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Linux Installation

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The Status200 dashboard installs on Linux as an app, from Google Chrome, Chromium or Microsoft Edge. It opens in a window of its own, with its own entry in your desktop's app launcher, and can show notifications. There is nothing to download: the app is the dashboard of your Status200, and it is up to date whenever your Status200 is.

Install the appFrom Chrome, Chromium or Edge.Open it from your launcherLike any other desktop app.Get notifications on this computerRegister the browser for push notifications.TroubleshootingNo install icon, no notifications, no launcher entry.

How the desktop app works

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What installing the dashboard gives you

The installed app shares its browser's sign-in, settings and notification permission. Close the browser and the app keeps running in its own window.

Before you begin

  • A Linux desktop with a recent Google Chrome, Chromium or Microsoft Edge.
  • Your Status200's address, over HTTPS: https://status200.ru on Status200 Cloud, or your own, such as https://status200.example.com.
  • An account you can sign in to the dashboard with.

Install the app

Chrome

  1. Open your Status200 in Chrome or Chromium, and sign in.
  2. On any dashboard page, click the install icon at the right of the address bar, then Install. Or open ⋮ → Cast, save, and share → Install page as app….
  3. Chrome opens Status200 in its own window, and adds it to your app launcher.

Edge

  1. Open your Status200 in Edge, and sign in.
  2. On any dashboard page, click the install icon at the right of the address bar, then Install. Or open Settings and more (…) → More tools → Apps → Install this site as an app.
  3. Edge opens Status200 in its own window, and adds it to your app launcher.

Install from a dashboard page, after you sign in: the sign-in page is not the app.

Open it from your launcher

The browser adds a desktop entry for the app, a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications, so Status200 appears in GNOME, KDE Plasma and other launchers. Pin it to your dock or panel there as you would any other app.

Get notifications on this computer

The app shows notifications through its browser, once you register the browser for push notifications in each project you want them from.

  1. Open your push devices

    In the app, open User Settings → Notification Methods and the Push Notifications tab.

  2. Register this browser

    Click Register Device, keep the suggested Device Name, such as Chrome on Linux, or change it, and click Register Device again. When the browser asks whether Status200 may show notifications, choose Allow.

  3. Send a test

    In the Browser Registered dialog, click Send Test Notification. Your desktop shows it through its notification service; if nothing appears, see Troubleshooting.

A browser cannot ring through your desktop's Do Not Disturb. For pages that must wake you, use the mobile app with critical alerts: see Android Installation.

On a self-hosted Status200, browser notifications need the server's VAPID keys: see Push Notifications.

Updates

There is nothing to update. The app loads the dashboard from your Status200 each time it opens, so it changes when your Status200 is upgraded. If a window has been open since the upgrade, reload it with Ctrl+R.

Uninstall

Chrome

In the app's window, open the ⋮ menu, choose the item that uninstalls the app, then Remove.

Edge

Open edge://apps in Edge, choose Details on Status200, then Uninstall.

Uninstalling the app does not unregister its browser: it still receives notifications. To stop them, delete the browser under User Settings → Notification Methods, on the Push Notifications tab, with Delete.

Troubleshooting

No install icon in the address bar

Open a dashboard page after signing in, not the sign-in page, and check that the address starts with https://: browsers install apps only from secure sites. If the icon still does not show, use the browser's menu as above. Other browsers may not install sites as apps; use Chrome, Chromium or Edge.

No notifications appear
  • In User Settings → Notification Methods, on the Push Notifications tab, check that this browser is listed, and send it a Test Notification.
  • Check that your desktop's Do Not Disturb is off, and that its notification settings allow the browser.
  • If the browser blocks notifications for Status200, click the icon at the left of the address bar, allow notifications for the site, and register the browser again.
  • On a self-hosted Status200, the Register Device dialog says when the server has no VAPID keys.
The app is missing from the launcher

Open it from the browser instead: chrome://apps in Chrome or Chromium, edge://apps in Edge. A launcher that reads desktop entries only when you sign in shows it after you sign out and in again.

Next steps

Android InstallationGet paged on your phone, with critical alerts.Windows InstallationThe same app on Windows.FAQ & TroubleshootingAnswers about both apps.Your AccountHow Status200 reaches you in each project.