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Title : Nagios plugin to check certificates on local file system
Author : Remy van Elst
Date : 24-09-2012
URL : https://raymii.org/s/software/Nagios_check_local_certificate_files.html
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This tutorial will show you how you can use the nagios plugin "check _ssl_ cert"
to monitor locally stored SSL certificates.

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### Installing the nagios-plugin

The plugin needs the expect program to be installed on the hosts which will
check their certificates.

Install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install expect

Now install the plugin:

sudo wget -O /etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssl_cert --no-check-certificate https://trac.id.ethz.ch/projects/nagios_plugins/export/1315/check_ssl_cert/check_ssl_cert

Also, make it executable:

sudo chmod +x /etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssl_cert

### Setting up the host

On the nagios client where the certificates are, you have to edit the NRPE
config to do the checks locally

vim /etc/nagios/nrpe_local.cfg

Add:

command[check_local_ssl]=/etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssl_cert -H localhost -f /home/so_ad/7days.pem -c 30
command[check_local_ssl]=/etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssl_cert -H localhost -f /home/so_ad/7days.pem -c 5

### Setting up the nagios server

I have the hostgroup _nodes_ defined, and in my nagios config file I add the
following service:

vim /etc/nagios3/conf.d/services-hostgroups.cfg

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