Generating CSR in keychain, private key not created osx

Question

I am generating a CSR to enable push notifications in my app (following the instructions here) http://www.raywenderlich.com/3443/apple-push-notification-services-tutorial-part-12

But when I create the CSR, it is supposed to create a private key in my keychain, but it hasn't.

The steps I have followed are:
1. open keychain access
2. click "request certificate from a Certificate Authority..."
3. choose the save to disk option with common name "brendantest"
4. Look in keychain access for my private key, but it is not there.

Does anyone know why the key wouldn't show up or how to find it? (on mac osx 10.7.4)

Answer 1

I was bamboozled by this one too.

Turns out you need to highlight the 'login' section under keychains on the left first. Then it will create the private key when you do the CSR request.