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#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
import ssl
import datetime
import smtplib
import argparse
import sys
import logging
# The one external library
import certifi
def get_connection(address, port):
''' Establishes an SSL connection to the specified address and port '''
# Find out where certifi's root certs are
cacerts_location = certifi.where()
# Establish the socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
# Wrap up the socket with ssl
ssl_sock = ssl.wrap_socket(s,
ca_certs=cacerts_location,
cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
ssl_sock.connect((address, port))
return ssl_sock
def verify_hostname(connection, address):
'''
Pass in the connection, along with address to verify the certificate
matches the specified address.
'''
for entry in connection.getpeercert()['subject']:
if entry[0][0] == "commonName":
if entry[0][1] == address:
# It's valid
return True
# If it's not against 'subject', it could be a 'subjectAltName'
for entry in connection.getpeercert()['subjectAltName']:
if entry[1] == address:
# It's valid!
return True
# If we don't match either 'subject' or 'subjectAltName' it's not valid
return False
def expiring_certificate(connection, expiry_days):
'''
Pass in the connection and number of days. Verify that the expiry date isn't
within the specified number of days
'''
# Convert the presented certificate's expiry date into a datetime object.
# This could be done in one line, but for readability, we'll do this over three
expiry_date = connection.getpeercert()['notAfter']
expiry_epoch = ssl.cert_time_to_seconds(expiry_date)
expires = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(expiry_epoch)
# Create a datetime object of the specified date
now = datetime.datetime.now()
specified_date = now + datetime.timedelta(days=expiry_days)
# this evalutes to True if the certificate expires before the specified
# expiry date.
return expires < specified_date
def send_email(expiry_date, address, email_to, email_from):
server = "localhost"
# It would probably be neater if used format here
message = """\
From: %s
To: %s
Subject: SSL certificate for %s due to expire %s
The SSL certificate for %s is due to expire on %s. Please update and replace.
""" % (email_from, email_to, address, expiry_date, address, expiry_date)
smtp_server = smtplib.SMTP(server)
smtp_server.sendmail(email_from, [email_to], message)
smtp_server.quit()
def get_arguments():
''' parse the command line arguments '''
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
parser.add_argument("--address", dest='address', required=True, type=str, help='The endpoint to check')
parser.add_argument("--port", dest='port', required=True, type=int, help='The port on the endpoint to check')
parser.add_argument("--to", dest='to_address', required=True, type=str, help='who to email in case of alert')
parser.add_argument("--from", dest='from_address', required=True, type=str, help='who should email come from')
parser.add_argument("--expiry", dest='expiry', required=True, type=int, help='Number of days until expiry')
return parser.parse_args()
def main():
''' Tie it all together'''
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
args = get_arguments()
connection = get_connection(args.address, args.port)
if verify_hostname(connection, args.address):
logging.debug("Certificate for %s is valid" % args.address)
if expiring_certificate(connection, args.expiry):
logging.debug("Certificate for %s is going to expire" % args.address)
send_email(connection.getpeercert()['notAfter'],
args.address,
args.to_address,
args.from_address)
else:
logging.debug("Certificate is valid and isn't expiring")
else:
# If you get here, oops.
logging.critical("Certificate did not match host name")
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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