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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<refentryinfo>
<productname>crypto-utils</productname>
<date>April 2005</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>certwatch</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>certwatch</refname>
<refpurpose>generate SSL certificate expiry warnings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>certwatch</command>
<arg choice="opt">OPTION...</arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The <command>certwatch</command> program is used to issue
warning mail when an SSL certificate is about to expire.</para>
<para>The program has two modes of operation: normal mode and
quiet mode. In normal mode, the certificate given by the
<replaceable>filename</replaceable> argument is examined, and a
warning email is issued to standard output if the certificate is
outside its validity period, or approaching expiry. If the
certificate cannot be found, or any errors occur whilst parsing
the certificate, the certificate is ignored and no output is
produced. In quiet mode, no output is given, but the exit status
can still be used.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--quiet</option>, <option>-q</option></term>
<listitem><simpara>Enable quiet mode; no output is produced
whether the certificate is expired or not</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--period <replaceable>days</replaceable></option>,
<option>-p <replaceable>days</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><simpara>Specify the number of days within which an
expiry warning will be produced; default is 30. Expiry
warnings are always produced if, on the day of invocation, the
certificate is not yet valid, has already expired, or is due
to expire either that day or the following
day.</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--address <replaceable>address</replaceable></option>,
<option>-a <replaceable>address</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><simpara>Specify the address used in the To field of
the warning e-mail issued if quiet mode is not enabled. The
default is <literal>root</literal>.</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Diagnostics</title>
<para>The exit code indicates the state of the certificate:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis>0</emphasis></term>
<listitem><simpara>The certificate is outside its validity
period, or approaching expiry</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis>1</emphasis></term>
<listitem><simpara>The certificate is inside its validity
period, or could not be parsed</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>The <command>certwatch</command> program is run daily by
<command>crond</command> from the file
<filename>/etc/cron.daily/certwatch</filename> to warn about the
imminent expiry of SSL certificates configured for use in the
Apache HTTP server. This warning can be disabled by adding the
line: <literal>NOCERTWATCH=yes</literal> to the file
<filename>/etc/sysconfig/httpd</filename>. Options to pass to
certwatch can be specified in that file in the
<literal>CERTWATCH_OPTS</literal> environment variable.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/cron.daily/certwatch</filename></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See also</title>
<para>genkey(1)</para>
</refsect1>
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