Certificate Expiry Notification - Devices | Servers

This workflow enables you to generate an expiry report of certificates present on a device and expiring in a specific number of days.

To trigger this workflow:

  1. From the Certificate Lifecycle Automation catalog, under the Alert and Notification category, hover your mouse over the Certificate Expiry Notification - Devices | Servers workflow and click .
    The workflow is executed with the workflow inputs requested at the first stage.
  2. Under the Certificate Expiry section, enter or select the requested field information as described in the table below.
    Table 1. Field Description for Certificate Expiry section.
    Field Description
    *Time Frame Type Enter the time frame type from the available options:
    • Exact: The system generates a report of certificates that expire on exactly the number of days as mentioned in the Expiry Time Period starting from today. For example, if you mention 30 in the Expiry Time period on the 1st day of the month, the report will contain details of certificates expiring on the 30th day of the month.
    • Range: The system generates a report of certificates that expire within a range of days as mentioned in Expiry Time Period. For example, if the range is mentioned as 30-60 on the 1st day of the month, the system generates a report of certificates expiring from 30th day to 60th day from that day.
    Note: Exact is the default selection.
    *Expiry Time Period

    Enter the expiry time period for which notification has to be sent. Multiple values can be entered, separated by commas. You can either define it as an exact number or a range or a combination of both. For example, 30,60,90 or 0-30,30-60,0-60 or 30,30-60,90.

    • Input type: Range - The expiry report will be generated for the range specified. For example, 0 - 30 days, 0 - 60 days, 0 - 90 days.
    • Input type: Exact - The expiry report will be generated for certificates expiring on the exact specified date. For example, certificates expiring on the 30th, 60th, 90th day.
    *Device Category Select the device category for the report from the dropdown list.
    *Device Vendor Select the device vendor for the report from the dropdown list.
    Device Name Select the specific device for the report.
    Report Fields Select the report fields to be displayed in the report from the dropdown list.
    All Asterisk (*) marked fields are mandatory.
  3. Under the Notifications section, enter or select the requested field information as described in the table below.
    Table 2. Field Description for Notifications section.
    Field Description
    *Email ID Enter the email address of the recipient in the ‘To’ field. Comma separated values can be entered for multiple email addresses.
    Note: The email id of the logged in user is populated automatically.
    CC Email ID Enter the email address of the recipient in the ‘CC’ field. Comma separated values can be entered for multiple email addresses.
    *Report Format Select the required checkbox to send the report as:
    • Email Content: The report will be sent as Email content.
    • CSV Attachment: The report will be sent as a separate attachment in CSV format.
    Note: Email Content is the default selection.
    All Asterisk (*) marked fields are mandatory.
  4. Click Submit.
    The workflow is executed successfully and an email notification with the list of devices and certificates present on that device expiring in a specific number of days is sent.