SSL certificate monitoring, so expiry is never a surprise
An expired certificate takes a site fully offline: browsers block it and API clients refuse to connect. It’s also the most predictable outage there is. StatusEagle watches every certificate you monitor and warns you well before the date.
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SSL monitoring checks a website’s TLS/SSL certificate on a schedule, tracking its expiry date, issuer and validity, and alerts you before the certificate expires or when it becomes invalid.
“We use auto-renew” is not a monitoring strategy
Automatic renewal with Let’s Encrypt or a cloud provider works almost all the time. The failures are what make SSL outages so frustrating, because nobody is watching:
What StatusEagle checks
SSL checks are part of every HTTPS website monitor. There’s nothing extra to set up.
| Check | Why it matters | Days until expiry | Validity | Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The obvious one. Alerts at the thresholds you choose | ||||
| Catches invalid or broken certificates, not just expiring ones | ||||
| Tells you who issued it, and whether that changed unexpectedly |
Recommended alert thresholds
Auto-renewing certificates typically renew around 30 days before expiry. A 21-day warning means renewal has already failed at least once, which is exactly when you want to know.
| Certificate type | First alert | Second alert | Auto-renewed (90-day) | Manually renewed (1-year) | Certificates owned by a client or another team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 days before expiry | 7 days | ||||
| 30 days | 14 days, then 7 | ||||
| 45 days | 21 days |
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Frequently asked questions
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SSL monitoring checks a site’s certificate regularly and alerts you before it expires or if it becomes invalid.
Your first monitor takes about two minutes.
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