Building Your Own Private App Store

Building Your Own Private App Store is a practical, end-to-end guide for developers and engineering teams who need secure, compliant, and fully controlled mobile-app distribution for iOS and Android. Private app stores are no longer a luxury for large enterprises—they are now an essential capability for any organization that ships internal, partner, or B2B mobile applications. This book shows you exactly how to build one. Designed for intermediate and senior engineers, DevOps professionals, and IT administrators, this hands-on reference walks you step-by-step through the complete lifecycle of designing, deploying, securing, and operating a private distribution platform. You'll learn how to navigate Apple enterprise programs, Managed Google Play, signing pipelines, OTA manifests, and modern zero-trust security expectations—all with real, production-grade examples. Inside, you'll find architecture blueprints, frontend and backend templates, CI/CD workflows, Terraform and Kubernetes manifests, Fastlane and GitHub Actions pipelines, and reusable infrastructure patterns. The book includes practical diagrams, real-world case studies, security checklists, and vendor-neutral guidance so you can make informed decisions regardless of your toolchain or platform. Whether you want to replace messy ad-hoc installs, deliver apps to internal teams or field devices, support B2B clients, or launch a fully branded enterprise app storefront, this guide gives you the operational maturity and security depth expected from top-tier engineering organizations. What You'll Learn • How to design secure internal app-distribution systems for iOS and Android • When to use MDM, Apple B2B, Managed Google Play, Closed Testing, or a fully custom private store • How to build OTA manifests, signed URLs, CDN-backed binary delivery, and version-pinning workflows • Implementing OWASP MASVS controls, certificate pinning, attestation, malware scanning, and RASP integrations • Building CI/CD pipelines with Fastlane, GitHub Actions, semantic release, and automated notarization • Creating OAuth/OIDC access control, JWT-based download tokens, licensing servers, audit logs, and geo-restriction • Achieving GDPR/SOX-aligned governance, incident response, billing flows, and revocation procedures • Operating blue-green deployments, staged rollouts, monitoring pipelines, and long-term maintenance strategies Who This Book Is For • Mobile developers shipping internal or B2B apps • DevOps engineers building distribution pipelines • IT administrators managing device fleets • Platform teams and system architects • Engineering managers responsible for governance and compliance Five Key Benefits • Production-grade patterns: Includes runnable code, infra manifests, and real deployment workflows. • Security-first: Aligned with OWASP MASVS, NIST, and modern zero-trust expectations. • Vendor-neutral clarity: Understand Apple, Google, MDM vendors, and custom-platform tradeoffs. • Operational maturity: Covers logging, licensing, analytics, crash-symbolication, and compliance. • Blueprints for reuse: Use supplied templates, GitHub workflows, and Terraform stacks to launch quickly. If you're building internal tools, distributing enterprise apps, or running a mobile platform team, this book is the reference you'll keep open on your second monitor.