Request and install certificate
Overview
Caution! If you want to renew your Apple Push certificate, please follow the procedure described in our article How to renew your Apple Push Certificate.
An Apple Push Certificate is required for establishing a secure connection between the Cortado Administration Portal and iOS/iPadOS devices. Cortado sends the corresponding notification to the device via the Apple Push Notification service (APNs), requesting that it log in to Cortado. So no information is transmitted. The Apple Push Notification Service only wakes the device from hibernation, so that it can be logged on to Cortado. All configuration information, settings and requests go via an (encrypted) SSL connection directly from the administration portal to the iOS/iPadOS devices.
Request and install certificate
Before you can request a certificate from Apple, you first have to run a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
- For CSR, select in the Administration Portal: Administration→ Settings.
- Under Apple Push Certificate click on Generate Certificate Request (arrow in illus.).
- Fill out the form and confirm with OK.
- Click on Submit to open a new website.
- By clicking Submit (see above), the Certificate Signing Request was automatically uploaded to the new website and signed by Cortado.
- In step 2 you can download the signed certificate request (CSR).
The signed CSR file is then saved.
- Then go to the Apple website (Apple Push Certificates Portal) and log in using your Apple ID.
- Click on Create a Certificate (arrow in illus.).
- Select your signed certificate request, and upload it.
- Shortly after, you can download your certificate in .pem format (arrow in illus.).
The downloaded Apple Push Certificate is saved.
- Upload the .pem file by clicking Choose Certificate in the Administration Portal.
The successfully uploaded Apple Push certificate is now displayed in the Administration Portal:
Export and import certificate
- Save a backup of the certificate in .pfx format with Export Apple Push Certificate.
- With this version of the certificate, you can avoid future need for the procedure described above.
- Enter a password for your certificate.
- Using Import Apple Push Certificate you can install it again anytime.
- To do so select the certificate with Choose Certificate and enter your password.
Caution! If you want to renew your Apple Push certificate, please follow the procedure described in our article How to renew your Apple Push Certificate.