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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]"