> Source: [sk102092](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk102092)

# sk102092 - Alert about expiration of a VPN certificate appears only during policy installation

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk102092 |
| Date Created | 2014-08-17 |
| Last Modified | 2024-06-19 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * Alert about VPN certificate expiration appears only during policy installation.
* Alert about VPN certificate expiration does not appear anywhere else in SmartConsole.

## Solution

This problem was fixed. The fix is included starting from:

* [Check Point R81.20](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk173903)

**Related solutions:**

* [sk31539 - Upon installing Security Policy, Security Management server warns about expiring Security Gateway certificates](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk31539&js_peid=P-114a7bc3b09-10006&partition=General&product=Security)
* [sk182070 - How to renew IKE certificates for VPN, Multi-Portal, and Identity Broker on all managed Security Gateways](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk182070)
* [sk178304 - SmartConsole shows a warning or error icon near the Security Gateway / Cluster object about an expiring VPN certificate](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk178304&partition=Basic&product=Quantum)

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