Getting "Cannot save Signing Certificates without certificate pricate key" using codemagic's certificate generation

[mvamvakas]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

1. In integrations connect with Developer Portal
2. In IOS provisioning profiles, fetch and add profiles
3. In IOS Certificates, fetch and add certificates

Try to run script with
- script: keychain initialize
- script: keychain add-certificates
- script: xcode-project use-profiles

Expected results

Based on the tutorial codemagic should find the certificates and add them

Actual results

Build fails with error below

Add certificates to keychain /Users/builder/Library/codemagic-cli-tools/keychains/23-06-25_ks9xdomo.keychain-db
Searching for files matching /Users/builder/Library/MobileDevice/Certificates/*.p12
Did not find any certificates from specified locations

Build failed :|
Step 6 script keychain add-certificates exited with status code 1

Build id (optional)

6859bfe7ef9d14d24840f2b5

[solomonium]

Hello mavamvakas,

When you use automatic codesigning you need to also provide a CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY which will then be used for creating the certificate and provisioning profile.
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That's why you are getting this error
​Cannot save Signing Certificates without certificate private key
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If you already have the certificate private key then you need to add this key as an environment variable in codemagic.
The CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY will then be used for creating the certificate and provisioning profile.​

You can also create a new 2048 bit RSA key by running the command below in your terminal:
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​ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -m PEM -f ~/Desktop/ios_distribution_private_key -q -N ""
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Now open the file ios_distribution_private_key with a text editor and copy the entire contents of the file, including the -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- tags in an environment variable called CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY
add this key as an environment variable in codemagic as described below:

1. Open your Codemagic app settings, and go to the Environment variables tab.
2. Enter CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY as the Variable name.
3. Open the file ios_distribution_private_key with a text editor and copy the entire contents of the file, including the -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- tags. Alternatively, you can run the following command on the file:
4. cat ios_distribution_private_key | pbcopy
5. Paste into the Variable value field.
6. Enter a variable group name, e.g. code-signing. Click the button to create the group.
7. Make sure the Secret option is selected so that the variable can be protected by encryption.
8. Click the Add button to add the variable.

and rerun the build.
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You can check also this part of documentation for reference here

if you are using code-signing certificates please mention it under environment:

environment:
      groups:
        - appstore_credentials #<-- It contains the Issuer ID, Key ID, your .p8 private key file and CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY that i mentioned above
      ios_signing:
        distribution_type: app_store # or: ad_hoc | development | enterprise
        bundle_identifier: com.example.id
    integrations:
      app_store_connect: App Store API key reference name
    scripts:
      - name: Set up code signing settings on Xcode project
        script: xcode-project use-profiles

You can also check this section of the docs for more guide

[solomonium]

Hello mavamvakas,

I went through your team builds and noticed there are no builds yet, are you still experiencing any issues?