How to Create Your Own Safari Web Push Certificate for Subscriber Portability?

At PushEngage we believe in transparency and want to ensure there is NO vendor locked-in when your sign up. We have even If you wish to enable web push notifications on safari, and have your subscribers portable, then you need to create your own safari web push certificate, and configure it in PushEngage. This step is similar to creating your own FCM key for Chrome.

Her er den trin-for-trin oversigt, som du kan følge for at oprette dit eget certifikat.

Før du opretter certifikatet, skal du bruge et par ting –

1. An active Apple Developer Account – Currently this developer account costs $99/year.
2. Unikt Push ID til din hjemmeside (kan oprettes via udviklerkonto)

Ved at følge de fire trin kan du oprette dit eget safari web push-certifikat

Trin 1 – Opret en certifikatanmodning

• Åbn Keychain Access App og naviger til Keychain Access > Certificate Assistant > Request certificate from Certificate Authority

• In certificate information add an email address and name then click on Save.

Trin 2 – Opsæt Web Push Id til APNS

• Login to Apple Developer Console > Identifiers > Website Push IDs and on top right section click on +

• You will be redirected to the next window and there add website Push ID Description and unique identifier. Once done, click on Continue.

• In the next window ensure that your website Push Id is correct and then click on Register

Trin – 3 Generer Web Push-certifikat

• Navigate to Certificate > All > click on +

• Select Website Push Id Certificate > Continue

• Select the Website Push Id that you created in Step 2 and click on continue

• Now add the CSR certificate that you created in Step 1 and click on continue

• I næste vindue får du beskeden "Dit certifikat er klar". Download det, da det vil blive brugt til at sende notifikationer til dine abonnenter.

• Nu skal du installere og eksportere certifikatet. Så dobbeltklik på Downloaded Certificate, og dit certifikat vil blive installeret i keychain Access App
• To export the certificate – Go to keychain App > Certificate > Right click on certificate > select Website Push ID for which certificate was created > then click on Export

• Use Personal Information Exchange (.p12) format while saving certificate

• In next window, you can choose to create a password or to leave it blank then click on OK

• Klik Tillad for at eksportere certifikatet til MAC

 Trin 4 – Upload dit certifikat til PushEngage

• Navigate to Settings > Safari web Push Settings > Enter Website Push Id > Private key file and password. Once done click on Update.

• If settings are done correctly you will get a message “Settings successfully updated “

That’ all and you can now send notifications to your subscribers using Safari. We also support push notification on chrome and firefox browser as well.