all it tells me is include /path/to/flarum/.nginx.conf;
which doesn't say all that much for the setup.
even if i include that it tells me this after doing so:
Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status nginx.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
which returns
01:14:03 root@siondevelopment web → systemctl status nginx.service
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-10-05 01:11:16 UTC; 2min 59s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 2456802 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "flv", content type: "video/x-flv", previous content type: "video/x-flv" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:83
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "m4v", content type: "video/x-m4v", previous content type: "video/x-m4v" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:84
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "mng", content type: "video/x-mng", previous content type: "video/x-mng" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:85
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "asx", content type: "video/x-ms-asf", previous content type: "video/x-ms-asf" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:86
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "asf", content type: "video/x-ms-asf", previous content type: "video/x-ms-asf" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:86
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "wmv", content type: "video/x-ms-wmv", previous content type: "video/x-ms-wmv" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:87
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [warn] duplicate extension "avi", content type: "video/x-msvideo", previous content type: "video/x-msvideo" in /etc/nginx/mime.types:88
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: [emerg] duplicate location "/" in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/management.conf:647
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
Oct 05 01:11:16 siondevelopment nginx[2456802]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed