Who is this for?
👤 Google Admin users.
👤 Requires a Google Workspace for Education license.
What is the Kami Private Chrome Extension?
Rather than being installed via the Chrome Web Store, this extension is manually deployed to your school or district through the Google Workspace Admin Console.
⛔️ Already have the Kami extension from the Chrome Web Store installed and deployed to your organization? This may need to be updated to avoid conflicting with the Kami Private Chrome extension. For guidance, refer to this section.
How to install the Kami Private Chrome Extension
1. Navigate to your Kami license dashboard and select the Manage License button next to your listed Kami License.
2. Open the Private Chrome Extension tab, where you'll find the Extension Manifest XML file used to install the extension.
Select the Copy Link button to copy this URL to your clipboard for later use in step 8.
3. Navigate to the Google Workspace Admin Console. In the left-side menu, open the Chrome browser tab, then select Apps & extensions.
⛔️ Ensure you have selected the Chrome browser tab, rather than the Devices > Chrome tab, as the installation will not be able to be completed otherwise.
4. Select the Users & browsers tab, then expand the Organizational Units drop-down on the left side panel.
5. Select the desired domain (or expand a domain to select an individual organizational unit) from the drop-down list, then select the Add button (yellow circle in the bottom right corner).
6. Select the Add Chrome app or extension by ID option from the expanded list of options.
7. In the window that opens, select the From the Chrome Web Store setting and change this to From a custom URL. This will populate a URL field to be used in the next step.
8. In the Extension ID field, enter the following Extension ID:
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In the URL field, paste the Extension Manifest File URL you copied in step 2, then select Save when finished.
9. After saving, the extension will appear in the list of installed Apps & Extensions for the selected domain or organization unit. Select the extension from this list to open its settings panel.
Then, click the drop-down arrow and select Force install + pin.
When finished, click Save in the upper-right corner of the screen.
This enables the extension to be automatically installed for all users within the selected domain/organization unit, with the extension icon pinned for easier access.
10. After saving, scroll down to the Deployment settings section, which will now appear at the bottom of the panel.
Find the Update URL setting, then click the drop-down arrow and select the Installation URL option. When finished, click Save in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Once all of the above steps have been completed, the extension will be deployed and visible in the Chrome browser for all users within the selected domain/organization unit.
📝 This extension may not become visible to users with a managed device if there is a policy in place preventing it from deploying to their browser. Please review this to ensure all users will have access to the extension after installing.
How will this affect the Kami extension from the Chrome Web Store?
If the Kami extension from the Chrome Web Store has also been installed and deployed to the same domain/organization, the installation policy may need to be changed to avoid conflicting with the Kami Private Extension.
1. Navigate to the Google Workspace Admin Console. In the left-side menu, open the Chrome browser tab, then select Apps & extensions.
2. In the Users & browsers tab, expand the Organizational Units drop-down on the left side panel and select the desired domain or individual organizational unit the extension has been deployed to.
3. In the list of your installed Apps & Extensions, find and select the Kami for Google Chrome extension to open the settings panel.
4. In the settings panel, locate the Installation policy setting. This must be set to a policy that allows it to be disabled. To change this, select the setting, then choose one of the following options:
- Force install, allow users to disable
- Force install + pin to browser toolbar, allow users to disable
- Allow install
5. When finished, select Save in the upper right corner of the window.
After applying this change and installing the Kami private Chrome extension, the Kami extension from the Chrome Web Store will automatically be turned off to avoid potential conflicts between the two extensions.
Checking the current version of your extension
Once installed, the Kami Private Chrome Extension will appear on your Chrome extension dashboard.
This page can also be reached by selecting the extension (🧩) icon to open the Extensions menu, then selecting Manage Extensions.
Once on the dashboard, find and select the Details button on the Kami Private Chrome Extension.
On the extension details page, the current version information will be listed beneath the description.
Updating the Kami Private Chrome extension
The Kami Private Chrome extension is regularly updated through Google Chrome's automated update system. Therefore, users do not need to manually update the extension to access new releases.
However, users with access to Developer mode in the Chrome extension dashboard can force an update of the extension by selecting the Update button at the top left of the page.
