Background:
- I manage an offline network of workstations.
- I have written a chrome extension that needs to be in the browser for our webapp to function
- I have published it through the chrome store (but not made it public)
Question:
- How do I install this extension without the internet
What I've tried:
- Windows GPO: Requires the update URL to be http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
- Windows Registry: same URL problem
- Unpacked extensions: prompts users, requires developer tools, and disables the extension when chrome is restarted.
- install crx: disables the extension when chrome is restarted.
Any other ideas, or ways around this? Chrome version 48.
Here is a thread that I've found. He suggests that you can use Google Chrome for Business.
I got it to work actually, sadly forgot about this post until now.
I had the Business version installed as @gerardnimo suggested.
What I wound up doing is
1) setup and IIS server to serve both the CRX and the update xml. based on this guide. https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/autoupdate
2) Then i was able to install the extension via group policy.
I was able to do this on a regular chrome installation by doing the following:
This worked for me when I needed to install Advanced REST client.