Configuring Push Notifications

Without using a Rocket.Chat SAAS to manage your workspace, you can manually configure push notifications to your customized App build.
This will give the ability for your workspace users using mobile devices to receive push notifications on their devices. This guide shows how to achieve that.
Configuring gateway
In your Rocket.Chat workspace, go to Administration > Settings > Push
Disable Gateway and hit Save changes
Also disable Production if you’re trying in debug mode
Expand “Credentials and Keys” section
Configuring Android
Go to Cloud Messaging on Firebase settings
Copy “Server Key” token from Firebase into “GCM API Key”
Copy “Sender ID” into “GCM Project Number”
Configuring iOS
Make sure you’ve done “Creating Push Notifications certificates” first
In your terminal, go to the folder which contains your push files (CSR, .cer, .p12).
Generating PEM files (Development)
Execute
openssl x509 -in aps_development.cer -inform der -out DevPushCert.pem
openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -out DevPushKey.pem -in yourP12File.p12
You must set a password for your PEM file
Generating PEM files (Production)
Execute
openssl x509 -in aps.cer -inform der -out PushCert.pem
openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -out PushKey.pem -in yourP12File.p12
You must set a password for your PEM file
Copying PEM files to Rocket.Chat
Copy the contents of your development PEM files and password into APN Dev Key, APN Dev Cert, and APN Dev Passphrase
Copy the contents of your production PEM files and password into APN Key, APN Cert, and APN Passphrase
You can use cat on the terminal to get the content of your PEM files
cat PushKey.pem
Save and restart your server
Log into the server as the same user on your mobile device and close it (it won’t receive push notification if it’s open)
Open Push settings on admin from desktop and click “Send a test push to my user”
Notification Workflow
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You can find more information on push notifications configuration in our admin guide.​

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