Manage Monitoring of Certificates in Azure
Don't let your business down! Get alerts for ageing Certificates and gain access to details without the Azure portal.
In Azure, Certificates deploys to different types of services. There are two types of collections you need to deal with:
- Azure Certificates in general - This guide
- For the Certificates deployed to Azure API Management Services, review the Monitoring API Certificates user guide.
In addition, Nodinite also has monitoring of Certificates for these other use cases and environments:
- Windows Certificates - Monitor Windows Server Certificates (X.509).
- Web Service Certificates - Monitor Certificates used by Web Applications, Web Services, and APIs to enable the use of the HTTPS protocol.
For your business and other end-users; Delegate the power to manage, and gain insights to selected Certificates in Azure. Nodinite Monitoring aids the support and maintenance team's people in having additional data for root cause analysis without having individual direct access to the Microsoft Azure Portal. Reducing access limits the number of attack vectors, and having fewer people with fewer access rights minimizes the risk for disruption of mission-critical services.
| Application Management Team | IT Operations | Business |
|---|---|---|
| Let your AM team have the power to be proactive without disturbing the IT operations team | Stay in complete control with access to everything | Give your business information and self-service for solutions built using Certificates in Azure |
Management Features
For Resources in the Role-based Monitor Views with the Remote Actions privilege grant; The following Remote Actions grouped by Category are available:
| Category | Monitoring | Actions | Metrics/Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | - | DetailsEdit | - |
As an Administrator with access to the Configuration for Monitoring Agents, the additional Monitoring options are available:
| Monitoring | Remote Configuration |
|---|---|
| Monitoring Certificate |
|
Certificate
The 'Certificate' Category provides one Resource for each Certificate found using the configuration with the specified display name as the Resource name.
Example from a Monitor View with a list of 'Certificates'.
See Monitoring Certificate for additional details about Certificate Monitoring.
The Certificate category provides Resources that displays the evaluated monitored state according to built-in rules.
The following Remote Actions are available for the Certificate Category:
Details
To view the selected Certificate Resource; Click the Action button and then click on the Details menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
Use the 'Details' action menu item to open the details modal for the selected Certificate.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
You find the current Monitoring thresholds at the bottom of the modal:
Edit thresholds
You can Edit the monitoring thresholds, click on the Action button and then click on the Edit menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
Example: Edit thresholds Action button menu item.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Here's an example of editing monitoring thresholds for selected 'Certificate'.
You can manage the following monitoring properties:
- Warning - Number of days before Certificate expires to trigger the Warning alert
- Error- Number of days before Certificate expires to trigger the Error alert
- Description - The user-friendly description of this specific Certificate monitoring configuration
Click the Save button to persist changes.
Save button.
Next Step
Monitoring Certificate
Configuring the Nodinite Azure Monitoring agent
Related
Azure Logging and Monitoring Overview
Prerequisites for Azure Agent