Attempting to create a new cert - Nginx

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My domain is:
https://panel.fabithost.com

I ran this command:
certbot certonly --nginx

It produced this output:

Error while running nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t.

nginx: [emerg] BIO_new_file("/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem") failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen('/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem','r') error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

Could not choose appropriate plugin: The nginx plugin is not working; there may be problems with your existing configuration.
The error was: MisconfigurationError('Error while running nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t.\n\nnginx: [emerg] BIO_new_file("/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem") failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen(\'/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem\',\'r\') error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file)\nnginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed\n',)
The nginx plugin is not working; there may be problems with your existing configuration.
The error was: MisconfigurationError('Error while running nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t.\n\nnginx: [emerg] BIO_new_file("/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem") failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen(\'/etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com/fullchain.pem\',\'r\') error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file)\nnginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed\n',)

My web server is (include version):
nginx version: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Ubuntu 18.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know):
Yes

I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
no

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you’re using Certbot):
certbot 0.31.0

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Hi @JayJay

first step: Run it as root / sudo.

Second: Did you delete files? If yes, remove / disable the port 443 vHost or add a self signed.

Third: You use Cloudflare. There is an integrated solution with a Cloudflare certificate to secure the connection Cloudflare <-> your server. May be the easiest solution.

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Thanks for the fast response, I have already connected my website to CF (Cloud flare)
But I’m not sure how to make it work with the SSL.

When i look at my nginx looks that’s what i see:
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The directory /etc/letsencrypt/live/panel.fabithost.com exist but it looks like it doesn’t generate the files there

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SOLVED:

I’ve generated a new TLS certificate from Cloud flare and updated the fullchain.pem.

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