I have an iOS MDM application which contains a set of restrictions to be imposed on the device. While a user enrolls a device , a provisioning profile along with a certificate is pushed on the device. Now the certificate is showing to be expired shortly. What could be the impact of not renewing the certificate. And how Can I renew the certificate.
Any suggestions will be really helpful.
When the certificate expires, your app will stop working. You can renew it by logging into your Apple developer account at https://developer.apple.com and navigating to the Certificates page - you should see your certificate there with the expiration date next to it. There is no option to renew it, but you can revoke the old one and issue a new one.
Once you have the new certificate you'll also need to rebuild the provisioning profile to link it with the new certificate, and then load the new profile onto the device.
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I got this mail from Apple.
Your iOS Distribution Certificate will no longer be valid in 30 days. To generate a new certificate, sign in and visit Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.
I get some information from StackOverFlow but I want to know what I need to do if I modify my existing app. Will I able to update in future the same app with new certificate and new profile. Is that I need to revoke and generate the new certificate. Thanks for your help and comments.
As per new updates, you don't need to renew the certificate as a separate action. The renewal is based on the expiration of the Apple developer account. By taking the action of renewing your membership, this will automatically renew your certificates.
It is just a reminder of the certificate that is going to be expired very soon in future.
I want to know what I need to do if I modify my existing app. Will I able to update in future the same app with new certificate and new profile.
Yes, You can always able to create new certificates (Some has limitation to create) and use these certificate to generate new mobile provisioning profile or regenerate mobile provisioning profile using the new certificates.
Using old certificate (Expired) you can not able to run build on device and not able to publish app on App Store.
The new certificate will not affect on your app. In simple words, certificates are being used to run app on device, publish app on App Store, push notification, etc.
I am creating an MDM Server and have successfully completed all the steps and was able to install the profile on the device.
In the .mobileconfig file which is installed on the device, we pass the SSL certificate, APNS certificate and profile information.
1) What if the SSL Certificate on the server is changed? (I guess this is not practiced by many or not practiced at all but still want to know what happens when this case occurs)
2) What happens after the APNS certificate is expired after one year?
How do I update the profiles on devices in which the profiles were already installed. Should the profiles be manually deleted and reinstalled or is there any other way?
Regarding the SSL certificate:
The mdm profile using the SSL certificate is not affected and can be continued to use. The only thing that will happen is on the device when you view the profile it will show that specific signing certificate to be expired.
Solution: You need to sign the mdm profile again with the new certificate.
Refer solution to this question.
You have option to renew the APNS certificate before it expires. Apple sends you email (to the apple-id that generated the APNS certificate) before the certificate expires. If you renew the certificate before expiration, you don't have to re-enroll the devices.
In case the certificate is already expired, you need to create a new one using the same old apple-id and will have to re-enroll all the devices to receive the MDM push.
I got a mail from apple that regarding ios distribution certificate.I tried to revoke but there is no revoke button in distribution certificate
delete,edit,download options are there what should i do should i wait till certificate expires
This certificate will no longer be valid in 30 days. To create a new certificate, visit Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles in your account.
Certificate: iOS Distribution
The certificate expires automatically from 365 days of creating. You can see when you create new one. Its best to create new one once it is expired.
For revoking go to production and click on certificate and dropdown option will come to revoke. Apple Developer Center->Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles->Production->Certificate(i.e for revoke)
Today, I realized that My Distribution Certificate has expired and cannot see any certificate under distribution anymore.
Also AppStore provisioning profile is expired but still there. When I want to edit it, of course i need to create a new distribution certificate.
So the question is, will I be able to update my existing App with new certificate?
Thanks
when your certificates is expired making following scenario:
1.When your certificate expires, it simply disappears from the Certificates, Identifier & Profiles section of Member Center. There is no Renew button that allows you to renew your certificate.You can revoke a certificate and generate a new one before it expires. Or you can wait for it to expire and disappear, then generate a new certificate.
2.When your development or distribution certificate expires, remove it and request a new certificate in Xcode.
3.When your certificate expires or is revoked, any provisioning profile that made use of the expired/revoked certificate will be reflected as ‘Invalid’. You cannot build and sign any app using these invalid provisioning profiles. As you can imagine, I'd rather revoke and regenerate a certificate before it expires.
4.Apps that are already on the App Store continue to function fine. Again, in
Important: Re-creating your development or distribution certificates doesn’t affect apps that you’ve submitted to the store nor does it affect your ability to update them.
I have just finished my first app and I want to submit it to the iTunes store. In getting ready I read a tutorial that said I should first clean up all certificates and provisioning profiles. So, as per this guys instructions, I revoked my certificate.
Now, I am having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to get it back. I've found an apparently out of date articles by Apple (TN2250) which no longer applies to my version of Xcode (4.3.2). In the Certificates section of the Provisioning Portal I can see no way to renew my certificate, or create a new one. I even called Apple's support and the nice gal was sweet but in the end was not able to help me and told me she was not technical support and I would need to ask my questions in the various help-forums.
How to renew my cert? Or create a new one?
There two certificates: one is for the development cert and another one is the distribution certificate.
If they are expired or you revoked them. You need to using key chain from your apple computer to generate the certificate requests.
Go to your apple computer, Open Application->utilities->keychain Access
Keychain Access->certificate Assantance->Request a certificate from a certificate authority
Fill in your email address and name, pick Save to disk
You need to generate two certificate for both the development certificate and the distribution certificate
Then:
You login to your provisioning portal.
Click the certificate manual on your left side
There two certificates: one is for the development cert and another one is the distribution certificate.
You request a new certificate from the portal, upload your certificate request you generated earlier.
You should be able to get your new certificates. You download these two certificates on to your computer, and double click the certificates to install them into your keychain.
Please let me know if you have problems to get your new certificate.