Add Apple Push Notification Certificate
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You need to install an Apple Push Notification (APN) certificate on your Xcitium portal in order to communicate with iOS and Mac devices.
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You can enroll for an APN certificate using your Apple account. If you do not have an Apple account then please create one at https://appleid.apple.com. A free account is enough.
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The certificate is valid for one year. Xcitium will remind you when your certificate is nearing expiry. It is free to renew the certificate each year.
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Please follow the steps below to obtain and implement an APN certificate:
Step 1- Generate your PLIST
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Click 'Settings' > 'Settings' > 'Portal Set-Up' > 'Client Settings'
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Click the 'macOS / iOS' tab.
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Click the 'Create APNs Certificate' button to open the APNs application form.
The fields on this form are for
generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR):
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Complete all fields marked with an asterisk and click 'Create'.
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This will send a request to Comodo to sign the CSR and generate an Apple PLIST.
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You will need to submit this to Apple in order to obtain your APN certificate.
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Usually your request will be fulfilled within seconds and you will be taken to a page which allows you to download the PLIST:
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Download your Apple PLIST from the link in step 1 on this screen. This will be a file with a name similar to 'COMODO_Apple_CSR.csr'. Please save this to your local drive.
Step 2 -Obtain Your Certificate From Apple
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Login to the 'Apple Push Certificates Portal' with your Apple ID at https://identity.apple.com/pushcert/.
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Once logged in, click 'Create a Certificate'.
You will need to agree to Apple's
EULA to proceed.
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On the next page, click 'Choose File', navigate to the location where you stored 'COMODO_Apple_CSR.csr' and click 'Upload'.
Apple servers will process your
request and generate your push certificate. You can download your
certificate from the confirmation screen:
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Click the 'Download' button and save the certificate to a secure location. It is a .pem file with a name similar to 'MDM_COMODO GROUP LTD._Certificate.pem'
Step 3 - Upload your certificate to Xcitium
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Return to the Xcitium console, click 'Settings' > 'Settings' > 'Portal Set-Up' > 'Client Settings' > 'macOS / iOS'
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Click the 'Browse' button, locate your certificate file and select it.
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Click 'Save' to upload your certificate.
The APNs Certificate details
interface opens:
Xcitium Enterprise can now communicate with iOS and Mac OS devices. You can enroll iOS devices and Mac OS devices for management.
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The certificate is valid for 365 days. Xcitium will remind you when your certificate is due to expire.
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We advise you renew your certificate at least 1 week before expiry. If it is allowed to expire, you will need to re-enroll all your iOS and Mac devices.
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Click 'Renew' in the APNs certificate details interface to renew the cert:
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Click 'Delete' only if you wish to remove the certificate so you can generate a new APNs certificate.