Deploying Harmony Browse Clients

Note - Harmony Browse automatically downloads and installs the latest version of the Harmony Browse client on the endpoints. To know the version of the Harmony Browse client installed on the endpoints, go to Assets Management > Computers and see the Endpoint Version column in the table.

To download the Harmony Browse client:

  1. Click Overview and then click Download on the top banner.

  2. To download the file immediately, click Download for the relevant OS and transfer the file to the endpoint.

    Client

    OS

    Downloaded file

    Browse

    Windows

    		 BrowserSetup.exe

    macOS

    BrowserSetup.zip

    ChromeOS

    BrowserSetup_chromeos_Laptop.exe or BrowserSetup_chromeos_Desktop.exe

To install the Harmony Browse client on Windows using .exe file:

  1. Copy the latest BrowseSetup.exe to the endpoint.

  2. Double click the BrowseSetup.exe file to install Harmony Browse.

  3. Creating .msi file:

    1. Select Start and type CMD.

    2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

    3. Run:

      cd <path to BrowseSetup.exe file>

    4. Run:

      BrowseSetup.exe /CreateMsi

      The system creates the EPS.msi file.

To install the Harmony Browse client on Windows using .msi file:

  1. Copy EPS.msi to the endpoint.

    Note - You can install Harmony Browse extension on the Internet Explorer using the .msi file only.

  2. Select Start and type CMD.

  3. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

  4. Do any of these:

    • Run:

      • msiexec /i EPS.msi

    • To install the Windows client with Internet Explorer extension, run:

      msiexec /i EPS.msi no_ie=false

    • To install the Windows client without the Brave browser extension, run:

      msiexec /i EPS.msi brave_extension_disabled=true

    • To install the Windows client and setting the virtual group of the client, run:

      msiexec /i EPS.msi virtual_group_name="virtual_group_name"

To install the Harmony Browse client on macOS:

  1. Copy the zip file to the client.

  2. Unzip the file.

  3. Run the app file.

  4. If you are using Safari, a prompt appears:

    Note - If you do not install the extension, the prompt appears every time you open Safari. If you do not want to install the extension and stop the prompt, in the terminal window, run:

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.checkpoint.harmony.browse.helper mute_all_prompts -bool YES

  5. Click Open in App Store and install the extension.

    After you install the extension, a prompt appears.

  6. Click Open Safari Extensions Preferences.

  7. Select the Harmony Browse checkbox and click Always Allow on Every Website.

  8. Go to Security & Privacy and click Full Disk Access.

  9. Select the Harmony Browse Helper checkbox.

Note - To install Harmony Browse on Chromebook, see sk173974.

To verify whether the Harmony Browse client can access the Check Point services and the stores of extensions, see sk179690.