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error duplicate listen options for [::]:443 when trying to add a subdomain to my nginx setup

I followed [this DigitalOcean guide on how to setup Nginx] (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-20-04)on an Ubuntu 18.04 droplet. I set up my domain’s nameservers to point to Cloudflare’s and then based on what I had read previously my understanding that to add a subdomain (blog.faizanjamil.dev in this case) I could simply add a file titled (blog.faizanjamil.dev) to the /etc/nginx/sites-available (and symlink that file with /etc/nginx/sites-enabled) Keep in mind I am using Let’s Encrypt

However when I add that file and then try to enable that site, I get the following when running sudo nginx -t

nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed```

Now the blog.faizanjamil.dev config was created by copying the faizanjamil.dev config and modifying it slightly. With the blog subdomain not included in ``sites-enabled`` nginx produced no errors in the configs.
I have tried the same procedure to create the config for the subdomain twice, no luck. I have shown the below files to a buncha people who then suggested I try a couple different things like removing the ``default`` config from ``sites-enabled``, no luck.
So can anyone please help with this issue?
Also before I forget I intend to deploy Ghost on that blog subdomain

My nginx.conf, faizanjamil.dev config, default config, and blog.faizanjamil.dev configs are attached in the pastebin links below.

[Nginx.conf](https://pastebin.com/AkiMFanp)
[faizanjamil.dev config](https://pastebin.com/kG9r6LDm)
[default config](https://pastebin.com/3GJNmd89)
[blog.faizanjamil.dev config](https://pastebin.com/JDz29xeT)

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Ok so I looked at this guide and found this:

In this new file, we’re going to have to look at the listen directives again. If you left the default_server option enabled in the last file, you’ll have to remove it in this file. Furthermore, you’ll have to get rid of the ipv6only=on option, as it can only be specified once per address/port combination:```
So I removed the line in the blog.faizanjamil.dev config that contained the ``ipv6only=on`` option.

And it works now.

Please leave this up in case anyone else comes across this issue.

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