step ssh needs-renewal

step ssh needs-renewal -- Check if an SSH certificate needs to be renewed

step ssh needs-renewal returns '0' if the SSH certificate needs to be renewed based on it's remaining lifetime. Returns '1' if the SSH certificate is within it's validity lifetime bounds and does not need to be renewed. By default, an SSH certificate "needs renewal" when it has passed 66% (default threshold) of it's allotted lifetime. This threshold can be adjusted using the '--expires-in' flag.

cert-file The path to an SSH certificate.

--expires-in=percent|duration Check if the certificate expires within the given time window using percent|duration. If using percent, the input must be followed by a "%" character. If using duration, the input must be a sequence of decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit suffix, such as "300ms", "-1.5h" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".

--verbose, -v Print human readable affirmation if certificate requires renewal.

This command returns '0' if the SSH certificate needs renewal, '1' if the SSH certificate does not need renewal, '2' if the SSH certificate file does not exist, and '255' for any other error.

Check if an SSH certificate needs renewal using the default threshold (66%):

Check if certificate will expire within a given duration:

Check if an SSH certificate has passed 75 percent of it's lifetime: