I can't issue certificates for source build nginx 1.24. I have a hosting and source build nginx. Certbot 2.8.0 Ubuntu 22.04 nginx/1.24.0 - compiled NGINX Open Source from source Domain: ambientwhispersmedia.com Hosting provider: Digital Ocean I can login to a root shell on my machine: yes I'…

What shows?: set | grep -i path= My point is that if you typed "nginx -t" in any random location it would likely not find nginx. Because, even though you compiled nginx [from source] on that system, the system itself is unaware of its' existence [globally]. If so, you might be able to place a sy…

Also, the --nginx plugin relies on standard paths by default. You may need to use the below settings for your config. Or, use --webroot method instead. That does not need the tight interaction with the nginx server as the --nginx plugin requires https://eff-certbot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using…

I've also used compiled versions of nginx. But once complied, I generally just move that one single file to /usr/sbin/.

Add the nginx executable location to your PATH (and for any user running cerbot), so that you can just type nginx -v and it works. certbot/certbot/blob/master/certbot/certbot/util.py#L204 if proc.returncode != 0: msg = "Error while running %s.\…

Hi @max.mango.tango Adding the location of the compiled binary to your path or moving it to the "/usr/sbin" should work. Since this is not a distribution managed binary (you've compiled it from source), a better location for it would be under "/usr/local/sbin". Therefore, I would suggest to create…

What I did: 1. Added PATH: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/nginx/sbin Now command nginx -t works in any folder. 2. I added link: ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx /usr/local/sbin/nginx 3. What I tried: certbot certonly --nginx -d ambientwhispersmedia.com -d www.ambientwhispersmedia.com Output: …

My current path for nginx.conf: /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf certbot is looking this nginx.conf here: /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx/nginx.conf, and not finding, which is correct. How can I direct certbot to correct path?

[image] Osiris: /usr/local/nginx/conf/ Thank you! The final command is: certbot certonly --nginx --nginx-server-root=/usr/local/nginx/conf/ -d ambientwhispersmedia.com -d www.ambientwhispersmedia.com

Could not find a usable 'nginx' binary

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Osiris December 20, 2023, 6:55pm 10

The --nginx-server-root option is actually only used for looking up the configuration file, so you should set it to /usr/local/nginx/conf/.

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