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Creating the Apple Enterprise Wild Card Distribution Certificate

To create Apple Enterprise Wild Card Distribution Certificate, follow these steps:

In a browser, go to https://developer.apple.com, and click Member Center.

Enter your Apple Developer Enterprise Program credentials and click Sign in. If you do not have an account already, you need to create one. Developer Program Resources page appears.
Click Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles icon. The Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles page appears.
Click Certificates.
Verify whether there is an existing iOS Distribution Type certificate under the Production in the left column. If there is, highlight it choose Download to save the ios_distribution.cer into your local system.
If you just downloaded an existing iOS Distribution certificate, skip to Step 16 below. If no iOS Distribution certificate exists, you will need to create one and then download it. To create a new certificate, continue to Step 7 below.
Click Production in the left column, and then the + icon next to iOS Certificates label to add a new certificate. Development window appears in the right column.
Choose the App Store and Ad Hoc option under Production. Instructions to generate a certificate appear.
Follow the displayed instructions to generate a CSR file and click the Continue button.
In the Keychain Access application on your Mac, under the Certificate Assistant menu, choose the Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority option. Certificate Assistant page appears.
Fill out the displayed fields, choose Save to disk option, and then click Continue.
Save the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to your local machine.
Click Done. You have now generated your CSR.
Back in the developer.apple.com site, click Choose File and upload your CSR file, and then click Generate to continue.
Click the Download button to download the Distribution Certificate you have just generated.
Double-click the downloaded .cer file to import it into the local Keychain.
In the Keychain Access application on your Mac, select the iPhone Distribution certificate you just imported (a tip to identify it is to look at the expiration date; it will be one year exactly from today), right-click, and select Export.
Save the exported certificate in a secure location. It is recommended to name the saved certificate Wild_Card_Distribution_Certificate.
You will be required to provide a certificate password. Make a note of this password for future use with this certificate.
Your Apple Wild Card Distribution Certificate is now complete. Store this file in a safe place to be used during your Management Cloud initial configuration. You can now delete the CSR saved locally, the ios_distribution.cer saved locally, and the iPhone Distribution entry imported to your Keychain.

Recreate Apple Wild Card Distribution Certificate

You cannot renew a certificate. You can only create a new certificate with the old certificate details. To recreate a certificate,

Go to your Apple developer member center in an internet browser.
In the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles section, select Certificates.
Under the certificates section, select Production. All existing certificates appear.
Select the Certificate you want to recreate. If the certificate has expired, the Revoke button will be active.
Click Revoke. The certificate will be revoked.
Once the certificate is revoked, create a new certificate with the details of the old expired certificate as explained in the previous section.