Configure certificate expiration monitoring
When certificates expire, they can no longer be used by the system. WAS provides a utility to monitor certificates that are close to expiration or have already expired. You can schedule certificate monitoring, or you can request certificate monitoring on demand. You can also configure options for deleting expired certificates and for recreating certificates. WAS notifies you when a certificate is about to expire. Complete the information required for notification messaging in Notifications.
Overview
Complete the following configuration steps in the administrative console:
Procedure
- Click Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage certificate expiration.
- Type a number for the number of days threshold in the Expiration notification threshold field. WAS issues an expiration warning n number of days before expiration.
- Select or check one or more of the following options:
- Expiration check notification. Select the method from the list to use to receive your notification.
- Automatically replace expiring self-signed certificates. If you do not want to recreate the self-signed certificate, clear the check box.
- Delete expiring certificates and signers after replacement. If you do not want to delete the expired certificates and signers, clear the check box.
- Enable checking. If you do not want to have certificate monitoring enabled, clear the check box.
- Enter the time of day when you want certificate monitoring to take place to schedule the running of the certificate expiration monitor.
- Select one of the following options:
- Check by calendar. For Weekday, enter the day of week to run the certificate expiration monitor. For Repeat Interval, specify the frequency to run the certificate monitor.
- Check by number of days. Enter a number for how frequently the monitor runs, in number of days.
- Click Apply.
Results
After completing the settings, a certificate expiration monitor object and a schedule are set up in the configuration. The certificate expiration monitor runs according to the configurations options that you configured.
What to do next
You can generate reports that state which certificates have expired. The reports identify the notifications of certificate replacements and deletions. The report is sent according to the notification option specified.
Manage certificate expiration settings
Notifications
Notifications settings
Related concepts
Certificate management