Agents Administration - Tests
 

Default Parameters for SSLCertValidityTest

This test reports the validity period of the SSL certificates (in days) that are configured for monitoring.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the SSLCertValidityTest.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

  • In the TARGETS text box, provide a comma-separated list of {HostIP/Name}:{Port) pairs, which represent the SSl enabled web sites to be monitored. For example, 192.168.10.7:443,192.168.10.8:443. The test connects to each IP/port pair and checks for validity of the certificate associated with this target. One set of metrics is reported for each target. The descriptor represents the common name (CN) value of the SSL certificate.

  • Provide a list of comma separated file paths for the SSL Certificates that are to be monitored in the TARGETFILES text box. For example, C:/server.crt, D:/admin.crt. The test reads the SSL Certificates for the web sites that are to be monitored from this location and checks for the validity.

  • In general, SSL Certificates are bound together in a file and each certificate will be identified by a unique key. In the KEYSTORE FILE text box, provide the location of this file so that each key assigned to individual certificates will be auto accessed during monitoring and the relevant certificate will be picked out for monitoring. For example, the location of this file may be: C:/egurkha/manager/tomcat/webapps/eGmanager.bin

  • In the KEYSTORE PASSWORD text box, provide the password that is used to obtain the associated certificate details from the keystore file.

  • Confirm the keystore password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with "$" indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to "xyz" and $port will be changed to "80" when configuring a test.