Mass Deployment Configuration for FileCloud Desktop for macOS

You can configure client device settings for FileCloud Desktop for macOS remotely by specifying the configuration XML in the Device Configuration tab of FileCloud policies.

1. In the FileCloud admin portal's left navigation bar, scroll down and click Settings. Then, on the Settings navigation page, click Policies .
   The Policies settings page opens.
   
   
2. Edit the policy of the users whose client device settings you want to modify.
3. Click the Device Configuration tab.
   
4. Paste or type in the remote device configuration XML in Device Configuration using any number of parameters from the table below.
   
   

   <xml>
     <fileclouddesktopmac>    
        <setting>
           <key>runatstartup</key>
           <value>1</value><        
           <default>1</default>
        </setting>
     </fileclouddesktopmac>
   </xml>

   
   
   <default> is an optional tag that indicates if the setting can be changed through the user interface. 
   A value of 1 indicates the setting is a default and can be changed by the user through the user interface.
   A value of 0 (or omission of <default>) indicates that the setting is overridden and cannot be changed by the user through the user interface.
   
   Supported parameters for FileCloud Desktop for macOS. All parameters are optional. Add one of more of these parameters (using  <key>, <value>, and <default> tags) in the <setting> tags in the XML.
   

   Parameter (Key)	Description	Values
   lockonopen	Automatically lock files when they are opened.	0 (disabled)  1 (enabled) default
   runatstartup	Run FileCloud Desktop for macOS on system startup.	0 (disabled) 1 (enabled) default
   loglevel	Level of details stored in log files, where information is the least detailed, and trace is the most detailed.	"information" default "debug" "trace"
   language	Language of the FileCloud Desktop for macOS user interface.	Value Language nl Dutch en (default) English  de German es Spanish pt Portuguese fr French ar Arabic it Italian ru Russian
   mutenotifications	Suppress all notifications on FileCloud Desktop.	0 (disabled, notifications are shown) default 1 (enabled, notifications are not shown)

Example:

The code below shows example settings:

<xml>
<fileclouddesktopmac>      
  <setting>
    <key>lockonopen</key>
    <value>1</value>
  </setting>
  <setting>
    <key>runatstartup</key>
    <value>1</value>
    <default>1</default>
  </setting>
  <setting>
    <key>loglevel</key>
    <value>debug</value>
  </setting>
  <setting>
    <key>language</key>
    <value>en</value>
  </setting>
  <setting>
    <key>mutenotifications</key>
    <value>0</value>
  </setting>
 </fileclouddesktopmac>
</xml>

In this example:

• Files are automatically locked when they are opened by FileCloud Desktop (lockonopen = 1). Default value.
• The application runs at startup (runatstartup = 1, default = 1). Default value.
• The log level is set to "debug" (loglevel = debug). Overridden value.
• The language is set to "en" (language = en). Default value.
• Notifications are not muted (mutenotifications = 0). Default value.

If a key is not supported or a value is incorrect, the application skips it and logs a warning message.