Private Key location for notary tool (-k, --key key-path)

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wheelie OP

Created Mar ’22

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We are using notarytool to notorize installers for distribution.

 notarytool submit file-path
            { -k key-path -d key-id -i issuer | --apple-id
            apple-id [--password app-specific-password]
            --team-id team-id | -p profile-name [--keychain keychain-path] }
            [--wait --no-s3-acceleration]
            
 App Store Connect API Keys

          Developer ID team administrators can create App Store Connect API
          keys for the developers on their team by logging into
          <https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/api> and selecting the
          "Keys" tab. For security purposes, the private key can only be
          downloaded once.

          -k, --key key-path
                   App Store Connect API key. File system path to the
                   private key.

          -d, --key-id key-id
                   App Store Connect API Key ID. For most teams this will be
                   a 10 character alphanumeric string.

          -i, --issuer issuer
                   App Store Connect API Issuer ID. The issuer ID is a UUID
                   format string.

What is the recommended practice for the key-path, where should the API private key be stored in the the file system ?

There is this documentation

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/certificate_key_and_trust_services/keys/storing_keys_in_the_keychain

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/certificate_key_and_trust_services/keys

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/certificate_key_and_trust_services/keys/storing_keys_in_the_secure_enclave

But none seems to make a recommendation for storing private keys in a way that would work with notarytool

https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/devcdfbb56a3

States the following, but does not make a recommendation

WARNING: Save this file in a secure place because the key is not saved in your developer account and you won’t be able to download it again. If the Download button is disabled, you previously downloaded the key.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’22

I think you can use the store-credentials subcommand to save the private key to a profile in the keychain and then use that profile in other commands via the --keychain-profile option. At least that’s my reading of the notarytool man page (-: Please give it a whirl and let us know how you get along.

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