Expiry thresholds
Default warning windows at 60, 30, 14, 7, and 1 day help teams react before renewal risk becomes an outage.
Certificate Monitoring
TLS expiry alerts for every endpoint
HostRepute watches HTTPS, raw TLS, STARTTLS, CAA, hostname validity, chain health, fingerprint drift, and load balancer split-brain from cloud probes or private agents.
Public certificates and private-network endpoints use the same alert pipeline
Certificate profiles define warning thresholds, event types, resolved-IP behavior, interval, and optional private agent routing.
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Create monitor
Add the host, protocol, port, SNI override, and certificate profile.
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Run checks
Cloud workers or a private agent execute scheduled checks based on plan interval and profile routing.
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Alert changes
Alertable events are deduplicated and sent through configured HostRepute alert destinations.
Built for renewal, integrity, and mail-protocol visibility
Certificate monitoring is separate from blacklist monitoring so TLS state can have its own checks, history, alerts, and API surface.
STARTTLS coverage
SMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, and FTP STARTTLS checks catch non-HTTP certificate failures.
CAA and hostname validation
CAA, hostname match, chain validity, signature algorithm, and SAN data are recorded per check.
Fingerprint drift
Fingerprint changes are detected so load balancer and certificate rotation surprises become visible.
Private agents
Internal endpoints can be checked by scoped bearer-token agents without exposing them publicly.
API checks and callbacks
Developer API tokens can start asynchronous certificate checks and receive signed completion callbacks.
Active certificate monitor slots are subscription-backed
Plans limit active certificate monitor slots and schedule interval. Manual/API certificate checks use the HostRepute credit system.
| Plan | Active certificate monitor slots | Interval |
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| Professional | 20 | 24h |
| Business | 75 | 12h |
| Enterprise | 250 | 6h |
Certificate monitoring questions
What certificate protocols can HostRepute monitor?
HostRepute monitors HTTPS, raw TLS, and STARTTLS endpoints for SMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, and FTP.
Does certificate monitoring include CAA checks?
Yes. Certificate checks include CAA validation alongside hostname, chain, expiry, algorithm, fingerprint, and load balancer drift checks.
Can HostRepute check private certificates?
Yes. Private certificate agents can poll assigned certificate profiles and report checks from inside your network.
Watch certificates before they become incidents
Create a monitor for public TLS, STARTTLS mail services, or private endpoints routed through an agent.