Apple Push Certificates are used by Apple Push Notification service (APNs), which is a robust, secure, and highly efficient service that allows Addigy to send MDM policies, options, or commands to your Devices.
Apple Push Certificates must be manually renewed every year. If you have an expired certificate, please reference this article: FAQ: My Push Certificate Expired
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To Add a Certificate, Navigate to the Account > MDM Settings and click on New certificate.
- Click Download AddigyCSR.plist to get the plist file that will be uploaded into Addigy.
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Click on Apple's Push Certificate site to head over to Apple's site. From this page, Sign In with an Apple ID that you, as an account owner, will always have access to for renewal purposes. This email does not have to be an Apple Developer Account.
- From the Certificates for Third-Party Servers page, click Create a Certificate, and then read the Terms of Use and click Accept.
- You can add Notes for this Certificate here.
- Upload the CSR.plist you downloaded from Step 2 by clicking Choose File.
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After this is configured, click Upload.
- Click Download for the completed .pem file, which will be uploaded into Addigy.
- Click Select .pem file to upload and upload the file downloaded from the previous step.
- Choose a Name for this Push Certificate
- This is optional but highly recommended as you will need to use the same Apple ID to renew this Certificate.
- When this is configured, click Save.
Renaming your Apple Push Certificate
If you would ever like to adjust the name of the Apple Push Certificate in Addigy, it can easily be renamed by going to the three action dots and choosing Info.
The Info tab will show you all of the attributes of the Apple Push Certificate including the serial numbers, the topic, and the expiration date. It also allows for the certificate to be renamed by providing a Rename button next to the Push Certificate name.
Assign your Push Certificate
Now that your Push Certificate is in place, it's time to assign it to Policies, or a global profile.
- If you manage Devices for multiple organizations with your Addigy account, see our article Assigning Multiple Apple Push Certificates for a Multi-Tenant Environment
- If you manage Devices for a single organization, look at Setting up the Global MDM Profile