Create a Certificate Expiry Alert

Certificate expiry alerts are sent to designated recipients for all certificates that are set to expire on the date specified on the Settings: Certificate expiry alert screen.

To create a certificate expiry alert:

  1. Click and select Alert.
  2. On the Alert screen, click on the top.
  3. On the Settings screen, click the Certificate tab.
  4. Enter a name for the certificate alert.
  5. Select Critical as the severity of the alert.
  6. You can skip the Alert Message and Vendor field.
  7. In the Event Type field, select Certificate Expiry Alert.
  8. In the Expires in (days) field, enter the number of days before a certificate expires. An alert will be sent out.
  9. To send an email alert, SMTP must be configured. Refer to the Configure SMTP for Email Alerting topic for details on how to do this. When you have finished, complete the following steps to use email as an alert method:
    1. Select the Email Configuration checkbox.
    2. In the Email Address field, enter email addresses you want to send the alert to. Use commas to separate the addresses.
    3. In the Subject field, leave the default text or enter the text that briefly describes the alert the user is receiving.
  10. To use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to send the alert, complete the following steps:
    1. Enter the Destination IP for the alert.
    2. Select the Version of SNMP you want to use: V1 or V2.
    3. Enter the port the alert that should be used for the alert.
  11. Enter the Community String for the alert. The string is similar to a user ID or password and allows users to access the requested information on the device.
  12. Click Add to create the alert. It then appears at the bottom of the screen and on the Certificate tab within the Alert module.