Auto Renewal should be enabled for SSL Certificates
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Microsoft Azure Key Vault service can renew your SSL certificates automatically in order to prevent any application or service outage, credential leak, or process violation that can disrupts your business.Risk Level
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Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
Sure, here are the steps to remediate the SSL certificate auto-renewal misconfiguration in Azure using the Azure console:
- Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/).
- Navigate to the “App Services” section.
- Select the app service for which you want to enable SSL certificate auto-renewal.
- In the left-hand menu, click on “TLS/SSL settings”.
- Under the “Certificates” tab, select the SSL certificate for which you want to enable auto-renewal.
- Click on the “Renew” button.
- In the “Renewal settings” section, enable the “Auto-renew” option.
- Set the “Days before expiration” value to a number of days before the certificate expires when you want to start the renewal process.
- Click on the “Save” button to apply the changes.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the misconfiguration of SSL certificate auto-renewal for AZURE using AZURE CLI, follow these steps:
- Open the AZURE CLI on your local machine or use the Cloud Shell in the Azure Portal.
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Login to your Azure account using the command
az login. -
Once you are logged in, set the subscription context where the SSL certificate is located using the command
az account set --subscription <subscription_id>. -
Check the current status of the SSL certificate auto-renewal using the command
az network application-gateway ssl-cert show --resource-group <resource_group_name> --gateway-name <application_gateway_name> --name <ssl_certificate_name> --query 'sslState'. -
If the output of the above command shows that the SSL certificate auto-renewal is not enabled, then enable it using the command
az network application-gateway ssl-cert update --resource-group <resource_group_name> --gateway-name <application_gateway_name> --name <ssl_certificate_name> --set sslState=AutoRenew. -
Verify that the SSL certificate auto-renewal is enabled using the command
az network application-gateway ssl-cert show --resource-group <resource_group_name> --gateway-name <application_gateway_name> --name <ssl_certificate_name> --query 'sslState'. -
Once you have verified that the SSL certificate auto-renewal is enabled, you can exit the Azure CLI by typing
exit.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration of enabling auto-renewal for SSL certificates in Azure using Python, follow the steps below:Step 1: Install the Azure SDK for Python using the following command:Step 2: Authenticate with Azure using the Azure CLI or by setting the environment variables for authentication.Step 3: Use the following Python code to enable auto-renewal for SSL certificates in Azure:This code will enable auto-renewal for the specified SSL certificate in Azure.