Appstore Signing Setup

App Store Signing Setup

Use for new signing assets, rotation, or team sharing.

Preconditions

Auth is configured (asc auth login or ASC_* env vars), bundle id/platform are known, and certificate creation has a CSR or will use --generate-csr.

Workflow

1. Bundle ID:
   • asc bundle-ids list --paginate
   • asc bundle-ids create --identifier "com.example.app" --name "Example" --platform IOS
2. Capabilities:
   • asc bundle-ids capabilities list --bundle "BUNDLE_ID"
   • asc bundle-ids capabilities add --bundle "BUNDLE_ID" --capability ICLOUD
   • use --settings '[{"key":"ICLOUD_VERSION","options":[{"key":"XCODE_13","enabled":true}]}]' when required
3. Certificate:
   • asc certificates list --certificate-type IOS_DISTRIBUTION
   • asc certificates create --certificate-type IOS_DISTRIBUTION --csr "./cert.csr"
   • asc certificates create --certificate-type IOS_DISTRIBUTION --generate-csr --key-out "./signing/dist.key" --csr-out "./signing/dist.csr"
4. Profile:
   • asc profiles create --name "AppStore Profile" --profile-type IOS_APP_STORE --bundle "BUNDLE_ID" --certificate "CERT_ID"
   • development/ad-hoc also pass --device "DEVICE_ID"
5. Download, inspect, install:
   • asc profiles download --id "PROFILE_ID" --output "./profiles/AppStore.mobileprovision"
   • asc profiles inspect --path "./profiles/AppStore.mobileprovision" --output table
   • asc profiles inspect --path "./profiles/AppStore.mobileprovision" --entitlements --output markdown
   • asc profiles local install --path "./profiles/AppStore.mobileprovision"
   • asc profiles local list --output table

Rotation

• asc certificates revoke --id "CERT_ID" --confirm
• asc profiles delete --id "PROFILE_ID" --confirm
• asc profiles local clean --expired --dry-run
• asc profiles local clean --expired --confirm

Encrypted Sync

Use asc signing sync as a lightweight match-style encrypted git store.

asc signing sync push \
  --bundle-id "com.example.app" \
  --profile-type IOS_APP_STORE \
  --repo "git@github.com:team/certs.git" \
  --password "$MATCH_PASSWORD"

asc signing sync pull \
  --repo "git@github.com:team/certs.git" \
  --password "$MATCH_PASSWORD" \
  --output-dir "./signing"

--password falls back to ASC_MATCH_PASSWORD. Pull writes files only; keychain import/profile install is separate.

Notes

Check --help for enum values. Use --paginate for large accounts. --certificate accepts comma-separated IDs. Device management uses asc devices with UDID. Local profile commands operate on disk, not ASC API resources.