Distribution certificate private key not installed

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Using Xcode 9 1  after building an iOS app  I want to archive it and upload it to the appStore for beta-testing  But I get the following issue after clicking the button Upload to the App Store    and choosing Automatically manage signing    quot My Name quot  has one iOS Distribution certificate but its private key is not installed  Contact the creator of this certificate to get a copy of the private key   I do not know why this  quot private key is not installed quot   but the Distribution certificate may have been created on a different computer or something  In any case  What is the simplest way to retrieve the missing private key and install it  In order to make things work

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If you are using the certificate in a new computer or not  The easiest thing to do would be to revoke the previous certificate relating to the project  Then re-upload to the store  Xcode will generate a new one

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In my case Xcode was not accessing certificates from the keychain  I followed these steps    delete certificates from the keychain  restart the mac  generate new certificates  install new certificates   clean build folder   build project   again clean build folder   archive now   It works That s it

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You can only have one distribution certificate  It unites a public key  known to Apple  with a private key  which lives in the keychain of some computer  If this distribution certificate was created on another computer  then the private key is on the keychain of that computer  And this distribution certificate does not work without it   So to use this distribution certificate on this computer  you must find that computer  open Keychain Access  locate and export the private key  mail it or otherwise get it to this computer  and import it into the keychain of this computer   If you go into the Accounts pref pane in Xcode and double-click your Team  you ll see a dialog that gives you help with this  If you see your distribution certificate and it says Not In Keychain  you can control-click that certificate to get a menu item that lets you email whoever created the certificate and ask them to send it to you  That person can use this same import to choose Export Certificate and can email you exported certificate   Either way  the private key or exported certificate will be passworded  You ll need to know the password in order to use it

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Just for anyone else who goes through this  the answers above are correct but it can still be a bit confusing especially if you have multiple certificates   These were the steps that I took   First take note of the date in the actual distribution certificate that is missing its private key   Then go to the keychain application on the other computer and type iOS in the search bar   It will show all of your iOS Developer and Distribution keys so you have to find the right one   Click the right arrow of each iOS Distribution entry to reveal the certificate and find the one with the correct date and export that one by right clicking and selection export   Then just import it in the keychain of the new computer and at least with Xcode 9 3 it immediately recognizes it and corrects the error so you can now upload your achieve

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i tried all mentioned solutions available on the internet but no solution working on my Mac  then i created a provisioning profile manually on apple developer website from certificates and identifiers  By importing that file manually app successfully uploaded on appStore follow below steps On Developer website 1-go to this link https   developer apple com account resources certificates 2- In profile Section create new profile by using app bundle identifier 3-Download it and save it an where On Xcode 1-Go to Signing and certificates 2-Disable automatically manage signing 3- Select provisioning profile in its section 4- Archive the app 5-Click Distribute App - gt ApStore connect - gt Upload- gt Next- gt  Then Select Profile from XXXX-app section when it download it show inside this section and now upload it

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People s answer here about having the key from the computer is generated are accurate  But if things are still failing  try restarting Xcode after installing a cert

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Up to date  January 2021   Xcode 10 - 12   Go to Xcode - Preferences - Accounts - Manage Certificates Click on the   at the bottom left  then Apple development Wait a little  then click Done  That s all  You may want to revoke the old certificate on developer apple com too  Old answer Step 1  Xcode - gt  Product - gt  Archives - gt  Click manage certificate  Step 2  Add iOS distribution

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This answer is for  One Man  Team to solve this problem quickly without reading through too many information about  Team   Step 1  Go to web browser  open your developer account  Go to Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles  Select Certificates   Production  You will see the certificate that was missing private key listed there  Click Revoke  And follow the instructions to remove this certificate   Step 2  That s it  go back to Xcode to Validate you app  It will now ask you to generate a new certificate  Now you happily uploading your apps

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Click on Manage Certificates- gt Apple Distribution- gt Done

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Add a new Production Certificate here  then download the  cer file and double click it to add it to Keychain   All will be fine now  don t forget to restart Xcode

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revoke all distribution certificate for developer apple com and the validate your app in Xcode there will be the option to create a new distribution certificate after you can export key for further use    This work for me

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If you are being stuck on this problem  After switch the computer and not able to upload your build to App Store  Simply click manage certificate on the error page  the   plus on the bottom left corner and create a new distribution certificate  Then you ll be good to go

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go to this link https   developer apple com account resources certificates list  find certificate name in your alert upload then   Revoke certificate that if you have certificate you download again upload testflight again

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EDIT  I thought that the other computer is dead so I m fixing my answer   You should export the certificate from the first computer with it s private key and import it in the new computer   I prefer the iCloud way  backup to iCloud and get it in the new computer   If you can t do it with some reason  you can revoke the certificate in Apple developers site  then let Xcode to create a new one for you  it ll also create a fresh new private key and store it in your Keychain  just be sure to back it up in your preferred way

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