Error: Let's Encrypt validation status 400 Invalid response

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hello guys i need some help please my site was working fine , i dont know what happen today im try to open the site but its give error invalid SSL … im check the admin panel side and inactive the ssl , and then try to reactive ssl, but now its keep showing me this error, Error: Let’s Encrypt validation status 400 (sflixhd.com). Details: 403:“IP: Invalid response from sFlixhd.com “\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n <link rel=\“icon\” type=\“image/svg+xml\” href=\”/lo”" this site is on nodjs… been working fine today it get stop, i did not touch any server file maybe hestiacp update automatically ? please help me to fix it, im check some other topics but that not helped. these file already there but still not worked. (its nodejs site)

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Hi @pashaali,

Show the contents of the nginx.conf file you showed in the screenshot.

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conf/web/sflixhd.com/nginx.conf

server {

listen IP;
server_name sflixhd.com www.sflixhd.com;
error_log /var/log/apache2/domains/sflixhd.com.error.log error;

    include /home/user/hestiacp_nodejs_config/web/sflixhd.com/nodejs-app.conf;

    location /error/ {
    	alias /home/user/web/sflixhd.com/document_errors/;
    }

    include /home/user/hestiacp_nodejs_config/web/sflixhd.com/nodejs-app-fallback.conf;

    location ~ /\.ht {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.svn/ {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.git/ {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.hg/ {return 404;}
    location ~ /\.bzr/ {return 404;}

}
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That configuration file is a custom one. You didn’t include the required location for the Let’s Encrypt challenge or the HSTS includes.

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actually i did not edit this file manually, im install nodjs plugin which install nodjs auto by click install,

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im been using this from long time, even some other sites also on nodjs, and other are working fine , maybe they are also will stop if im inactive ssl and then try to active again .. as what happen on this domain. but right now they are working fine, can u you please help me how to config it, Let’s Encrypt challenge or the HSTS includes. with nodjs setting ? or what i do to fix this please help me about it im not expert

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Hestia doesn’t provide a Nodejs quick install plugin… and there are a few of them out there, do you know which one you installed?

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im solve this problem, im first selected default template, then active the ssl, it get active, after it im select back to nodejs and site up, thank you for your help

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This will not resolve the issue, as the domain ssl cert can’t renew in 3 months.

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