I’m not complaining, just letting you know that I think nginx install should be included in the install instructions…Or maybe because I’m using the docker install nginx doesn’t need to be setup?

Long story short, installed nginx, did the docker install, mv’d the lemmy.conf file but when I did the certbot install, I get an error that the server_name is missing from the lemmy.conf file.

Not sure what to do? Replace {{server_name}} with my domain name? and or what about {{SSL_server}}

sudo certbot --nginx Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Error while running nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t.

nginx: [emerg] BIO_new_file(“/etc/letsencrypt/live/isp.org/fullchain.pem”) failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen(‘/etc/letsencrypt/live/isp.org/fullchain.pem’,‘r’) error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file: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] BIO_new_file(“/etc/letsencrypt/live/isp.org/fullchain.pem”) failed (SSL: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:fopen('/etc/letsencrypt/live/isp.org/fullchain.pem','r') error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file)\nnginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed\n’,)

    • phelix001OP
      1·
      4 years ago

      Not sure about the ssh part for anssible, but I got this:

      #sudo ansible-playbook lemmy.yml --become

      ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

      The error appears to have been in ‘/home/ubuntu/lemmy/ansible/lemmy.yml’: line 57, column 5, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

      The offending line appears to be:

      • name: start docker-compose ^ here
      • DessalinesMA
        1·
        4 years ago

        Wrong / old version of ansible, and you need to run ansible from your local machine, and it deploys to your VPS.

        • phelix001OP
          1·
          4 years ago

          ansible --version ansible 2.9.6

          Still failing on the certbot install. I also get this warning: TASK [setup] *********************************************************************************************************************** [DEPRECATION WARNING]: Distribution Ubuntu 18.04 on host u@isp.org should use /usr/bin/python3, but is using /usr/bin/python for backward compatibility with prior Ansible releases. A future Ansible release will default to using the discovered platform python for this host. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information. This feature will be removed in version 2.12. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.

    • phelix001OP
      1·
      4 years ago

      I’ll scratch everything and try that. I’ve never used ansible, but I’ll fig it out.

        • phelix001OP
          2·
          4 years ago

          thank you so much for that; im just not used to nginx; just what I needed…I’m going to give ansible a shot real quick, and maybe reconnoiter with the docker setup later.

            • phelix001OP
              2·
              4 years ago

              This is going to sound really stupid, but am I installing ansible locally and then it’s installing it remotely on my server?

              EDIT: Answered my own question: Installing Ansible This page describes how to install Ansible on different platforms. Ansible is an agentless automation tool that by default manages machines over the SSH protocol. Once installed, Ansible does not add a database, and there will be no daemons to start or keep running. You only need to install it on one machine (which could easily be a laptop) and it can manage an entire fleet of remote machines from that central point. When Ansible manages remote machines, it does not leave software installed or running on them, so there’s no real question about how to upgrade Ansible when moving to a new version.

            • phelix001OP
              1·
              4 years ago

              Everything worked in ansible except the certbot:
              TASK [request initial letsencrypt certificate] ********************************* fatal: [u@isp.org]: FAILED! => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: [“certbot”, “certonly”, “–nginx”, “–agree-tos”, “-d”, “isp.org”, “-m”, “me@gmail.com”], “delta”: “0:00:08.736581”, “end”: “2020-06-03 21:46:23.351590”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2020-06-03 21:46:14.615009”, “stderr”: “Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log\nPlugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx\nSkipped user interaction because Certbot doesn’t appear to be running in a terminal. You should probably include --non-interactive or --force-interactive on the command line.\nObtaining a new certificate\nPerforming the following challenges:\nhttp-01 challenge for isp.org\nnginx: [error] invalid PID number "" in "/run/nginx.pid"\nWaiting for verification…\nCleaning up challenges\nlive directory exists for isp.org”, “stderr_lines”: [“Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log”, “Plugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx”, “Skipped user interaction because Certbot doesn’t appear to be running in a terminal. You should probably include --non-interactive or --force-interactive on the command line.”, “Obtaining a new certificate”, “Performing the following challenges:”, “http-01 challenge for isp.org”, “nginx: [error] invalid PID number "" in "/run/nginx.pid"”, “Waiting for verification…”, “Cleaning up challenges”, “live directory exists for isp.org”], “stdout”: “IMPORTANT NOTES:\n - Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot\n configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a\n secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will\n also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so\n making regular backups of this folder is ideal.”, “stdout_lines”: [“IMPORTANT NOTES:”, " - Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot", " configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a", " secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will", " also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so", " making regular backups of this folder is ideal."]}

              • DessalinesMA
                1·
                4 years ago

                You need to have the correct domain name in that inventory file, and that DNS needs to point to the IP address of where you’re deploying Lemmy.