Renew an Apple MDM certificate
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In Snow Device Manager, on the Domain admin tab, click Service Management.
The Service Management workbench appears.
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On the Domain services page, double-click the device push service.
The Device Push Service dialog box appears.
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Click Advanced.
The Apple Certificates dialog box appears.
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Create a back-up copy of the previously installed certificate according to the following actions:
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Select your certificate and click Get.
The Format dialog box appears.
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Write down the password, and then click No.
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Save a back-up copy of the certificate.
noteWhen creating a back-up copy of the previously installed certificate, verify that the logged in user has the privileges files.
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In the Apple Certificates dialog box, select your certificate.
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Click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
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Close the Apple Certificates dialog box.
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Click Reset CSR.
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Click Create CSR.
The Create Apple MDM Signing Request dialog box appears.
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In the Create Apple MDM Signing Request dialog box:
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Type your Apple ID in the Email box.
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Type a name, preferably your Snow domain name, in the Common name box
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Click Generate.
A .csr file is generated.
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Save the .csr file.
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Keep the Device Push Service dialog box open and go to https://identity.apple.com/pushcert in a web browser.
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In the Apple Push Certificates Portal:
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Sign in with your Apple ID credentials.
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Click Renew.
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Click Browse and navigate to your .csr file.
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Click Upload.
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Click Download.
A .pem file is saved in your default download folder.
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In the Device Push Service dialog box, click Upload APN and open the downloaded .pem file.
noteIf, and only if, there is an error message with information that there was a problem with the last generated CSR-file, click Reset CSR and repeat Step 9 to Step 14.
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Click Apply.
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In the Domain Settings dialog box, click Save.
The MDM certificate is renewed.
It is recommended that you delete all files that was generated during this process.