Domain not listed as option to activate

I'm attempting to install a certificate to my domain and in doing so when I run the certbot command I see the following:

Which names would you like to activate HTTPS for?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1: www.default
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Select the appropriate numbers separated by commas and/or spaces, or leave input
blank to select all options shown (Enter 'c' to cancel): 
Obtaining a new certificate
An unexpected error occurred:
The server will not issue certificates for the identifier :: Error creating new)

I know when I've done this before my domain has been listed.

If I ping my domain using dig my IP address is returned.

dig tcmhub.site

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> tcmhub.site
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2623
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4000
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;tcmhub.site. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
tcmhub.site. 21598 IN A 176.58.107.173
;; Query time: 129 msec
;; SERVER: 10.1.14.1#53(10.1.14.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Dec 08 15:38:49 GMT 2020
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 56

My domain is: tcmhub.site

I ran this command: sudo certbot --nginx

It produced this output: An unexpected error occurred:
The server will not issue certificates for the identifier :: Error creating new)

My web server is (include version):

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

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Linode

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 0.40.0

Hi @jamesgargette

a correct port 80 vHost definition is required if you want to use --nginx.

Create one. The nginx documentation has samples.

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