Deploying Netsweeper in Chromebook Devices

Deploying Netsweeper in Chromebook Devices

This article provides instructions for deploying the Chrome Client to student Chromebook devices.

Confirm Filter Group Name
  1. Log into the Netsweeper Webadmin for your location as a site administrator:
  2. North America: https://usacloud8.netsweeper.com/webadmin/start
  3. United Kingdom: https://ukcloud8.netsweeper.com/webadmin/start
  4. Europe: https://eucloud.netsweeper.com/webadmin/start
  5. From the left navigation menu, select Policies.
  6. Under Policies, select Groups.
  7. Confirm the group name you will use to filter student Chromebooks (e.g., students@lenovoacademy.edu).

Configure the Application in Google Admin
  1. Log in to https://admin.google.com with your Google Admin credentials.
  2. Under the Devices menu, navigate to Chrome > Apps & Extensions.
  3. Select the Users & browsers tab.
  4. On the Users & browsers page, hover over the Add (+) icon at the bottom right.
  5. Select the Add from Chrome Web Store icon.
  6. In the Search Extensions and Themes box, search for the Netsweeper Client Filter extension.
  7. Click the Netsweeper Client Filter extension and view the extension’s information.
  8. Click the Select button in the upper right to choose the extension.
  9. In the right pane, scroll down to the Policy for Extensions field to enter the appropriate JSON configuration.
  10. Enter the JSON configuration in the Policy for Extensions field.

    Notes
    Replace groupname@orgname with the group name you verified in the "Confirm Filter Group Name" section (near the top of this article). If you have a specific Client Filter brand, replace Lenovo_Default with your brand (brands are created during implementation or with assistance from the support team).

    1. Chromebook JSON Policy for North America:

    {

    "policyserver": {

    },

    "makeopts": {

    "Value": "-f 4096 -g groupname@orgname"

    }

    }

    2. Chromebook JSON Policy for Europe:

    {

    "policyserver": {

    },

    "makeopts": {

    "Value": "-f 4096 -g groupname@orgname"

    }

    }


    3. Chromebook JSON Policy for the UK:

    {

    "policyserver": {

    },

    "makeopts": {

    "Value": "-f 4096 -g groupname@orgname"

    }

    }

  11. Scroll up and select Force Install as the installation policy.
  12. In the upper right, click Save to save the application.

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