Can't find private key for Apple Development P

Question

I've consulted many sources out there and still can't figure this out.

http://code.google.com/p/apns-php/wiki/CertificateCreation

Basically after I download the Development Push SSL Certificate from the iOS Provisioning Portal > App IDS (with Enable for Apple Push Notification service selected) and I double click the certificate (filename aps_development.cer) to open it, the Keychain opens. I then select "login" and "Certificates" on the left panels. On the right panel I see "Apple Development IOS Push Services:..." and all instructions I've consulted so far have told me to "expand" this option by clicking the arrow next to the name to reveal the private key, but there is no expand option for this certificate. Can anyone help me find this private key? Did I download the wrong certificate?

Thanks

Answer 1

My problem was that, for some reason the various certs were being added to the 'System' keychain instead of the 'login' one.

By selecting 'login' and then adding them with the little '+' (next to the i) they've been added to the right place.

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem. Double-clicking the .cer file put the certificate in the Keychain, but did not show any private key (nor was the entry expandable).

I fixed the issue with these steps:

1. Quit keychain access.
2. right-click the .cer file (e.g. aps_production.cer)
3. Select "Open With > Keychain access (default)"

... and voila, now it shows up with the private key. Which is rather odd, since it was opening Keychain access anyways.

Answer 3

Goto the keychain access and follow steps as given below...

Answer 4

Delete the certificate that has no private key. Open Login in Keychain, then drag the file from Finder to Login and your certificate now has a private key!

Answer 5

What I faced, when I was creating CSR file, I was putting Common Name with a space. And the certificates created by this CSR file were not showing expand arrow in the Keychain Access

After I made a new CDR File with a short common name and recreated certificates, it installed well and has a private key.

Answer 6

Leaving this here in the hope that it helps somebody with similar symptoms - When you click aps.cer for opening it with Keychain Assistant, it prompts you with a dialog to select a keyring to import the Certificate into. For me, the private key didn't show up in a collapsible for any other keyring than login (i.e. others such as System or System Roots seemed to show only the Certificate).