Manual Chapter :
SSL Certificate Monitoring
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 4.6.0
About SSL certificate monitoring
When you manage BIG-IP® devices that load balance SSL traffic, you must monitor both their SSL traffic and SSL system certificates. Traffic certificates are server certificates that a device uses for traffic management tasks. System certificates are the web certificates that allow client systems to log in to the BIG-IP Configuration utility.
BIG-IQ® Device populates the Certificates panel with details about each certificate on every managed BIG-IP device you discover. This makes it easy to monitor the expiration dates all of your devices' SSL certificates from one location.
Monitoring SSL certificate expiration dates
You must discover at least one device for the Certificates panel to display a
device's SSL certificate properties before you can monitor the certificates.
SSL certificates have a set expiry date, and do not automatically renew. For this
reason, it is important to monitor the SSL certificate's expiration dates for your
managed devices.
If an SSL certificate is about to expire, or has expired, immediately contact the
owner of the device.
