Fixing APN signingKey error

[ankushbhardwxj]

Server Version : (Server v5.xx)

Client Version : (Android vX.XX.XX / iOS vX.XX.XX / Desktop vX.XX.XX)

Dependencies : (Twilio / AWS / MinIO / Nginx / Apache / Self-Signed SSL Certificate / Docker / On Premise Redis / On Premise Postgresql / On Premise Minio / Turn / Localstack)

Describe what are you trying to achieve

I want to get rid of APN signingKey related errors. I don't want to use APN.

Describe the issue that you face

I have followed all the steps in the Server 5.x guide, but I'm stuck on this APN signingKey error which is given in log.

Describe the step to reproduce the errors

Logs

INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:32,213] org.eclipse.jetty.util.log: Logging initialized @2828ms to org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog
INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:32,372] io.dropwizard.server.DefaultServerFactory: Registering jersey handler with root path prefix: /
INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:32,375] io.dropwizard.server.DefaultServerFactory: Registering admin handler with root path prefix: /
INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:32,554] io.micrometer.core.instrument.push.PushMeterRegistry: publishing metrics for  every 1m
WARN  [2021-05-23 11:20:35,413] io.dropwizard.lifecycle.setup.ExecutorServiceBuilder: Parameter 'maximumPoolSize' is conflicting with unbounded work queues
WARN  [2021-05-23 11:20:35,414] io.dropwizard.lifecycle.setup.ExecutorServiceBuilder: Parameter 'maximumPoolSize' is conflicting with unbounded work queues
INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:35,471] com.amazonaws.internal.DefaultServiceEndpointBuilder: {appconfig, us-east-2} was not found in region metadata, trying to construct an endpoint using the standard pattern for this region: 'appconfig.us-east-2.amazonaws.com'.
INFO  [2021-05-23 11:20:38,033] org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.DynamicConfigurationManager: Received new config version: 1
java.io.IOException: Could not find private key header/footer
        at com.eatthepath.pushy.apns.auth.ApnsSigningKey.loadFromInputStream(ApnsSigningKey.java:151)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.RetryingApnsClient.<init>(RetryingApnsClient.java:53)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.APNSender.<init>(APNSender.java:62)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.run(WhisperServerService.java:436)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.run(WhisperServerService.java:206)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.EnvironmentCommand.run(EnvironmentCommand.java:59)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.run(ConfiguredCommand.java:98)
        at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:78)
        at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:94)
        at org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService.main(WhisperServerService.java:641)```

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Additional context

My config:

apn:
  sandbox: true
  keyId: ABC123DEFG
  teamId: test
  bundleId: com.notused
  signingKey: test

[ankushbhardwxj]

@jacob-pro : could you also take a look here ?

[madeindra]

Your signing key need to be in a format of RSA Private key, Jacob showed the command in the example config.yml

[ankushbhardwxj]

Thanks! It worked.