SSL Certificate Event Monitor Reference Guide
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Overview
The SSL Certificate Event Monitor checks the HTTPS/SSL certificates of your websites to ensure they are valid and have not expired. Managing SSL certificates effectively prevents browsers from displaying security warnings to visitors, maintaining trust and security for your website users.
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Use Cases
- Ensuring SSL certificates have not expired.
- Getting alerts about SSL certificates that will expire soon to avoid any service interruptions.
Monitoring Options
Certificate Status
- Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if a certificate [is found|is not found]: Notifies you based on the presence or absence of a certificate.
- Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if the certificate has expired: Alerts when an expired certificate is detected on a website.
- Alert if the certificate will expire in less than a specified number of days: Sends alerts as the certificate approaches its expiry date, allowing for proactive renewal.
- Alert if the certificate will expire in more than a specified number of days: Useful for identifying certificates that may have been issued with unusually long durations or errors in their validity period.
Timing Settings
- Connect Time Out: Configures how long the event monitor waits while trying to establish a connection to the web server.
- Receive Time Out: Sets the duration the event monitor waits to receive a complete response after establishing a connection to the web server.
Authentication and Security
- This event monitor does not require authentication, simplifying its setup and operations.
Protocols
Data Points
- This event monitor generates the following data points:
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
| Check Time | The time the certificates were checked. |
| Days Before Expiry | The number of days left before your certificate expires. |
Sample Output
