Secure Browser Mode can add a navigation bar and user session timeout options to your Web URL application.
Example
**Check Out The Nav bar**
The Secure Browser Mode adds the following functionality:
- Navigation Bar
- Move Forward in History
- Move Backward in History
- Navigate to Homepage (as defined in URL app)
- Print using built in print functionality of ChromeOS
- User timeout
- Clears user cookies after a configurable period of time
- Clear all data after a configurable period of time.
The timeout is determined by the amount of time since the last interaction i.e. touch, mouse
movement.
How to configure your Secure Browser mode
- At least one Web URL app added to your account
- A Web URL app installed on a device
- A Web URL app added to a display schedule
- With the target Device open, go to Display Options section
- Configure the following options as necessary:
Key |
Values |
Default |
Type |
Description |
browserNav |
true (none) |
none |
Required |
This will tell AgentM to load the Secure Browser mode. |
idleTimeout |
15 - 65536 |
15 |
Optional |
This option defines the amount of time that the device must be idle before the users browsing session will be cleared, by default this is set to 15 seconds. |
tombTimeout |
0 - 65536 |
15 |
Optional |
This option defines the amount of time that the device must wait after a user session timeout before clearing all of the browser data, by default this is set to 15 seconds. If set to 0 then tombstone is disabled. This setting is set to 15seconds by default, you can configure it to any value you like. (Number) |
canPrint |
true false |
true |
Optional |
This setting is on by default and add a Print button to the navigation bar. (Boolean) |
canGoForward |
true fale |
true |
Optional |
Enable Forward Button (Boolean) |
canGoBack |
true false |
true |
Optional |
Enable Back Button (Boolean) |
canGoHome |
true false |
true |
Optional |
Enable Home Button (Boolean) |
sameOrigin |
true false |
false |
Optional |
Don’t reset if the origin hasn’t changed. (Boolean) |
reloadInterval |
0 - 65536 |
0 |
Optional |
When reloadInterval is set to 0 the device will not reload outside of a user session When reloadInterval is set to > 0 the device will reload periodically every n seconds as defined in this option |
Detailed Instructions
1. From the meld dashboard select devices
2. Navigate to your device and select displays. Then enter the following options as required:
- Once you have set the relevant settings allow up to 30 seconds for the device to synchronize the configuration.
- Restart the device.
- The Secure Browser Mode will be enabled.
Extra information: If you wish to use secure browser mode without having the navigation bar visible (For example just to use it for the tombTimout/idleTimeout), please set "canGoBack, canGoForward, canGoHome and canPrint" to false and the navigation bar will be hidden.
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