Schedule a Certificate Discovery

The Scheduler function allows you to search and display the list of certificates at the time specified in the schedule.

To schedule a certificate discovery:

  1. Click and select Inventory > Certificate.
    The Certificate list view is displayed with the Server tab selected by default.
  2. Click on the top of the page.
  3. On the Discovery screen, click Scheduler.
  4. Click Schedule in the middle of the page or click on the top of the page.
    Note: All certificates excluded from the discovery wull be visible in the Excluded from Discovery tab. Click or on the top of the page to move the selected certificate(s) to Monitored or Managed status respectively in the Certificate inventory. Also, you can click to remove certificates from the exclusion list and make them available during discovery.
    The Add Discovery page is displayed with the Schedule radio button selected by default.
  5. In the Name field, enter a name that identifies the certificate discovery action.
  6. In the Description field, enter a description of the key discovery that makes it easy for a reader to determine when the key discovery is scheduled to take place.
  7. From the Occurrence type dropdown, select the frequency for the certificate discovery process: daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Other fields in the Scheduler section populate depending on the selection.
    Note: Fields with a red asterisk (*) are mandatory.
  8. In the . field, select a method to discover certificates:
    • IP range
    • Subnet
    • URL
    • Uplaod
    • Manage ADCs
    • Manage MDMs
    • Manage WAF
    • Manage Servers
    • Certificate Authorities
    • Clouds
  9. From the Certificate Group dropdown, select a group to associate discovered certificates.
    Note: The time and date fields displayed next will depend on the selected option. For recurring discoveries, select the start and end date you want key discovery to begin and end respectively.
  10. Depending on the status of certificates displayed in the inventory, you can select:
    • Do not move
    • Managed(You can perform actions (Create, Renew, Revoke) on those certificates)
    • Monitored((For alerting purposes, you will not be able to perform any actions on the certificates)
  11. To exclude the certificate from the list of discovered certificates, select the checkbox next to Compare certificate(s) with "Exclude from discovery" list and ignore.
  12. Enter template names of the Microsoft CA issued certificates, that you do not want to be discovered.
  13. Click Schedule.