Found the error.
In the .conf file admin tools create, Here is the line it creates
######################################################################
## Advanced server protection rules exceptions
######################################################################location = /administrator\/components\/com_akeeba\/restore\.php {
Notice that "location=" is on the commented line.
After I fixed this, I got another critical error preventing the service from starting. The log says location = / is duplicated.
The following lines were the problem
location = / {
rewrite ^ /index.php last;
}
Those lines are even written twice in the .conf file. I had to comment both block out.
Then I got another error saying
location = /index.php was duplicated.
So, in the end, I had to comment all those lines out
# Allow access to the front-end index.php file
#location = / {
# rewrite ^ /index.php last;
#}
#location = / {
# rewrite ^ /index.php last;
#}
#location = /index.php {
# fastcgi_pass $fastcgi_pass;
# break;
#}
I checked my website .conf file and server block and those are not defined, so where could they already be declared?