Laravel not existing directory logs

I have just cloned my working laravel project into a centos 7 server with nginx. I have the following error" There is no existing directory at "/var/www/laravel/storage/logs" and its not buildable: Permission denied"

I checked also this topic but it didn't help Laravel No Existing Directory at "storage/logs"

if I check the storage/logs/log file I find this production.ERROR: file_get_contents(/var/www/laravel/.env): failed to open stream: No such file or directory {"exception":"[object] (ErrorException(code: 0): file_get_contents(/var/www/laravel/.env): failed to open stream: No such file or directory at /var/www/laravel/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php:96) but the .env is present

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