Can cert just download the existing certificates?

[fastlanebot]

Original issue by @aloifolia - Imported from fastlane/cert#37

I am using fastlane on a new computer onto which I have not yet downloaded the existing 3 distribution certificates. Now I could do that by hand. However, I would rather have fastlane do the job for me, so that I can manage my certificates via the Member Center and just use the toolchain to achieve nice builds.

Is this possible? From what I have read so far I would guess that cert can only create new ones and then download these. But since it is able to detect the existing distribution certificates for my team...

Certificate ABC (myTeam) can't be found on your local computer
Certificate DEF (myTeam) can't be found on your local computer
Certificate GHI (myTeam) can't be found on your local computer
Couldn't find an existing certificate... creating a new one
Could not create another certificate, reached the maximum number of available certificates.

...I would guess that this is generally possible.

[fastlanebot]

@KrauseFx commented

No it's not possible, since the private is stored only on your local computer. There is no way to fetch the private key from the Developer Portal, only the certificate.

[fastlanebot]

@KrauseFx commented

I'll close this issue for now, feel free to re-open if you have any additional questions.