Policy Configuration

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Both Firefox and Chrome provide ways in which administrators can configure their users' environments, precisely controlling installed and configured extension options.

The current options that can be controlled in this way are the following:

  • AttestRealm (string)

  • AttestClientId (string)

  • DataGather (boolean)

  • UsageServiceURL (string)

  • Organization (string)

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In the following examples, lfmcehohgifnaodaogknapedjiaoebgo is Chrome's axe Expert extension ID

Configuration on Windows

On Windows, put the policy into place by creating a registry entry. Specifying the realm in the SSO Setting would appear like so:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\3rdparty\extensions\lfmcehohgifnaodaogknapedjiaoebgo\policy]
"AttestRealm"="worldspace-comply"

Configuration on macOS

On macOS computers, plist files handle configuration. The following configuration.plist shows what it would take to configure the options for the extension on a macOS:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
                       "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>com.google.Chrome.extensions.lfmcehohgifnaodaogknapedjiaoebgo</key>
    <dict>
      <key>AttestRealm</key>
      <dict>
        <key>state</key>
        <string>always</string>
        <key>value</key>
        <string>worldspace-comply</string>
      </dict>
      <key>AttestClientId</key>
      <dict>
        <key>state</key>
        <string>always</string>
        <key>value</key>
        <string>attest</string>
      </dict>
      <key>DataGather</key>
      <dict>
        <key>state</key>
        <string>always</string>
        <key>value</key>
        <true />
      </dict>
    </dict>
  </dict>
</plist>

Additional resources

For more information on how to take advantage of policies for configuring your users' machines and extensions, please refer to the respective Windows, Firefox and Chrome documentation linked below.