How to keep nginx server blocks recognizable by certbot

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Just do what @9peppe said and add below in your server block for port 443.

    if ($host = www.outsidetheasylum.blog) {
        return 301 https://outsidetheasylum.blog$request_uri;
    }

You can continue to use the Certbot --nginx plugin as you have been. It will create a temp response in your port 80 server block for the challenge and the above "if" statement in your port 443 server block is not involved in the cert challenge.

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