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## Certificate-Monitor

The certificate monitor provides a comprehensive workflow to solve SSL related certificate issues in the enterprise network.

Secure web servers use SSL certificates for their operation.

SSL certificates:

- can be issued as self-signed or signed by a proper certificate authority.
- SSL certificates are set with an expiry date.

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Sample Apps - with valid certificate and with a self-signed (invalid) certificate

Web administrators need to

- be aware of secure servers running untrusted or self-signed certificates in the network and take corrective actions to improve the security of web servers.
- keep track of which web server certificates are expiring or expired and take corrective actions to fix the webservers.

Failure to renew certificates on time will render the server inaccessible to dependent servers leading to business service disruption for end users.

The Certificate monitor helps IT teams to troubleshoot all aspects of SSL certificates in an enterprise network.

For details see:

[Dashboard-Certificate-Monitor](../detailed_dashboards/Certificate-Monitor.htm)