HTTPS websites use SSL certificates to secure connections between users’ browsers and the website. SSL certificates are time-limited. AlertSite can help you check your certificate expiration date and notify you up to 30 days before your certificate expires.
To monitor your certificate expiration date, configure a website monitor with the Report Expired SSL Certificates option:
AlertSite UXM
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If you do not have a URL monitor for your website yet, create one as explained in Creating a Single URL Monitor. Make sure to specify the URL beginning with https:// and not http://.
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Open the monitor settings and switch to the Advanced tab.
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Select the desired value for the Report Expired SSL Certificates option:
- When Expired
- 1 Day Before Expiration
- 2 Days Before Expiration
- 7 Days Before Expiration
- 15 Days Before Expiration
- 30 Days Before Expiration
- 60 Days Before Expiration
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Click Save.
AlertSite 1.0
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If you do not have a Secure Web Site monitor for your website yet, create one as explained in Creating a Single URL Monitor. Make sure to specify the URL beginning with https:// and not http://.
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Open the monitor settings. To do that, navigate to Configure > Sites and click your monitor on the list.
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Select the desired value for the Report Expired SSL Certificates option:
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When Expired
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1 Day Before Expiration
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2 Days Before Expiration
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7 Days Before Expiration
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15 Days Before Expiration
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30 Days Before Expiration
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60 Days Before Expiration
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Click Submit in the top right corner.
Notes
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PrivateNode Server locations handle the 60 Days option as 30 Days. That is, the alert from private locations will be sent 30 days (not 60 days) before the certificate expiration.
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If you do not see the Report Expired SSL Certificates option, it means the monitor is not a URL monitor – for example, it is a real-browser monitor or API endpoint monitor. You need a URL monitor to check the certificate expiration date.
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AlertSite sends the certificate expiration alert only once and sends no alerts when the certificate is updated.