Unicon eLux Scout

Preferences Chromium

By using policies, you can set mandatory (managed) and recommended preferences for the Chromium browser. Mandatory preferences define fixed values that cannot be changed by the user. Recommended preferences define default values that can be changed by the user. For further information, see https://www.chromium.org/administrators/.

  • Use the Scout feature Files configured for transfer to transfer policy files (.json) to the required target directory on the device:
Name Folder
Fixed values /setup/chromium/managed
Default values /setup/chromium/recommended

For further information, see Files configured for transfer.

Configuring Chromium policies

If you wnat to define policies fro Cromium and apply them, pleae follow the following steps:

  • Create a JSON file containing the desired Chromium policies. (Example: policies.json)
  • Use Unicon OS Management to deploy this file to you UniconOS endpoints. To do this, transfer the policy file to the destination path /setup/chromium/managed/ using the files section in the advanced device configuration.
  • Reboot the enpoint, so that it receives the new configuaion and the policies file
  • Open the Chromiom browser with the new policies.

You can verify the active poicies in Chromium by navigating to chrome://policy/.

The full list of available Chromium poilicies are documented here: List of Chrome Enterprise policies

Preferences Chromium