diff --git a/Release.md b/Release.md index 3963a19ab3..f1896fba37 100644 --- a/Release.md +++ b/Release.md @@ -32,15 +32,19 @@ the version of the app you are going to release. For example `2018.3-beta1` or ` ``` * *macOS only*: - * `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID` - The AppleId to use when notarizing the app. Only needed on release builds - * `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID_PASSWORD` - The AppleId password for the account in `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID`. - Don't use the real AppleId password! Instead create an app specific password and add that to - your keyring. See this documentation: https://github.com/electron/electron-notarize#safety-when-using-appleidpassword + * `NOTARIZE_KEYCHAIN` - The keychain in which the profile is stored + * `NOTARIZE_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE` - The name of the notarytool profile containing the credentials. + The credentials include Apple-ID, app specific password and team ID. Don't use the real + AppleId password! Instead create an app specific password and add that to your keyring. See + this documentation: + https://github.com/electron/electron-notarize#safety-when-using-appleidpassword - Summary: - 1. Generate app specific password on Apple's AppleId management portal. - 2. Run `security add-generic-password -a "" -w -s "something_something"` - 3. Set `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID_PASSWORD="@keychain:something_something"`. + Create the notarytool profile: + 1. Generate app specific password on Apple's AppleId management portal + 2. Run `xcrun notarytool store-credentials --keychain `. + Leave the first prompt empty and than fill in the rest with the credentials mentioned + above + 3. Set `NOTARIZE_KEYCHAIN` and `NOTARIZE_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE` to the values specified in 2 1. Run `./build.sh` on each computer/platform where you want to create a release artifact. This will do the following for you: