HOWTO: Create nodeJs ready APNS certificate (checklist post)

Full post on:
http://www.raywenderlich.com/32960/apple-push-notification-services-in-ios-6-tutorial-part-1

Checklist:
1. Create CSR

2. Create iOS Development + iOS Distribution certificates

3. Create provisioning (dev/prod) and register them to your xcodes

4. Create new AppID 

5. Enable both development and production APN Service

6. Create two different certificates using two CSR files
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7. For each certificate

• Download aps_production/aps_development certificate
• Double click on it and save it to your keychain
• Export p12 key
• Run openSsl to create two pem files (public and private key)

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openssl x509 -in aps_development.cer -inform der -out cert.pem

openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -out key.pem -in MyExportedKey.p12

For the second statement you'll need to create a "passphrase" that will be useful later on.

NodeJs part using node-apn

var fs = require( 'fs' );
var apn = require('apn');
var options = {cert: 'cert.pem',key: 'key.pem',passphrase: 'DanielRulz'}

module.exports = {
sendiOSNotifications : function( p_token,p_data,p_text){
var apnConnection = new apn.Connection(options);

var myDevice = new apn.Device(p_token);
var note = new apn.Notification();

note.expiry = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600; // Expires 1 hour from now.
note.badge = 1;
note.sound = "ping.aiff";
note.alert = p_text;
note.payload = {'addtionalData': p_data, 'field2': 'value'};

apnConnection.pushNotification(note, myDevice);
}
}

Xcode part
1. Go to the PROJECT build settings
2. Change the "Code Signing" section to what you need (Distribution/Developer)
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3. Go to the TARGET build settings
4. Change the "Code Signing" section to what you need (Distribution/Developer)
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