Centralized configuration of settings for a Google Chrome Extension?
We'd like to develop a Google Chrome extension that is managed centrally, e.g. by MS Active Directory Group Policies.
How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
Our users are mostly Windows users in the same domain, but we can not assume that they're logged in to any particular G-Suite organisation.
It does seem possible to create Active Directory Group Policies to install a particular extension for all users. That same article does however say:
Unfortunately I was not able to come up with a solution concerning the centralized management of Chrome extension settings. Some extensions, for example The Great Suspender, come with additional options for the user to configure. As said, I was not able to find a way how to manage or configure these centrally.
So now that the extension is installed, how do we configure it?
Since it is our own extension, there is more freedom. I'm thinking with a Group Policy, one could install C:someextension-file.json and then run
google-chrome --headless file:///some/extension-file.json
If the extension intercepts that (as e.g. ViolentMonkey does) but only if it is a file:// URL, I guess that could be brought to work. But I'm hoping: Can you come up with something more elegant?
google-chrome-extension group-policy asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
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We'd like to develop a Google Chrome extension that is managed centrally, e.g. by MS Active Directory Group Policies.
How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
Our users are mostly Windows users in the same domain, but we can not assume that they're logged in to any particular G-Suite organisation.
It does seem possible to create Active Directory Group Policies to install a particular extension for all users. That same article does however say:
Unfortunately I was not able to come up with a solution concerning the centralized management of Chrome extension settings. Some extensions, for example The Great Suspender, come with additional options for the user to configure. As said, I was not able to find a way how to manage or configure these centrally.
So now that the extension is installed, how do we configure it?
Since it is our own extension, there is more freedom. I'm thinking with a Group Policy, one could install C:someextension-file.json and then run
google-chrome --headless file:///some/extension-file.json
If the extension intercepts that (as e.g. ViolentMonkey does) but only if it is a file:// URL, I guess that could be brought to work. But I'm hoping: Can you come up with something more elegant?
google-chrome-extension group-policy asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01
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We'd like to develop a Google Chrome extension that is managed centrally, e.g. by MS Active Directory Group Policies.
How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
Our users are mostly Windows users in the same domain, but we can not assume that they're logged in to any particular G-Suite organisation.
It does seem possible to create Active Directory Group Policies to install a particular extension for all users. That same article does however say:
Unfortunately I was not able to come up with a solution concerning the centralized management of Chrome extension settings. Some extensions, for example The Great Suspender, come with additional options for the user to configure. As said, I was not able to find a way how to manage or configure these centrally.
So now that the extension is installed, how do we configure it?
Since it is our own extension, there is more freedom. I'm thinking with a Group Policy, one could install C:someextension-file.json and then run
google-chrome --headless file:///some/extension-file.json
If the extension intercepts that (as e.g. ViolentMonkey does) but only if it is a file:// URL, I guess that could be brought to work. But I'm hoping: Can you come up with something more elegant?
google-chrome-extension group-policy asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
We'd like to develop a Google Chrome extension that is managed centrally, e.g. by MS Active Directory Group Policies.
How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
Our users are mostly Windows users in the same domain, but we can not assume that they're logged in to any particular G-Suite organisation.
It does seem possible to create Active Directory Group Policies to install a particular extension for all users. That same article does however say:
Unfortunately I was not able to come up with a solution concerning the centralized management of Chrome extension settings. Some extensions, for example The Great Suspender, come with additional options for the user to configure. As said, I was not able to find a way how to manage or configure these centrally.
So now that the extension is installed, how do we configure it?
Since it is our own extension, there is more freedom. I'm thinking with a Group Policy, one could install C:someextension-file.json and then run
google-chrome --headless file:///some/extension-file.json
If the extension intercepts that (as e.g. ViolentMonkey does) but only if it is a file:// URL, I guess that could be brought to work. But I'm hoping: Can you come up with something more elegant?
google-chrome-extension group-policy google-chrome-extension group-policy asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
asked Nov 12 '18 at 4:45
Peter V. Mørch
4,84013150
4,84013150
An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01
add a comment |
An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01
An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01
add a comment |
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How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
chrome.storage.managed is the specific answer for that need. Quoting the docs:
Enterprise policies configured by the administrator for the extension can be read (using storage.managed with a schema).
With that in mind, you have to do the following:
Provide a schema for the storage via the
storage.managed_schemakey in the manifest. An example is given in the documentation.Present values expected by the schema via GPO / registry as described in admin docs.
You can verify that the policy-mandated values are loaded by observing chrome://policy.
You can then use chrome.storage.managed as you would any other chrome.storage (though it is read-only), including watching for changes with onChanged.
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How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
chrome.storage.managed is the specific answer for that need. Quoting the docs:
Enterprise policies configured by the administrator for the extension can be read (using storage.managed with a schema).
With that in mind, you have to do the following:
Provide a schema for the storage via the
storage.managed_schemakey in the manifest. An example is given in the documentation.Present values expected by the schema via GPO / registry as described in admin docs.
You can verify that the policy-mandated values are loaded by observing chrome://policy.
You can then use chrome.storage.managed as you would any other chrome.storage (though it is read-only), including watching for changes with onChanged.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 15:40
Xan
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How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
chrome.storage.managed is the specific answer for that need. Quoting the docs:
Enterprise policies configured by the administrator for the extension can be read (using storage.managed with a schema).
With that in mind, you have to do the following:
Provide a schema for the storage via the
storage.managed_schemakey in the manifest. An example is given in the documentation.Present values expected by the schema via GPO / registry as described in admin docs.
You can verify that the policy-mandated values are loaded by observing chrome://policy.
You can then use chrome.storage.managed as you would any other chrome.storage (though it is read-only), including watching for changes with onChanged.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 15:40
Xan
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How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
chrome.storage.managed is the specific answer for that need. Quoting the docs:
Enterprise policies configured by the administrator for the extension can be read (using storage.managed with a schema).
With that in mind, you have to do the following:
Provide a schema for the storage via the
storage.managed_schemakey in the manifest. An example is given in the documentation.Present values expected by the schema via GPO / registry as described in admin docs.
You can verify that the policy-mandated values are loaded by observing chrome://policy.
You can then use chrome.storage.managed as you would any other chrome.storage (though it is read-only), including watching for changes with onChanged.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 15:40
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How do we centrally distribute domain/customer specific configuration for such an extension?
chrome.storage.managed is the specific answer for that need. Quoting the docs:
Enterprise policies configured by the administrator for the extension can be read (using storage.managed with a schema).
With that in mind, you have to do the following:
Provide a schema for the storage via the
storage.managed_schemakey in the manifest. An example is given in the documentation.Present values expected by the schema via GPO / registry as described in admin docs.
You can verify that the policy-mandated values are loaded by observing chrome://policy.
You can then use chrome.storage.managed as you would any other chrome.storage (though it is read-only), including watching for changes with onChanged.
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An extension must use chrome.storage.managed for this to work. Most extensions don't.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 4:46
@wOxxOm: If you'd turn that into an answer, I'd accept it! Since it is our own extension, we could make sure it uses chrome.storage.managed.
– Peter V. Mørch
Nov 12 '18 at 4:50
I think it'd be better if you add an answer yourself with more details when you're done, as this is a somewhat complicated task.
– wOxxOm
Nov 12 '18 at 5:01