How to deploy Kiosk app on Chrome OS

Problem

Unable to set up a kiosk app in order to launch ChromeOS devices in kiosk mode.

Environment

  • Admin console
  • ChromeOS

Solution

Autolaunch a kiosk app on ChromeOS devices

  1. In your Admin console.
  2. Go to Devices > Chrome.
  3. Click Apps & extensions > Kiosks.
  4. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
  5. Next to Auto-launch app, choose the app that you want to automatically launch on ChromeOS devices.
  6. Click Save.

Specify URLs kiosk apps can access

  1. In your Admin console.
  2. Go to Devices > Chrome.
  3. Click Settings > Device.
  4. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
  5. Under Kiosk settings, scroll to URL Blocking and enter URLs as needed:
    • Blocked URLs—URLs that you want to prevent kiosk apps from accessing.
      For syntax and examples, see Devices > Blocked URLs.
    • Blocked URLs exceptions—URLs that you want to allow kiosk apps to access (URLAllowlist). Access is allowed even if the URLs are also defined in Blocked URLs.
      For syntax and examples, see Devices > Blocked URLs exceptions.
  6. Click Save.
    • You can block and allow up to 1,000 URLs so that kiosk apps can only access certain websites.