Unable to install ipa

[rmon...@pogoapps.com]

I receive the below error while installing ipa using appium

Running the appium server with --ipa flag

My desired capabilities

desired_caps = {}

desired_caps['app'] = 'com.ea.XXXXX.inc'

desired_caps['bundleId'] = 'com.ea.XXXXX.inc'

desired_caps['udid'] = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'

desired_caps['platformVersion'] = '7.1'

desired_caps['platformName'] = 'iOS'

desired_caps['deviceName'] = 'iPhone Retina 3.5-inch'

driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps)

I am able to install the ipa via itunes however not with appium

Also if the app is already installed I am able to launch it

The error

Installing ipa found at /Users/ears/Downloads/XXXXX.ipa

info: Creating iDevice object with udid XXXXXX

info: Cleaning up appium session

error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Command failed: 

info: Error: Command failed: 

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:637:15)

    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)

    at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)

    at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:956:11)

    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)

    at Pipe.close (net.js:465:12)

info: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: )","killed":false,"code":null,"signal":"SIGSEGV","origValue":"Command failed: "},"sessionId":null}

POST /wd/hub/session 500 3533ms - 246b

[rmon...@pogoapps.com]

K Update on this. I was able to install by changing 'app' to the ipa PATH in desired capabilities instead of using the server flag. However it throws an error while launching the app

[INST STDERR] 2014-06-25 17:50:20.526 instruments[67677:707] Permission to debug com.ea.dragonage.inc was denied.  The app must be signed with a development identity (e.g. iOS Developer).

However I can install the same ipa via itunes. Any ideas why the difference? 

[Anish Joshi]

do you have ideviceinstaller configured on ur mac ?

[Isaac Murchie]

You need to have the app you are installing signed by a developer provisioning profile. Instruments will not run without it.

https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/real-devices.md#appium-on-real-ios-devices

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[Xiaohong Yuan]

Besides a valid developer provisioning profile, most likely, your ipa is built with Release build configuration which is the default configuration, Appium seems to require Debug version of ipa file, so try to change the Archive build configuration to Debug and use the Debug version ipa file for your test.

-xiaohong