Meilisearch forge server timeout

I have two servers set up through Forge, one is the main application and the other is a dedicated Meilisearch server. Both are located in the same region, they are both in each other's server network.

I have the Meilisearch credentials in my .env file and things seem to be set up properly but I'm getting a 504 time-out when I visit the main page of my application (which has a search bar). I also get a timeout error when I try to run php artisan scout:import "MyModel" on my searchable model (ssh'ed into the server, of course).

I'm not sure how else to troubleshoot this and I'm not finding a lot of tutorials for Meilisearch/Forge. Any help is appreciated.