Error while trying to generate a nginx cert

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Im working on installing on my server pterodactyl and i have a problem with nginx cert generation .

here the logs (ps. The domain is change only because i dont wont to publish it)

root@yexoserver:/home/yexo# certbot certonly --nginx -d
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Error while running nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t.

nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/ssl/.pem": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/ssl/.pem, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

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] cannot load certificate "/etc/ssl/.pem": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/ssl/.pem, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)\nnginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed\n')
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

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Welcome to the community @Yexoo

I don't know what pterodactyl is but your nginx config does not look right. You must have a working HTTP site to use the --nginx plug-in as it uses the HTTP Challenge method to get a cert.

You can check your nginx config with this:

nginx -t

You will need to correct any errors. You should see the same error Certbot saw:

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