Job Scheduler

The job scheduler lets you configure a host of tasks to mange certificate actions, perform validation checks, and monitor the logs for various actions.
Table 1. List of Schedulable Tasks
S. No Task Name Description
1 Auto Regenerate Certificates Automatically regenerates the configured certificates
2 Auto Renew Certificates Automatically renewes the configured certificates
3 CA Connector Validity Updater Updates the CA connector with maximum validity offered by the CA for server certificates
4 CRL Certificate Revocation Check CRLs for all certificates in the inventory are downloaded for a revocation check
5 CRL Download Monitor Job Monitors every five minutes to check for CRLs to download
6 Certificate Authority Connection Check Checks connection with all configured Certificate Authority settings
7 Certificate CAA Record Check Fetch data for certificate CAA report.
8 Certificate Expiry Status Check Updates the expiry status in certificate every day
9 Certificate Polling Request Configure the polling request for fetching certificate details from CA.
10 Certificate Revoke Status Check From CA Retrieving the certificate revocation status issued or renewed by the CA.
11 Certificate Transparency Check Fetch data for Certificate Transparency Report.
12 Certificate Vulnerability Check Fetch the vulnerability details from certificate endpoints.
13 Certificate compliance check Validate certificates in the inventory for compliance.
14 Certificate validation check Validate trust details for all certificates in the inventory.
15 Deletes Expired Certificates Deletes expired certificates
16 Delete Renew/Reissue/Regenerate Certificates Deletes renewed/reissued/regenerated certificates
17 Device and Cert Sync Status job Periodically executed to verify the status of the device and certificate sync job
18 Device and Certificate synchronization Check synchronization of devices and their certificates.
19 Fetch End Entity Profile From CA Retrieve end entity profiles from certificate authority.
20 Periodic CRL Update for AppViewX and Custom CAs Updates CRL of AppViewX and Custom CAs revoked certificates.
21 Pkiaas AEP Purge log Job Purge the user/device logs older than 24 hours.
22 Pkiaas OCSP Sync Job Updates revoked cert details in cache
23 Update Certificate Cipher Suite Report Updates the Certificate Cipher Suite Report
24 Update Certificate Expiration Report Updates the Certificate Expiration Report
25 Update Certificate Orphan Report Updates the Certificate Orphan Report
26 Update Count By Issuer Report Updates the Count By Issuer Report
27 Update Expiry Report By Month Updates the Expiry Report By Month
28 Update Policy Compliance Report Updates the Policy Compliance Report
29 Update Report By Certificate Authority Updates the Report By Certificate Authority
30 Update Report By Source Updates the Report By Source
31 Update Stale Certificate Report Updates the Stale Certificate Report
32 Update Validation status Report Updates the Validation Status Report
33 Vulnerability CAA Record Generation Complete Scan Vulnerability CAA Record Generation
34 Vulnerability CAA Record Generation Delta Scan Vulnerability CAA Record Generation
35 Vulnerability Compliance Generation Vulnerability Compliance Generation for ROCA and Key Strength
36 Vulnerability Endpoint Validation Generation Vulnerability Endpoint Validation Generation - NMAP SCAN Heart Bleed, Poodle, Cipher TLS
37 Vulnerability Group Metrics Generation Certificate Group Metrics Generation

The process to create a scheduled task is the same for all the above tasks. As an example, we'll schedule the Auto Regenerate Certificates task.

  1. Go to (Menu) > SIGN+ > ADMINISTRATION > Job Scheduler.
    The Job Scheduler page is displayed.
  2. From the Task Name column, click the task you want to schedule. For this example, select Auto Regenerate Certificates.
    The Auto Regenerate Certificates pop-up window is displayed.
  3. Enter/Select the details required to automatically regenerate certificates.
    Table 2. Field description for parameters for automatically regenerating certificates
    Field Description
    *Description This field is usually pre-populated with a text description. However, you can modify the description as required.
    *Time Zone Select the required timezone that suits your requirement from the dropdown.
    *Occurrence Type To define how frequently certificates will be auto regenerted, from the dropdown list, select a occurrence type .
    *Starts on Based on the occurrence type selected, to schedule the task, use the calendar widget to set the date and time details.
    Repeat Select the number of times for which the task will be repeated, from the start date.
    *: Mandatory fields
  4. Click Update.
    The task is updated with the parameters set, which are displayed in the respective columns on the Job Scheduler page.
    Note: Scroll to the right to view the Actions column.
  5. To enable/disable the tasks, from the Actions column, use the Enable/Disable toggle.
  6. To trigger any of the tasks immediately, from the Actions column, click the TriggerNow.