@nativescript-community/https stopped working after I moved server files to gcp lamp instance

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Now this gets more and more interesting. Take a look on this code block:

packae.json:
{
"name": "my app",
"main": "app/app.js",
"version": "1.0.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@nativescript-community/drawingpad": "^4.1.0",
"@nativescript-community/https": "^4.1.13",
"@nativescript-community/perms": "^2.3.0",
"@nativescript/appavailability": "^2.0.0",
"@nativescript/background-http": "^6.0.0",
"@nativescript/core": "~8.7.2",
"@nativescript/directions": "^2.0.2",
"@nativescript/email": "^2.1.0",
"@nativescript/imagepicker": "^3.0.1",
"@nativescript/social-share": "^2.3.0",
"@nativescript/theme": "~3.0.2",
"@nstudio/nativescript-carousel": "^8.0.3",
"@nstudio/nativescript-checkbox": "^2.0.5",
"@nstudio/nativescript-loading-indicator": "^4.3.4",
"@triniwiz/nativescript-image-cache-it": "^7.4.0",
"@triniwiz/nativescript-toasty": "^4.1.3",
"moment": "^2.30.1",
"nativescript-audio": "^6.2.6",
"nativescript-feedback": "^2.0.0",
"nativescript-phone": "^3.0.3",
"nativescript-ui-dataform": "^15.2.3",
"nativescript-ui-listview": "^15.2.3",
"nativescript-ui-sidedrawer": "~15.2.0",
"rxjs": "~7.8.0",
"underscore": "^1.13.6"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@nativescript/android": "~8.7.0",
"@nativescript/webpack": "~5.0.18"
}
}

Now this gets more and more interesting. Take a look on this code block:
import { fromObject, ObservableArray, Http as http} from "@nativescript/core"; // only imported the Http here to test but it does work. getting request.content.
//import * as http from "@nativescript-community/https"; //once work but stopped now since running on a gcp lamp instance

viewModel.getBanners = function (args) {
return http
.request({
url: ${config.apiURL}/banners.php,
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: {},
})
.then(
(response) => {
console.log("1. is this working");
const keys = Object.keys(response);
// const result = JSON.parse(response.content);
console.log("keys: ", keys);
console.log("2. is this working", response.content); // this line does not even execute when using @nativescript-community/https
},
(e) => {}
);
};

So if the NS core Http is working why don't I just go ahead and use it. It does work when I am retrieving data but when I am sending data to the server I have issues. I would to make changes to all my server scripts. My issue is what could have changed on the lamp stack that would cause @nativescript-community/https to stop working. As can be seen I am not using any special security settings like url pinning etc. Also if I go directly to the api in the browser I get results.