Creating Safari Web Push Certificate

Before we start, you need to have an active paid Apple Developer subscription to create a unique Push ID for your website.
The document is divided into 3 Steps:

1. Create a Certificate Request
2. Setting up Website Push ID for APNS (Apple Push Notification Service)
3. Generating Web Push Certificate

STEP 1: Create a Certificate Request

In this step, we are going to create a certificate signing request.

• Launch the Keychain Access app.
• Click on Keychain Access > Certificate Assistant > then, Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority.

• Enter an email address, a name, and then check the "Saved to disk" option. Click on "Continue".

• Save the certificate signing request (CSR) with the given name, we will need it later to create the Website Push Certificate.

STEP 2: Setting up Website Push ID for APNS (Apple Push Notification Service)

• You need to first login to the Apple Developer Console. Here, we will create a unique Website Push ID for push notifications.

• In the Developer Console, click on "Identifiers" and then click on "Register an App ID". Then select "Website Push IDs" from the "Register a New Identifier" list and click "Continue".

• Enter a Description. e.g. 'Web Push for Safari'

• Then enter an identifier, which follows reverse-domain name styling. So you should enter something like "web.com.mywebsite".
  (Note: "web" is added automatically to the identifier)

• Click on "Continue", check everything is in order, and then click "Register."

STEP 3: Generating Web Push Certificate

• Click on the Certificates section, then click "+" to see all available options.

• Click on Website Push ID Certificate and Continue.

• Next, select the Website Push ID you created earlier in Step 2 and hit Continue.

• Now we need the CSR file that was created in Step 1. Browse to the file with the Choose file button, and hit Continue to upload.

• On the next screen you will see "Download Your Certificate". Download the SSL certificate.

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The SSL certificate will be used to send notifications to your Subscribers.

Now we need to install and export the Certificate.

• Double-click on the downloaded certificate, this will install the certificate in the Keychain Access app.

Let’s export the Certificate now.

• Open the Keychain Access app and click on Certificates in the category section.
• Right-click on the Website Push ID for which we had created the certificate, and you will get a menu where you need to click on Export.

• While saving the certificate file, use the Personal Information Exchange (.p12) format.

• Next, you will be prompted to enter a password, enter vtap and click on "OK". This is mandatory.

• Then click "Allow" and enter your Mac password to export the certificate to your Macbook.

STEP 4: Share the Certificate with iZooto

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Share the Certificate

Once the above steps are followed, you will need to share this certificate with [email protected]