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Add diagram to texting-and-local-development explaining internal certificate generation flow (#17396)

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```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant user as user email
    participant fleetctl as fleetctl
    participant server as fleet server
    participant fleetdm as fleetdm.com sails app
    participant apple as identity.apple.com
    link apple: PushCert @ https://identity.apple.com/pushcert
    note over fleetctl: fleetctl login
    fleetctl->>+server: login
    server-->>-fleetctl: token
    note over fleetctl: fleetctl generate mdm_apple
    fleetctl->>+server: generate certificates
    server->>server: generate self-signed SCEP cert & key
    server->>server: generate APNs key
    server->>server: generate APNs CSR
    server-)+fleetdm: request vendor signature on APNs CSR
    server-->>-fleetctl: SCEP cert, SCEP key, APNs key
    note over fleetdm: calls /ee/tools/mdm/cert
    fleetdm--)-user: vendor-signed APNs CSR
    user->>+apple: vendor-signed APNs CSR
    note right of apple: managed through web ui
    apple-->>-user: Apple-signed APNs certificate
```
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3. To login into https://identity.apple.com/pushcert you can use your ABM account generated in the previous step.
4. Save all the certificates and keys in a safe place.
Internally, the certificates are generated using this flow. Note that the fleet sails API base url can be changed using the `TEST_FLEETDM_API_URL` environment variable.
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant user as user email
participant fleetctl as fleetctl
participant server as fleet server
participant fleetdm as fleetdm.com sails app
participant apple as identity.apple.com
link apple: PushCert @ https://identity.apple.com/pushcert
note over fleetctl: fleetctl login
fleetctl->>+server: login
server-->>-fleetctl: token
note over fleetctl: fleetctl generate mdm_apple
fleetctl->>+server: generate certificates
server->>server: generate self-signed SCEP cert & key
server->>server: generate APNs key
server->>server: generate APNs CSR
server-)+fleetdm: request vendor signature on APNs CSR
server-->>-fleetctl: SCEP cert, SCEP key, APNs key
note over fleetdm: calls /ee/tools/mdm/cert
fleetdm--)-user: vendor-signed APNs CSR
user->>+apple: vendor-signed APNs CSR
note right of apple: managed through web ui
apple-->>-user: Apple-signed APNs certificate
```
Another option, if for some reason, generating the certificates and keys fails or you don't have a supported email address handy is to use `openssl` to generate your SCEP key pair:
```sh