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Hi All,



I'm wondering if anyone else here force installs chrome apps and how you do it?
Right now, I am trying to use the com.google.chrome.plist in /Library/Preferences.
That method works great for all other chrome settings that I want (for example I have developer tools turned off, populated the blacklist for extensions, etc), and it's easy to deploy and update with jamf.



BUT I cant get it to actually force install any extensions.
chrome://policy lists everything right and even says the status for that policy is "OK"
any ideas? or a better method?



thanks!

I recently wrestled with this. In the end we touched three different areas:
1. ExtensionInstallBlacklist - It appears as though you need to wildcard a blacklist, so the whitelist has something to challenge against.
2. ExtensionInstallForcelist - Add the update string for the "forced" whitelisted Apps and Extensions, these then go on no matter what
3. ExtensionInstallWhitelist - Then we added "optional" Apps and Extensions that people could put on if they preferred, but that weren't forced upon them. Then we vett these before we add them.



I keep the whole thing in its own Config Profile, and scope it accordingly (see attached). Also below I have put in a sample of how we are targeting things in the plist.



<dict>

    <key>ExtensionInstallBlacklist</key>

    <array>

        <string>*</string>

    </array>

    <key>ExtensionInstallForcelist</key>

    <array>

        <string>aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx</string>

    </array>

        <key>ExtensionInstallWhitelist</key>

    <array>

        <string>laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca</string>

please keep in mind the correct setting is ExtensionInstallBlocklist, not blacklist

 

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