About Chrome OS in Onboard

Chrome OS devices are managed devices. When you use Google Apps for Business or Google Apps for Education, you use the Google Admin console Text-based user interface; command-line interface (CLI). for provisioning Process of preparing a device for use on an enterprise network by creating the appropriate access credentials and setting up the network connection parameters. Same as onboarding., management, and control of Chrome OS devices.

However, Chrome OS devices still require a Wi-Fi Technology that allows devices to connect to a Wireless LAN (WLAN) network, primarily within the 2.4 gigahertz and 5 gigahertz radio bands. Applies to products that use any 802.11 standard. connection to work.

Administrators can take advantage of ClearPass Onboard Chrome OS support for certificate enrolling. Users can be provided with EAP-TLS EAP Transport Layer Security. Certificate-based authentication method supporting mutual authentication, integrity-protected ciphersuite negotiation, and key exchange between two endpoints. client In a server-client relationship, the client is a device or appliance that relies on the server for information, access, or other actions. Same as supplicant. certificates to securely establish their network identity. All of the existing capabilities of Onboard ClearPass application for automating 802.1x configuration and provisioning for “bring your own device” (BYOD) and IT-managed devices across wired, wireless, and virtual private networks (VPNs). Information Onboard collects during device onboarding is sent to Profiler and used for device category, family, and name classification. ClearPass Onboard configuration options are accessed through the Onboard module in the ClearPass Guest application. can then be leveraged to ensure reliable and policy-controlled access to the network.

Figure 1  Network Architecture

In the network architecture diagram shown in Network Architecture :

Chrome OS users access the network through the local Wi-Fi.

The Google Apps domain provides user login services and other apps, such as the Chrome Web Store, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and more.

The Admin Console is used by administrators to provision new Chrome OS devices and manage existing Chrome OS devices.

Chromebook Sync is used to ensure that settings from the Admin Console are applied to all Chrome OS devices in the domain.

Users, groups, and other details can be provisioned in Google Apps from an existing directory using the Google Apps Directory Sync tool.

ClearPass Onboard provides device provisioning and certificate enrollment services.

The Chrome Extension Self-contained microservice that can run on top of the ClearPass platform and provide access to some features that are not yet part of the current ClearPass version -- for example, custom features developed for a ClearPass customer or by a partner or customer. provides support for Onboard device provisioning for Chrome OS devices.