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How to SSL Cert Check using open source.
Hello,
I would like to know how to implement ssl-cert-check from ssl-cert-check
I do have a windows box at work. Can i create it through Cygwin ?
Or what Linux flavor can i use ? Thoughts ?
Thanks for your help.
I would like to know how to implement ssl-cert-check from ssl-cert-check
I do have a windows box at work. Can i create it through Cygwin ?
Or what Linux flavor can i use ? Thoughts ?
Thanks for your help.
Any Linux flavour would work well. I recommend you start with Ubuntu. Download a Desktop edition and it has the UI.
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Thanks but do you know how to implement it and eventually create a cron job to spit the SSL Certs that are going to expire ? Thanks
You can setup something like Nagios (https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core) to automate the monitoring etc...What do you mean by implement? You can simply put it on a cron and run it as such, this is just a bash script.
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That is my problem "simply do this on Linux"
You can install it into a VMware Workstation or Virtual Box.
Or if you have Windows 10OS you use something like this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about
How do you wish to proceed?
Or if you have Windows 10OS you use something like this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about
How do you wish to proceed?
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Plus one from me on OVH.
Hah! Recently I took on a new hosting client + dropped their monthly hardware bill from $2K/month to $200/month with massively faster hardware. I should be on the OVH payroll as must as I pump their biz. :)
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I do have windows 7 though.
You can use Virtual Box or VMware Workstation in that case to install a virtual machine with Ubuntu on it.
When you setup an SSL cert, this relates to a public site on a public IP, resolvable via DNS.
You're saying you have some machine deployed at a hosting company running Windows 7, which you're using to host your site?
You're saying you have some machine deployed at a hosting company running Windows 7, which you're using to host your site?
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The problem is that SolarWinds does not have an alert for SSL Certs that are going to expire. It does monitor them though. So, I was googling and found the ssl-check open source.
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Not sure which SolarWinds you have but there is an out of box function for this:
https://www.solarwinds.com/topics/ssl-certificate-monitor
Or for older versions:
https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Server_Application_Monitor_(SAM)/Monitor_SSL_certificate_expiration_date
https://www.solarwinds.com/topics/ssl-certificate-monitor
Or for older versions:
https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Server_Application_Monitor_(SAM)/Monitor_SSL_certificate_expiration_date
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Yes it does monitor but does not have alerting.
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