Re: certificate monitoring

Lutz Mader via This is the general mailing list for monit <[email protected]> Sun, 24 May 2026 09:42:12 +0200
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Hello Marco Moock,
sorry, you cannot validate a certificate using a service check file.
But, that sounds like a useful feature.

You should describe your request in more detail and submit it as a
feature suggestion/request.

A suggestion only,
Lutz

p.s.
https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#File

Am 23.05.26 um 16:16 schrieb Marco Moock:
> Hello!
> 
> I would like to monitor certificate validity with monit. I prefer
> monitoring the cert file itself, not the service (as this is SMTP with
> STARTTLS).
> 
> Does monit support that or do I need to build a script?
>