missing private key in the distribution certificate on keychain

Question

I have the following problem which I could not find a solution for anywhere. Basically, we have a company developer account (not enterprise) and so in order to submit our ap

Answer 1

At the Menu > Visual Studio (mac) > Preferences > Publishing > Apple Developer Accounts > [Select your apple id] > View Details > Create Certificate

To delete unused/invalid certificates, go to website: https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/certificates/list

delete any unwanted certificate there

Next is to create App ID (identifiers), go to website:
https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/identifiers/list

Next, go to website to create provisioning profiles:
https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/profiles/add

use the certificate to bind with your app id.

Next is to download the profiles:
At your mac > At the Menu > Visual Studio (mac) > Preferences > Publishing > Apple Developer Accounts > [Select your apple id] > View Details > Download All Profiles

Answer 2

When I try to upload iOS build to test flight then error was appear.

"Missing privacy key".

Just 2 step for fix this error.

1. Remove old certificate from developer.apple.com
2. Create new certificate from Xcode or developer.apple.com

My problem has been solved (I am using Xcode 9.4.1).

Please check, Xcode created new certificate.

Answer 3

After you changed a Mac which are not the origin one who created the disitribution certificate, you will missing the private key.Just delete the origin certificate and recreate a new one, that works for me~

Answer 4

I got into this situation ("Missing private key.") after Xcode failed to create new distribution certificate - an unknown error occurred.

Then, I struggled to obtain the private key or to generate new certificate. From the certificate manager in Xcode I got strange errors like "The passphrase you entered is wrong". But it did not even ask me for any passphrase.

What helped me was:

1. Revoke all not-working distribution certificates at developer.apple.com
2. Restart my Mac

After that, Xcode was able to create new distribution certificate and no private key was missing.

Lesson learned: Restart your Mac as much as your Windows ;)

Answer 5

I accessed that certificate on apple's developer website and after downloaded it I opened it. Likewise, at open I got a little window asking if I wanted to add the certificate to keychain. Just tapped "add" and the "missing private key" error was gone.

Answer 6

To add on to others' answers, if you don't have access to that private key anymore it's fairly simple to get back up and running:

1. revoke your active certificate in the provisioning portal
2. create new developer certificate (keychain access/.../request for csr...etc.)
3. download and install a new certificate
4. create a new provisioning profile for existing app id (on provisioning portal)
5. download and install new provisioning profile and in the build, settings set the appropriate code signing identities