This project builds a signed and notarized macOS universal installer package
for nginx
, a widely used and capable HTTP and proxy server. It contains
the source distributions of nginx 1.24.0, PCRE2 10.42 and zlib 1.3.
A recent version of Xcode and the jq
command are needed to build and
notarize this installer package. An Apple Developer account is required
to generate the credentials needed to sign and notarize.
The Makefile
in the project root directory builds the installer package.
The following makefile variables can be set from the command line:
APP_SIGNING_ID
: The name of the Apple Developer ID Application certificate used to sign thenginx
executable. The certificate must be installed on the build machine's Keychain. Defaults to "Developer ID Application: Donald McCaughey" if not specified.INSTALLER_SIGNING_ID
: The name of the Apple Developer ID Installer certificate used to sign the installer. The certificate must be installed on the build machine's Keychain. Defaults to "Developer ID Installer: Donald McCaughey" if not specified.NOTARIZATION_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE
: The name of the notarization credentials stored on the build machine's Keychain. Use thenotarytool store-credentials
command to create this profile. Defaults to "Donald McCaughey" if not specified.TMP
: The name of the directory for intermediate files. Defaults to "./tmp
" if not specified.
To build and sign the executable and installer, run:
$ make [APP_SIGNING_ID="<cert name 1>"] [INSTALLER_SIGNING_ID="<cert name 2>"] [TMP="<build dir>"]
Intermediate files are generated in the temp directory; the signed installer
package is written into the project root with the name nginx-1.24.0-r2.pkg
.
To notarize the signed installer package, run:
$ make notarize [NOTARIZATION_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE="<profile name>"] [TMP="<build dir>"]
This will submit the installer package for notarization and staple it on
success. Check the file $(TMP)/notarization-log.json
for detailed
information if notarization fails. The signed installer is stapled in place
if notarization succeeds. Use the command:
$ xcrun stapler validate --verbose nginx-1.24.0-r2.pkg
to check the notarization state of the installer package.
To remove all generated files (including the signed installer), run:
$ make clean
Three sets of credentials are needed to sign and notarize this package:
- A "Developer ID Application" certificate (for signing the
nginx
executable) - A "Developer ID Installer" certificate (for signing the installer package)
- An App Store Connect API key (for notarizing the signed installer)
The two certificates are obtained from the Apple Developer portal; use the Keychain Access app to create the certificate signing requests. Add the certificates to the build machine's Keychain.
The App Store Connect API key is obtained from the App Store Connect site.
After the key is created, get the Issuer ID (a UUID), the Key ID
(an alphanumeric string) and download the API key, which comes as a file named
AuthKey_<key id>.p8
. To add the API key to the build machine's Keychain,
use the store-credentials
subcommand of notarytool
:
$ xcrun notarytool store-credentials "<keychain profile name>" \
--key ~/.keys/AuthKey_<key id>.p8 \
--key-id <key id> \
--issuer <issuer id> \
--sync
The --sync
option adds the credentials to the user's iCloud Keychain.
The installer and related scripts are copyright (c) 2023 Don McCaughey.
nginx
and the installer are distributed under a BSD-style license.
See the LICENSE file for details.