Generate Code Signing CSR with Mac OS Keychain Access
Modified on: Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:57 PM
Generating the Request in Keychain
- Under Keychain Access menu, find Certificate Assistant menu, highlight with your cursor, and then click Request a Certificate from a Certificate Authority.
- Enter the common name and email address in the Certificate Assistant window.
- For Code Signing certificates, the Common Name must be the name of the organization or the name of the individual requesting the certificate.
- For Personal Authentication Certificates, the Common Name must be the email address of the requester.
- Do not input CA email, instead select Saved to Disk to designate a location on your Mac for the CSR text file to be saved.
- For Code Signing, or if the CSR needs to be greater than 2048 bits, check "Let me specify key pair information" otherwise Continue.
- Select the preferred key size - Code Signing requires 3072-bits.
- Use Finder to locate the CSR file and open with a text editor to view the code. You will copy and paste this file into the order form on your account.
- To locate the private key in Keychain, search the common name in All Items in the Login keychain. There should be a public key (the CSR) and a private key matching the common name you entered when generating the CSR.
- Complete validation. Please refer to our Validation Guides in our Knowledgebase for more information about how to complete the Validation step.
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