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Document difference between TLS Cert expiry metrics
blackbox-exporter currently offers two metrics to measure when TLS Certificates will expire.
The difference between those is very subtle, but
using probe_ssl_earliest_cert_expiry
for checking whether a certificate is due to
replacement can lead to false positive alerts.
This documents the difference between those two.
Generally, probe_ssl_last_chain_expiry_timestamp_seconds
seems to be what most people would want to use.
Hm, the CircleCI Tests seem to be failing for reasons unrelated to this PR:
level=error msg="Resolution with IP protocol failed" target=ipv6.google.com ip_protocol=ip4 err="lookup ipv6.google.com on 10.89.4.1:53: no such host"
Looks like the CI Test environment is having some network Issues.
Locally, the tests run fine.
CI is passing now after a rebase, so this PR is ready.