Pre-configure extension after the update that added the region setting

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Hi there, we had a working configuration for deploying the chrome extension, but today I realized that new clients defaulted to the US region, the new settings under where you have to type your email address the first time you configure the extension.

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I’ve also tried the desktop app, and even following the guide on the bitwarden website, the issue is the same. I’ve found in the data.json that there is a “region” settings and changing that value to “selfhosted” at least the app started working correctly. I’ve tried adding a new value in the registry similar to the one in the data.json in the same place we push the base url configuration, but it just doesn’t work.
As anyone found a solution?

Maybe with that setting we’ll finally be able to solve our only issue left (my issue is the last post): Pre-configure environment URLs for Windows / Firefox

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Thanks, the team is working on this one!

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Hi there, are there any news? Or maybe a page where I can check the status of the issue?
I’ve tried today with the 2023.7.0 version of the extension (that added the EU location), but I’m still not able to force a selfhosted setting

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Hey all
We’re also looking for a solution with 2023.9.1. Is there a way to pre-populate the Self-hosted parameter?
BR Mamu

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I’ve tried again with version 2023.9.1 of the extension but it still doesn’t work. I’ve added a region setting in the registry (both in the enviroment level and the one before it), but it has no effect.

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Still that setting works in the desktop app. If anyone need it, you can pre-populate the desktop app creating a base data.json in %appdata%\Roaming\Bitwarden with this inside. Once the app is opened it will fill the json file with other fields.

{
	"global": {
		"theme": "system",
		"environmentUrls": {
			"base": "https://my.btw.server.com",
			"api": null,
			"identity": null,
			"icons": null,
			"notifications": null,
			"events": null,
			"webVault": null,
			"keyConnector": null
		},
		"region": "Self-hosted"
	}
}
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Hello, we are facing the same problem regarding the browser extension. Is there anything new ?

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I just tried again with version 2024.1.0 and nothing I tried worked.
They updated the documentation for the app with the region settings, but nothing new in the extention.

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Hi, finally, by setting up a gpo creating only the “base=mybtw.server.com” entry it will work perfectly for the web extension. Great !

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Hi, can you show your gpo settings since it’s not working for me?
Mine will create a base=my.btw.server.com registry settings in policies\google\chrome\3rdparty\extensions\myextensionid\policy\environment as shown in the image a few posts before this. It worked before they added the region setting.

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I created the exact same thing (without the region attribute) but we are using the Edge browser, so the path is :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\3rdparty\extensions\myidextension\policy\environment

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I configured the same policies for Edge, but I’ve the same problem as with chrome. I’ve to manually select self-hosted, because by default it still select “bitwarden.com”. And when I select self-hosted I’ve to push “click here” to reset to the default and then my server will finally show up. Same as chrome.
I’ve seen a german guy having my same issue, and I’m italian. What language is your windows if I may ask? Maybe it’s a localization problem…

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It’s strange, this is the behavior I initially had on my computer but finally after doing a GPUPDATE and reboot it worked correctly. I am French.

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Hey all,
Trying to get this running for a long time now without success. I’m facing the same issues as @a1voodoo. Did you maybe get this going?
We also have a german OS.
BR, mamu

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Nope, not resolved yet.
Just tried again with version 2024.2.1 with the region setting both in the enviroment level and the one before it with value Self-hosted and then just to be sure with all lowercase.