Adding upstream version 1.44.3.upstream/1.44.3

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+### Understand the alert
+
+This alert checks the Consul Enterprise license expiration time. It triggers a warning if the license expiration time is less than 14 days, and critical if it's less than 7 days.
+
+_consul.license_expiration_time_: Monitors the remaining time in seconds until the Consul Enterprise license expires.
+
+### What is Consul?
+
+Consul is a service mesh solution that enables organizations to discover services and safely process network traffic across dynamic, distributed environments.
+
+### Troubleshoot the alert
+
+1. Check the current license expiration time
+
+  You can check the remaining license expiration time for your Consul Enterprise instance using the Consul API:
+
+   ```
+   curl http://localhost:8500/v1/operator/license
+   ```
+
+  Look for the `ExpirationTime` field in the returned JSON output.
+
+2. Renew the license
+
+   If your license is about to expire, you will need to acquire a new license. Contact [HashiCorp Support](https://support.hashicorp.com/) to obtain and renew the license key.
+
+3. Apply the new license
+   
+   You can apply the new license key either by restarting Consul with the new key specified via the `CONSUL_LICENSE` environment variable or the `license_path` configuration option, or by updating the license through the Consul API:
+   
+   ```
+   curl -X PUT -d @new_license.json http://localhost:8500/v1/operator/license
+   ```
+
+   Replace `new_license.json` with the path to a file containing the new license key in JSON format.
+
+4. Verify the new license expiration time
+
+   After applying the new license, you can check the new license expiration time using the Consul API again:
+
+   ```
+   curl http://localhost:8500/v1/operator/license
+   ```
+
+   Ensure that the `ExpirationTime` field shows the new expiration time.
+
+### Useful resources
+
+1. [Consul License Documentation](https://www.consul.io/docs/enterprise/license)
+2. [HashiCorp Support](https://support.hashicorp.com/)