This post is a note to my future self about generating Apple Distribution Certificates. I received an email stating:
Your Distribution Certificate will no longer be valid in 30 days. To generate a new certificate, sign in and visit Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.
After signing in, the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles page will list two certificates:
- Apple Distribution certificate
- Used to distribute apps to TestFlight and the App Store.
- An expired certificate does not affect my apps on the App Store. However, I cannot update my apps or upload new apps with the expired certificate.
- Apple Development certificate
- Used to run apps on devices and use app services.
- It will have my computer's name appended to the certificate name.
To generate a new certificate I followed the steps from this StackOverflow answer:
- Open Xcode
- Open Xcode Preferences (Xcode->Preferences or Cmd-,)
- Click on Accounts
- At the left, click on your developer ID
- At the bottom right, click on Manage Certificates...
- In the lower left corner, click the arrow to the right of the + (plus)
- Select Apple Distribution from the menu
I also revoked the old certificate on the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles page. I did this by clicking on the distribution certificate and then clicking the revoke button.
XCode manages my provisioning profile, so I did not need to manually update it.
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