x509 certificate monitoring with Netdata
This module checks the time until a x509 certificate expiration and its revocation status.
Charts
It produces the following charts:
- Time Until Certificate Expiration in
seconds
- Revocation Status in
status
Configuration
Edit the go.d/x509check.conf
configuration file using edit-config
from the
Netdata config directory, which is typically at /etc/netdata
.
cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory
sudo ./edit-config go.d/x509check.conf
Needs only source
.
Use smtp
scheme for smtp servers, file
for files and https
or tcp
for others. Port is mandatory for all non-file
schemes.
Here is an example for 3 sources:
update_every: 60
jobs:
- name: my_site_cert
source: https://my_site.org:443
- name: my_file_cert
source: file:///home/me/cert.pem
- name: my_smtp_cert
source: smtp://smtp.my_mail.org:587
For all available options and defaults please see
module configuration file.
Revocation status
Revocation status check is disabled by default. To enable it set check_revocation_status
to yes.
jobs:
- name: my_site_cert
source: https://my_site.org:443
check_revocation_status: yes
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the x509check
collector, run the go.d.plugin
with the debug option enabled. The output
should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
. If that's not the case on your
system, open netdata.conf
and look for the setting plugins directory
. Once you're in the plugin's directory, switch
to the netdata
user.
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
sudo -u netdata -s
You can now run the go.d.plugin
to debug the collector:
./go.d.plugin -d -m x509check