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Mobile Accelerator for Oracle Service Cloud — November 2016
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Enable Apple push notifications

You enable Apple push notifications on the Apple Developer site.

Before you begin

You must have a Apple ID to use Apple Developer. You must also create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file on an Apple computer.

About this task

Refer to the Apple Developer documentation for more information.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Apple Developer site.

  2. Click Account.

  3. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.

  4. Click Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.

  5. Create a certificate of type Apple Push Notification service SSL (Sandbox & Production).

  6. Select an App ID for the certificate.

    Note the App ID, for example com.company.OracleServiceCloud.

  7. Follow the instructions in the wizard to create the CSR file in Keychain Access on your computer, then upload the CSR file to the Apple Developer site to create the certificate.

  8. Download the certificate (aps.cer file) to your computer, then install it in Keychain Access.

  9. On your computer, export your private key as a .p12 file.

  10. Associate the new certificate with your App ID.

  11. Create a provisioning profile for distribution with the App ID and new certificate.

What to do next

You will need the App ID and .p12 file in the subsequent configuration step in Oracle Mobile Cloud Service.