Automated Certificate Renewal for Liquidware Stratusphere UX

With the upcoming industry‑wide reduction of publicly trusted TLS certificate lifetimes to 47 days, our IT team anticipates significant operational impact in maintaining secure connectivity, data collection stability, and administrative access within our Liquidware Stratusphere UX environment, specifically across:

Stratusphere UX HUB
Stratusphere Collector appliances
Stratusphere Database servers
Both internal and public‑facing interfaces/services

Impact Summary

The new 47‑day maximum certificate validity—as described in DigiCert’s announcement
https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days —creates a renewal cadence that is impractical for manual lifecycle management. Without native automation capabilities, this change introduces:

Increased administrative overhead related to certificate enrollment and renewal
Elevated risk of expired certificates impacting service visibility or appliance access
Potential service disruption for internal users, collectors, and public‑facing endpoints
Additional recurring testing, validation, and change‑control burdens every 6–7 weeks

Requested Enhancement

We request that Liquidware implement built‑in SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle automation for all Stratusphere UX components, including HUB, Collector, and Database servers. Desired capabilities include:

Certificate Automation

Automated certificate enrollment for all relevant appliances and services
Automated renewal via ACME or other API‑driven certificate management platforms
Automated certificate installation/binding

Service Integration

Automated service reloads or safe appliance restarts where required
Support for internal PKI and public CAs (DigiCert, Sectigo, etc.)

Compatibility

Support or integration with modern certificate automation platforms such as:

DigiCert ACME Services
Microsoft ADCS ACME
Venafi
Sectigo ACME

Visibility & Monitoring

Certificate health reporting within the Stratusphere UX interface
Alerts for upcoming expirations across HUB, Collector, and Database servers
Unified view for internal and public‑facing certificate status

Business Importance

As certificate validity periods continue to compress, automation is becoming a baseline requirement for secure and stable enterprise operations. Native certificate automation support across Stratusphere UX would:

Reduce risk of downtime or data‑visibility loss
Improve overall security and compliance posture
Lower operational burden on system engineers
Streamline lifecycle management across internal and public‑facing systems
Ensure consistent and reliable monitoring data collection