Unable to issue SSL on website with laravel app

[isdahlc]

SYSTEM INFORMATION	B
OS type and version	Ubuntu Linux 22.04.3
Webmin version	2.105.
Virtualmin version	7.9.0.

Looking for some advise from you experts out there… We have a laravel site on a domain and are unable to issue an SSL cert due to the root of the application being set to …/public_html/public - for laravel…

These are in nginx conf files for this site. All other sites use the default …/public_html folder and SSL works as expected.

set $base /home/domain.com/public_html;
root $base/public;

Relevant part of the error…

The Certificate Authority failed to download the temporary challenge files created by Certbot. Ensure that the listed domains serve their content from the provided --webroot-path/-w and that files created there can be downloaded from the internet.

Can someone point me in the right direction so I can have the laravel app and SSL requests/renewals work as expected on this site?

Thank you in advance for your time!
– Craig

[isdahlc]

Nothing on this? Nobody has run into this issue? Appreciate any assistance!

[stefan1959]

how are you requesting a certificate? Via Virtualmin lets encrypt tab?
Not sure how laravel works inside a Virtual Server.

[isdahlc]

Yes, that is correct. On this site Let’s Encrypt errors b/c the root has the “/public” added in Nginx. Other (non-laravel) sites install/renew Let’s Encrypt w/out issue.

I just don’ t know how to work around the root location, or if there is a better way to configure a laravel app for Virtualmin environment.

[isdahlc]

Ok so I figured this out, entirely my lack of Virtualmin knowledge…

First I reverted my nginx changes back to the default path Virtualmin creates

root /home/domain.com/public_html;

Then go to Web Configuration → Website Options → Website documents sub-directory = public_html/public

SSL renewal works as expected. Laravel application works as expected. Virtualmin is awesome!

– Craig