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How to configure the CM-Panel as a Chromium Kiosk

This how-tos explains how to create a simple Chromium Kiosk with the minimal amount of software installed

Create a Raspberry Pi OS microSD following this article: Make a Raspberry Pi OS microSD for CM-Panel BASIC

Install the following packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install chromium-browser xorg xterm

Create a systemd file to launch automaticaly the Chromium browser at startup:

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/chromium.service

Save this lines changing the url http://www.acmesystems.it with the URL you want to open after the boot.

[Unit]
Description=Launch Chromium
After=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit -bg black -fg black -geometry 132x36 -e "runuser pi -c 'chromium-browser --incognito  -kiosk --check-for-update-interval=300000000 --disable-pinch --overscroll-history-navigation=0 --window-position=0,0 --window-size=800,480 https://www.acmesystems.it'" -- -nocursor -s 0 -dpms
Restart=on-abort
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the new service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable chromium

Reboot or launch the service by hand now:

sudo systemctl start chromium

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