Today, Zenith Elevate is happy to announce the availability of a new feature that makes MAGNAPing even more powerful and flexible.
MAGNAPing now supports checking for HTTPS certificate expiration through a new custom scheme: HTTPSCert. By using this scheme, one can check certificate expiry on web sites and endpoints of interest. The value to check against is passed as the URL query string parameter. If omitted, it defaults to 30 days in the future or its overriding value from the configuration file. If present, it can take form of days in the future or a specific date.
By using this new scheme, you can stay abreast of HTTPS certificate expiration on your web sites or endpoints and always remain prepared to the pending certificate renewals by way of alerts issued if they near expiry.
Internally, the check is implemented by sending a HEAD request; therefore, it creates minimal load on the target server and transmits minimal network traffic.