SSL monitoring that warns you before expiry.
One missed renewal and every visitor sees a security warning instead of your site. Uptimia warns you up to 90 days before each certificate expires — and within minutes when one breaks.
Certificate Details
read from a real TLS handshakeWhat the check reads
openssl s_client · every 6 hMonitoring Logs
handshakes keep passing — expiry is the risk
Frankfurt14:32:04118 msUp
New York08:32:0296 msUp
London02:32:05104 msUp
Tokyo20:32:03142 msUpOne certificate's last 60 days
A live certificate, re-read every 10 minutes. The warning window opens at 60 days, the severity flips at 45, and the renewal closes it.
SSL monitoring beyond the expiry date
A certificate can break long before it expires — Uptimia's HTTPS monitoring checks the whole handshake: chain, protocol, hostname.
Expiry, chain and protocol
Warned days ahead, never after
Set how much warning you want, per domain. Once a check lands inside that window, the alert fires — a lapsed certificate never surprises you.
- You choose how much notice you get — set it per certificate, in days
- Checked against the live valid-to date every run — not a cached lookup
- Clears itself the moment a renewed certificate is detected
window
Two severities, one monitor
A generous warning window fires a low-key TROUBLE alert; inside 45 days of expiry — or already lapsed — it escalates to CRITICAL. A single blip never pages you.
- 45-day severity boundary — trouble further out, critical inside 45 days or expired
- A blip never wakes anyone — a problem has to hold across consecutive checks first
- Recovery notice closes the loop the moment the certificate is renewed
Chain, protocol and hostname
An unexpired certificate can still break the padlock. Every check validates the chain, negotiated protocol and hostname — and opens an incident the moment any is wrong.
- Chain validity — a missing intermediate or untrusted issuer is flagged
- Weak & deprecated protocols — know when a server negotiates something it shouldn't
- Hostname & domain match — the cert actually covers the address it's served on
intermediates present + trusted
missing R11? → incident
negotiated TLS 1.3 ✓ TLS 1.0 offered? → incident
cert covers the address served
www-only cert? → incident
Real handshake times, at your pace
Every check records the TLS handshake time the probe measured on the live connection. You pick the cadence per certificate, from every 10 minutes up to once a day.
- Handshake time in milliseconds — what the probe recorded on the live connection
- Check interval you choose — from every 10 minutes up to once every 24 hours
- Update one setting via API without resetting the rest of the monitor
every 10 min → once a day
per certificate · as often as every 10 min
{"check_interval": 600}
the rest stays untouched
Point it at a domain.Hear about expiry weeks out.
Every certificate, every chain check, every alert channel — free for 30 days, and none of it is a paid add-on.
How SSL monitoring works
Live in under a minute — nothing to install, Uptimia reads the certificate your server presents.
Add your HTTPS domain
Paste the domain and pick your warning window — sensible defaults cover the rest.
Choose who gets alerted
Pick people and channels, and how many failing checks confirm a real problem.
Uptimia watches the handshake
Every 10 minutes it re-reads the live certificate and alerts your team days before expiry — or the instant something's wrong.
Also included
Full REST API
Create, edit and manage certificate monitors from CI or scripts — partial updates change one setting and leave the rest untouched.
The whole handshake, validated
Not just the expiry date — the whole handshake is validated.
Incident history that holds
A chain problem that opened before this month still shows in the window you're viewing.
Check interval you control
From every 10 minutes up to once a day, per certificate.
Fewer false pages
Require up to three failing checks before an incident confirms.
Every monitor type in one account
Your SSL monitors sit beside uptime, speed, DNS and heartbeat monitors — same contacts, groups and roles.
Where your alerts land
An expiring certificate reaches the same people, on the same channels, as a site that went down.
Microsoft Teams12 channels, one contact list — set it once, every monitor type uses it.
Browse the full integrations directory →What is SSL monitoring?
SSL monitoring — also called SSL certificate monitoring or TLS certificate monitoring — is an automated service that periodically opens a real TLS connection to your HTTPS site, reads the certificate it presents, and alerts you before that certificate expires — or the moment its chain, protocol or hostname is wrong. It runs from outside your servers, so problems are fixed days ahead of a browser warning.
How does SSL monitoring work?
Each check reads the live certificate — issuer, validity dates, negotiated protocol and real handshake time.
When does an SSL monitor alert you?
expiry inside your warning window, or a bad chain / protocol / hostname → alert
When does an expiry alert become critical?
You set the warning window; a fixed 45-day boundary then tells routine from urgent, so a heads-up weeks out never reads like an emergency.
Free tool: check any certificate once →| Days to expiry | Severity | What Uptimia does |
|---|---|---|
| Outside your window | — | Nothing yet — the certificate is healthy |
| Inside window, > 45 days | Trouble | A calm heads-up: renew soon |
| 45 days or less | Critical | An urgent alert: act now |
| Already expired | Critical | An urgent alert: renew immediately |
SSL monitoring FAQ
01What is SSL monitoring?+
02How does Uptimia check my SSL certificate?+
03How far ahead will I be warned before a certificate expires?+
04How often does Uptimia check the certificate?+
05Does SSL monitoring catch more than an expiry date?+
06Does it check certificate revocation, mixed content or force HTTPS-only?+
07Will Uptimia renew my certificate automatically?+
08Can I monitor SSL certificate expiration for all my domains?+
09Can I just check a certificate once instead of monitoring it?+
10Is SSL monitoring included in the free plan?+
Start monitoring your certificates today.
Point Uptimia at a domain — be warned days before a certificate turns a visitor away.