OK, I think nginx does things a bit differently than one expects.
Try making the challenge path within that root path:
mkdir /var/www/certbot/.well-known
mkdir /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge
echo another-test-file > /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-4321
then we test with:
http://alsharakagroup.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-4321
Perhaps it is something as simple as a permissions problem for that location.
In any case, it would be helpful to have at least the nginx error_log enabled like this:
error_log /var/log/nginx/InfoError.log info;
I assume that log folder exists. Change path if it does not. And restart nginx (reload might be enough but at this stage why chance it)
And, yeah, the test file 1234 was placed in the root - not acme-challenge - so would not have been found. The @rg305 commands for the 4321 file are better.
But, I am now getting the 'connection refused' response from the server again for http.
I still think it is good idea to have an error_log while debugging
Asked for them ^
Yeah, I saw that but his answer did not provide clarity on that matter 
I apologize for the time, but I was trying to reduce the burden and solve the problem myself, but it was no use
nginx_1 | /docker-entrypoint.sh: /docker-entrypoint.d/ is not empty, will attempt to perform configuration
nginx_1 | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Looking for shell scripts in /docker-entrypoint.d/
nginx_1 | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh
nginx_1 | 10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh: Getting the checksum of /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
nginx_1 | 10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh: /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf differs from the packages version, exiting
nginx_1 | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/20-envsubst-on-templates.sh
nginx_1 | /docker-entrypoint.sh: Configuration complete; ready for start up
@Elabbasy00 Yeah, that is not the nginx error_log I described. It has a format like:
2014/09/10 16:55:16 [crit] 10808#0: *2 stat() "/username/test/static/index.html" failed (13: Permission denied), client:, server: localhost, request: (omitted for brevity)
2014/09/10 16:55:16 [error] 10808#0: *2 rewrite or internal redirection cycle while internally redirecting to "/index.html
When debugging tricky problems, the more info we can gather the better. Just place the error_log line I described in the nginx server section for your port 80 server. I set the level to 'info' in that line to get the most data possible
It seems like you are really close. I am again successfully seeing your server on http and getting 301 as expected and 404 (as not expected if you added the -4321 test file per @rg305). We need more info to resolve.
error.log
2021/09/09 02:11:53 [error] 29#29: *1 open() "/var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 18.222.145.89, server: alsharakagroup.com, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s HTTP/1.1", host: "alsharakagroup.com" 2021/09/09 02:11:53 [error] 29#29: *2 open() "/var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 34.219.64.153, server: alsharakagroup.com, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s HTTP/1.1", host: "alsharakagroup.com" 2021/09/09 02:11:53 [error] 29#29: *3 open() "/var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 66.133.109.36, server: alsharakagroup.com, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s HTTP/1.1", host: "alsharakagroup.com" 2021/09/09 02:11:53 [error] 29#29: *4 open() "/var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/mS0MFDKMBS4We7MBN2h2-Muhy_avDr9o2D74YzZPNPM" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 3.143.223.150, server: alsharakagroup.com, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/mS0MFDKMBS4We7MBN2h2-Muhy_avDr9o2D74YzZPNPM HTTP/1.1", host: "www.alsharakagroup.com" 2021/09/09 02:11:54 [error] 29#29: *6 open() "/var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 18.196.102.134, server: alsharakagroup.com, request: "GET /.well-known/acme-challenge/SAbLZaBL7m-TNvQiFcX1AAof_6hFca5LRRqzoLP9B_s HTTP/1.1", host: "alsharakagroup.com"
I see you are having trouble pasting the error log. I saw your first paste which showed a failure opening the Test-File-4321. It is helpful to go slow - one step at a time. Did you create that file per @rg305 suggestion here:
Update: I see you did figure out the error log paste but I would still prefer to start with the test file (little steps ...)
mkdir /var/www/certbot/.well-known
mkdir /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge
echo another-test-file > /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test-File-4321
If not, do that and also figure out how to paste the full text from the error_log or even upload the error file.
The port binding for 80 and 443 is a problem too. But given its timestamp and that we are getting later responses from nginx I do not see that as a current problem. I could be wrong but let us leave for later. You do not have a second nginx running do you? Or Apache? Or perhaps Docker is taking those ports? Anyway, on my Linux I use the below command to look at listeners - you may need a different command.
sudo netstat -tunlp | grep LISTEN
Let us know when you have the Test-File-4321 in place
This is old, I deleted it and updated the error address
I just tried to look at the Test-File-4321 and got port 80: connection refused
Perhaps those port blocked messages have resurfaced? In any case, not much to look at when cannot connect to port 80.
Is this a error in folder dir
should be /var/www/certbot
or /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge
i'm stuck with unauthorized
But I have a question that seems to be the problem I put staging=1
And when I set it to 0 I get
There were too many requests of a given type :: Error creating new order :: too many failed authorizations recently: see Rate Limits - Let's Encrypt
Please ONLY use staging until the problem has been resolved.
i try to make sub dir in var/www/certbot -> .well-known/acme-challenge
and put test_1234 in acme-challenge
When I try to access it from the browser, I get a 404, but I don't get the error that the file is not inside nginx
Please show output of:
ls -l /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 10:00 /var/www/certbot/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test_1234
That file shows size zero.
Is it empty?
i make dir in /usr/share/nginx/html/.well-known/acme-challenge/Test_1234/index.html
and now like display hi
Are you sure the nginx config you showed in your first post is being used?
I ask because it had server_tokens off;
Yet, I just got a 404 for the test index file but it had the Server: nginx/1.19.0 header in the response. The server tokens config being off should suppress that header.
Much of what we are seeing would make more sense if your nginx was running with a different config than what you showed. Try running
sudo nginx -T
and make sure it is what you expect. Maybe even upload it here too. Maybe someone else can see something - I am having a hard time following the things you keep trying.