Monitor management · Monitor types
Use SSL certificate monitoring
Track HTTPS certificate validity and expiry before certificate issues affect customer access. The guide follows the same monitor workflow used in the dashboard, so you can create, pause, remove, and troubleshoot monitors with confidence.
When to use it
Use SSL certificate checks when certificate validity is part of your service-health promise. This is especially important for customer-facing HTTPS services and APIs.
Recommended settings
- Enable Verify SSL Certificate to catch invalid or expired certificates.
- Enable Notify on expiration to receive an alert before expiry when your plan supports it.
- Set the expiry warning days to match your renewal process.
- Treat certificate expiry incidents as operational work even when the website content itself still responds.
Respond to SSL incidents
- 1.
Open the incident
Review the SSL incident from the Incidents list.
- 2.
Check certificate details
Confirm the affected hostname and expiry or validation message.
- 3.
Renew or replace the certificate
Complete the certificate renewal process with your hosting, CDN, or certificate provider.
- 4.
Confirm recovery
Wait for the next SSL check or manually verify the certificate, then close the incident when the service is healthy.