to access setup site

I am using VMWare Workstation since I dont have a Pi 4 and they are very hard to come by right now. I am running latest Pi OS; was able to download the CEP packages with success and Desktop rebooted.

I am able to SSH into the Pi so I believe that confirms we are on the same LAN and able to access the Pi. However, every time I run:

http://<raspberry_pi_hostname>.local/setup

I get an error “Connection was Reset”. Tried on Chrome and Edge browsers. Any idea why I cant access the setup site, do I need to run any commands on the Pi desktop to trigger it to act like server?

Thanks!