certwatch.cron.xml

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  <refentryinfo>
    <title>certwatch</title>
    <productname>certwatch</productname>
    <author><contrib>Author</contrib><surname>Orton</surname><firstname>Joe</firstname><email>jorton@redhat.com</email></author>
    <date>May 2020</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>certwatch.cron</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>certwatch.cron</refname>
    <refpurpose>Generate SSL/TLS certificate expiry warnings for mod_ssl</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>/etc/cron.daily/certwatch</command>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para>The <command>/etc/cron.daily/certwatch</command> cron job
    runs a daily expiry check on certificate configured in
    mod_ssl. The cron job is configurable by the file
    <filename>/etc/sysconfig/certwatch</filename>, in which the
    following options are available:

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis>NOCERTWATCH=yes</emphasis></term>

        <listitem><simpara>Disables the cron job completely.</simpara></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis>CERTWATCH_OPTS="..."</emphasis></term>

        <listitem><simpara>Sets any additional options to pass to
        <command>certwatch</command> such as
        <emphasis>--period</emphasis>.</simpara></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Files</title>

    <para><filename>/etc/cron.daily/certwatch</filename>,
    <filename>/etc/sysconfig/certwatch</filename></para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See also</title>

    <para>
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>certwatch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>httpd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cron</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
    <ulink url="https://github.com/notroj/certwatch/"/></para>
  </refsect1>

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