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

Check whether you are using Login or not to add the certificates, if you are checking in System at top left hand side then we wont be able to see it.

So drag and drop the .cer into login then check you are able to get the private key or not.

Answer 2

Just to shed some light on this.

After I deleted my p12 certificate from Keychain. I re-downloaded my own certificate from Apple developer portal.

I was only able to download the certificate. But to sign you need the private key as well. So you either:

• export both private key and certificate from Keychain to get it.

• Upload a Certificate Signing Request and generate new certificates

That certificate by itself has no value for signing purposes. My guess is that the private key is created by keychain the moment you 'request a certificate from a certificate authority' but isn't shown to you until you add its tying certificate.