Check SSL Certificate (Service Check)
  • 10 Jan 2023
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Service Check Category: Web Checks

Passive: No

Description: Checks the expiration date and status of the specified host's SSL certificate. Alerts on upcoming expiration or bad status.

Check-specific Fields:
(See the
entry Service Check for details on basic configuration options.)

  • HOST TO CHECK
    (Required) This field specifies the host address for the certificate you want to check against.
  • WARNING (DAYS)
    (Required) The number of days before expiration that this check will enter a WARNING state. (Remember, service checks create incidents and send alerts for WARNING states.)
  • CRITICAL (DAYS)
    (Required) The number of days before expiration that this check will enter a CRITICAL state.
  • COMMON NAME (EXACT)
    (Optional) The common name of the certificate that you want to verify against the host. Must be entered exactly as it appears in the certificate details. Leaving this field blank will mean that the certificate will only be checked for expiration. No status will be reported.
  • ISSUER DN (REGEX)
    (Optional, Regular Expression) The domain name field is used to verify the issuer name on the certificate against that on the host.Leaving this field blank will mean that the certificate will only be checked for expiration. No status will be reported.
  • DESCRIPTION
    (Required) The user entered descriptive name for this check. Used for uniquely identifying the check against others of the same type that may be added to the host.

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