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Create Key ID and Certificates for Apple Account

Updated this week

If you have an Individual Developer Account, please complete the following steps to create a key ID and the required certificates. These must be done before you can generate an app in your Apple Developer account:

Step 1: Creating a Certificate

  1. Log into the Apple Developer Account.

  2. Navigate to Certificates

  3. Click + (near Certificates.)

  4. Select Apple Distribution under "Software" and click Continue.

  5. Under Create a New Certificate, click “Choose File” and upload the CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest file.

  6. Click Continue and download, and save the certificate file.

Step 2: Creating a Group ID

  1. Navigate to Identifiers, click +.

  2. Select App Groups, enter provided details (description and identifier).

  3. Click Continue, then Register.

Step 3: Creating App IDs

3.1 App ID

  1. Navigate to Identifiers, click +.

  2. Under “Register a New Identifier” select App IDs, click Continue.

  3. Type App and click Continue

  4. Fill in the details provided:

    1. Explicit / Wildcard - Select Explicit if not selected.

    2. Description - App ID Description

    3. Bundle ID - App ID Bundle ID

  5. Under Capabilities, check the following options:

  1. App Groups

  2. Associated Domains

  3. Push Notifications

  4. Sign In with Apple

  1. Click Continue, then Register.

  2. From the list of Identifiers, select the App ID that you have just created.

  3. Under Capabilities → App Groups → Select Configure.

  4. Select previously created Group ID, click Continue

  5. Click Save, and then click on “Confirm” on the “Modify App Capabilities” alert.
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3.2 Notification Service App ID

  1. Navigate to Identifiers, click +.

  2. Under “Register a New Identifier” select App IDs, click Continue.

  3. Type App and click Continue

  4. Fill in the details provided:

    1. Explicit / Wildcard - Select Explicit if not selected.

    2. Description - Notification Service App ID : Description

    3. Bundle ID - Notification Service App ID: Bundle ID

  5. Under Capabilities, select:

    1. App Groups

  6. Click Continue, then Register on the next screen.

  7. From the list of Identifiers, select the Notification Service ID that you have just created (com.radiusagent.xxxxxxxx.notification )

  8. Under Capabilities → App Groups → Select Configure.

    1. Select the Group ID that was created earlier and click Continue.

Click on Save, and then click on “Confirm” on the “Modify App Capabilities” alert.

Step 4: Creating Provisioning Profiles

4.1 App Provisioning Profile

  1. Navigate to Profiles, click +.

  2. Under Distribution, select App Store Connect

  3. There will be 2 IDs (Which you have created in the previous steps) in the list, and first select the App ID (com.radiusagent.xxxxxxxx) and Click continue.

  4. Under Select Certificate, Select the created certificate and Click Continue.

  5. For the Provisioning Profile Name, fill in the details that we have provided:

    1. <APP NAME> App (From the details we have provided: App Provisioning Profile → Provisioning Profile Name)

  6. Click on Download and a file will get downloaded.

4.2 Notification Service Provisioning Profile

  1. Navigate to Profiles, click +.

  2. Under Distribution, select App Store Connect

  3. There will be 2 IDs (Which you have created in the previous steps) in the list, and select the Notification App Service ID (looks like: com.radiusagent.xxxxxxxx.notification) and click Continue.

  4. Under Select Certificate, Select the created certificate and click on Continue.

  5. For the Provisioning Profile Name, fill in the details that we have provided:

    1. <APP NAME> Notification App (From the details we have provided: Notification App Provisioning Profile → Provisioning Profile Name)

  6. Click on Download and a file will get downloaded.

Step 5: Key

  1. Navigate to Keys, click +.

  2. Enter the given details in the form:

    1. Key Name: Radius Key

  3. Select the below services:

    1. Apple Push Notification service (APNs) and Click on Configure.

      1. In the Environment: Select “Sandbox & Production”

      2. Key Restriction: Team Scoped (All Topics), and click on “Save”

    2. Sign in with Apple:

      1. In the Primary App ID list, select the App ID we have created, and click on “Save”

  4. Click on Continue, and then click Register

  5. Note down the Key ID, and click on “Download”.

Final Step: Email the Downloaded Files

Once the app creation and ID creations are completed, reply to the email with the Key ID and 4 downloaded files back or email us with

Attach: 4 downloaded files.

In case if you are sending as a new email, please send it to

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