Nginx Proxy Manager Cert not working

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My domain is:
*.lan.ricksictservices.nl
I ran this command:
I asked the Nginx Proxy manager to make a wildcard certificate with DNS Challenge to Trans IP
It produced this output:

Error: Command failed: certbot certonly --config "/etc/letsencrypt.ini" --cert-name "npm-9" --agree-tos --email "[redacted]" --domains "*.lan.ricksictservices.nl" --authenticator dns-transip --dns-transip-credentials "/etc/letsencrypt/credentials/credentials-9"
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Encountered exception during recovery: RuntimeError: The private key doesn't exist
An unexpected error occurred:
RuntimeError: The private key doesn't exist
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.

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:402:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1100:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5)

My web server is (include version):

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
Trans IP
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):

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

Hi @RickvDi, and welcome to the LE community forum :slight_smile:

Unfortunately that default message is not the best advice for this problem.
NPM is not covered well [nor regarded well] in this forum.
If they have any support channels, I would try them first.

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I solved this error forgot to add the key to the file
Now I get some other error but that is probably a Trans IP problem

You could post the error here.
OR search through the forum for that error and maybe someone has already done the math.

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