Failed authorization procedure

I ran this command: sudo certbot --nginx -d afrotechtrends.com -d www.afrotechtrends.com

It produced this output:

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx
Starting new HTTPS connection (1): acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
Obtaining a new certificate
Performing the following challenges:
http-01 challenge for www.afrotechtrends.com
http-01 challenge for afrotechtrends.com
nginx: [warn] conflicting server name “afrotechtrends.com” on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored
nginx: [warn] conflicting server name “www.afrotechtrends.com” on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored
Waiting for verification…
Cleaning up challenges
nginx: [warn] conflicting server name “afrotechtrends.com” on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored
nginx: [warn] conflicting server name “www.afrotechtrends.com” on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored
Failed authorization procedure. afrotechtrends.com (http-01): urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficient authorization :: Invalid response from http://afrotechtrends.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/_tNgClX9MEptwIZgeV8gGddwyS9XpS8lLZxbNAhKFV8: "\n<html lang=“en”>\n\n <meta http-equiv=“content-type” content=“text/html; charset=utf-8”>\n Page not "

IMPORTANT NOTES:

My web server is (include version): Digitalocean

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): Ubuntu 16.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: Digital Ocean

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

I got this error when trying to secure my domain www.afrotechtrends.com.
I recently changed the domains IP address to a new one and when I’m trying to secure the domain with the new IP address, I’m getting that error. Is there anyone who knows how I can fix that.?

Hi @johnpaul89

you have more then one definitions with the same server name.

So you should first fix your nginx - configuration.

Remove all double entries.

run:
nginx -t
and fix the warnings before proceeding with cert issuance.

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