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Device Management ​

Dropshare 5.0.4 and later

For site and team installations, Dropshare offers several options to automate the deployment of the app.

License Activation ​

In order to automatically activate the licensing of the app, provide the following launch parameters to it:

ParameterDescription
-licenseCodeLicense Code (individual or site licenses)
-licenseEmailEmail address associated with license code

Connection Import ​

To automatically import connections to the app on startup, provide the following launch parameters to it (can be repeated for multiple connections):

ParameterDescription
-importConnectionAbsolute path to .dsconn file to import
-importPassphrasePassphrase for decryption of connection file

Preferences Import ​

To automatically import preferences to the app on startup, provide the following launch parameters to it:

ParameterDescription
-importPrefsAbsolute path to .dspref file to import
-importPrefsPassphrasePassphrase for decryption of preferences file

Landing Page Import ​

To automatically import custom landing pages to the app on startup, provide the following launch parameters to it (can be repeated for multiple landing page slots 1-5):

ParameterDescription
-importLpAbsolute path to .html landing page file to import
-importLpSlotCustom landing page slot to import into (1-5)

Sample Usage ​

Below is a sample of how to start the app with launch parameters in your deployment setup:

open /Applications/Dropshare.app --args -importConnection "/Users/test/test.dsconn" -importPassphrase "test" -importConnection "/Users/test/test2.dsconn" -importPassphrase "test2" -licenseCode "aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeee" -licenseEmail "[email protected]"