Self Hosting Extension

[David]

I have developed an extension (MV3) that we want to force-install in our organization (it's very basic and only works on a specific website) and we don't need to host it in CWS.

I followed the latest documentation AFAIK:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9296680

We manage our browsers via Google Workspace but we don't manage the devices.

I'm able to add the extension in the apps & extensions dashboard (Google Workspace), the policy is correctly updated to the browsers, but the extension is not installed. 

how can I debug the deployment process? what should I do?

attached is the Enterprise Check histogram (I've enrolled the device I'm trying to install on)

More info:

I've add the extension by ID and from a custom URL, the URL is the xml file as detailed in the document.

I tried to enroll the device hoping it would solve the issue and it didn't.

[David]

Any update? Could someone assist? 

[Clay Smith]

Hi David,

I have some info on self hosting on GitHub. https://github.com/claycodes/youtubecookiecheck

I usually use Firebase hosting to do this and use the url path to the folder the extension code is in. 

Happy to take a look at what you are doing more deeply. 

Clay

On May 29, 2022, at 04:53, David <sarkisian...@gmail.com> wrote:

Any update? Could someone assist? 

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[David]

Hi Clay,

Thanks for the information!
I made it work. Apparently I had the wrong extension ID the whole time.

figured out the correct extension ID with https://crx-checker.appspot.com/ and just updated the xml.

Thanks for the help.

For whom it may concern:

I was able to privately host the extension on AWS S3 (should be publicly available) and force install it (+pin to taskbar) on the browsers (Mac + Windows) in the organization (using Google Workspace).

David

[Muhammad Najam Sheraz]

Hi David,

Is it possible for MV3 extension to be self-hosted and deployed through enterprise policies for windows, I am trying to deploy my self hosted chrome extension in Windows, but I am facing some issues, my hosting has been successful, but I am unable to see my extension deployed. Can you kindly guide me through it.

my XML file looks like this,

<gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0">

<app appid="gcmkajaolekialpdnhhhpodmbpjoephg">

<updatecheck codebase="https://<mysite>/SocialMediaBLocker.crx" version="1.0.0"/>

</app>

</gupdate>

and my windows policy looks like "gcmkajaolekialpdnhhhpodmbpjoephg;https://<mysite>/update.xml"

I have tried it with google workspace too but was unsuccessful.

Najam