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Enroll Google Chrome for Chrome Browser Cloud Management

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Chrome Browser Cloud Management (CBCM) is an offering by Google, which enables the centralized management of Chrome browser settings and policies across enterprise devices. Using CBCM, admins can deploy policies, block suspicious extensions, view reports and much more on Chrome browsers across your deployed devices as a means to ensure safe and secure browsing.

With the help of Hexnode, you can enroll cloud-managed Chrome browsers on your devices with a handful of steps. Once completed, you can use your organization’s Google Admin console to manage all the enrolled browsers.

Pre-requisite:


Your organization should be managing a domain using one of the following products:

  • Google Workspace
  • Chrome Browser Enterprise Support
  • Chrome Enterprise Upgrade
  • Cloud Identity

Step 1: Sign up for Chrome Browser Cloud Management

  1. Using the administrator credentials, log in to the Google Admin console.
  2. In the sidebar, navigate to Billing > Subscriptions.
  3. Click on Add or upgrade a subscription.
  4. On the left, click on Devices.
  5. Under Chrome Browser Cloud Management, click on Get Started.
  6. Review your selection and click on Checkout.
  7. Click on Place Order.

Step 2: Generate enrollment token

  1. In the Admin console sidebar, navigate to Devices > Chrome > Managed browsers.
  2. At the top, click on Enroll.
    Click on Enroll to generate enrollment token
    3. Note:


    If this is the first time you are enrolling a browser, the console will prompt you to accept the Chrome Browser Cloud Management (CBCM) Terms of Service.

  3. Click on Copy enrollment token to clipboard icon.
    Click on copy icon to copy enrollment token
  4. Click on Done.

Store the enrollment token on your device. The token will be later required to enroll Chrome browsers.

Step 3: Enroll Chrome browsers using the enrollment token

Note:


CBCM currently has a limit on the number of browsers that can be enrolled simultaneously, and it is recommended to not enroll more than 150 browsers per minute.

Enroll Chrome browser on iOS/iPadOS devices

Pre-requisite:


Make sure that the Google Chrome app for iOS is added to the Hexnode app inventory. Here is how you can add apps to the Hexnode console.

  1. Download the below code.
  2. Open the downloaded file in a text editor. Replace XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX with the enrollment token generated in Step 2.
  3. Save the file with the extension .xml.

    4. On your Hexnode portal,

  4. Navigate to the Apps tab.
  5. Search and click on the Google Chrome app on the inventory.
  6. Click on the settings (gear) icon on the top right of the app details box. Then, select the App Configuration option.
  7. Check the App Update Configuration box and upload the XML file that you previously saved.
  8. Click on Save.

Follow the above steps to enroll the iOS devices onto Google Admin console where you can manage Chrome browser. Once done, all you now need is to distribute this app to the target iOS/iPadOS devices.

Enroll Chrome browser on macOS devices

Pre-requisite:


Make sure that the Google Chrome app for macOS is already installed on the devices.

  1. Download the below code.
  2. Open the downloaded file in a text editor. Replace XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX with the enrollment token generated in Step 2.
  3. Save the file with the extension .xml.

    4. On your Hexnode portal,

  4. Navigate to the Policies tab.
  5. Choose an existing policy or create a new policy by clicking on New Policy.
  6. Provide a suitable name for the policy if the New Policy option is chosen.
  7. Select App Configurations from macOS > App Management.
  8. Select Configure option and then click on the + Add New Configuration button.
  9. Search and choose the Google Chrome app.
    Note:


    Ensure that you deploy the configuration to the same type of app (Enterprise app, VPP app, Store app) as what you had installed earlier.

  10. Upload the previously downloaded XML file by clicking on Choose File option.
  11. Go to the Policy Targets tab and select the devices or device groups on which you want to enroll Chrome browsers.
  12. Click on Save.

Follow the above steps to enroll the macOS devices onto Google Admin console where you can manage Chrome browser.

Enroll Chrome browser on Android devices
  1. Navigate to the Policies tab.
  2. Choose an existing policy or create a new policy by clicking on New Policy.
  3. From Android > App Management, select App Configurations, and click on Configure.
  4. Click on Add new configuration > Search and select Google Chrome app.
  5. On the Configure Applications window, provide the enrollment token generated in Step 2 for the field The enrollment token of cloud policy.
    Provide enrollment token to enroll Chrome
  6. Click on Done.
  7. Click on Add.
  8. Go to the Policy Targets tab and select the devices or device groups on which you want to enroll Chrome browsers.
  9. Click on Save

Follow the above steps to enroll the Android devices onto Google Admin console where you can manage Chrome browser.


Enroll Chrome browser on Windows devices
Pre-requisite:


Make sure that the Google Chrome app for Windows is already installed on the devices.

  1. Download the below code.
  2. Replace XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX with the enrollment token generated in Step 2.
  3. Save the file with the extension .ps1.

    4. On your Hexnode portal,

  4. Navigate to Manage > Devices.
  5. Select the Windows devices on which you want to enroll Chrome browsers.
  6. Click on Actions > Execute Custom Script.
  7. Choose the platform as Windows.
  8. Choose the script file source as Upload file.
  9. Upload the previously downloaded .ps1 file.
  10. Click on Execute.

Follow the above steps to enroll the Windows devices onto Google Admin console where you can manage Chrome browser.

Step 4: Check for enrollment completion

Once the enrollment process is completed, the user must quit and relaunch the app. You can confirm the enrollment from the admin console.

Once the browsers are enrolled, you can use features available in the admin console to manage the Chrome browser.
View managed browsers in Google Admin console

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