iOS: Create Signing Certificates

To sign an iOS App IPA, you will need to generate a set of signing certificates.

iOS applications built using Cordova require two files:

Personal Information Exchange: .p12
Provisioning Profile: .mobileprovision

Creating Signing Certificate and Provisioning Profile

There are two options we recommend when creating signing certificates for your iOS apps: OpenSSL (should be available on Mac/Linux by default) to create certificates via the command line, or Keychain Access (available on a Mac) for a GUI experience.

Mobile Provisioning Profiles are set up in the Apple Developer Account

You can find a quick guide to creating signing certificates and provisioning profiles here: https://github.com/blinkmobile/buildbot-cli/blob/master/docs/platforms/ios-buildbot.md

For more in depth instructions please see the linked documents in one of the following sections.

Note: Make sure the BundleID (AppID) associated with the Provisioning Profile is exactly the same as the AppID defined when you created your Cordova Project

Creating a Signing Certificate using OpenSSL via the Command Line

Compatible operating systems:

Linux - OpenSSL should be available by default
MacOSX - OpenSSL should be available by default
Windows - If you’re on Windows, you can find OpenSSL as part of Cygwin (a Unix-like environment for Windows), or you can download and install it as a standalone binary package for your system.

Detailed instructions for creating a signing certificate using OpenSSL can be found in this PDF document: CreatingCertificatesforiOSDeployments_OpenSSL.pdf

Creating a Signing Certificate using Keychain Access (GUI tool)

Compatible operating systems:

MacOSX - Keychain Access app should be installed by default

Detailed instructions on how to proceed can be found in this PDF document: CreatingCertificatesforiOSDeployments_KeychainAccess.pdf

Next Step

Create Your build.json File