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Deploying to ChromeOS

Keep Aware seamlessly integrates with ChromeOS devices and managed Chrome browsers through the Google Chrome enterprise platform. For browser compatibility notes, see Specifications & Constraints.

Getting started​

Before you begin, make sure you have access to the Google Workspace admin console and have enabled Google cloud browser management or enrolled managed ChromeOS devices. For manual installs, you’ll need a company email.

Finally, find your Keep Aware tenant key (ka_host) and start key (ka_start) by opening the Settings page, and selecting View tenant details for your organization.

Configuring Keep Aware as a managed extension​

Keep Aware can be deployed to managed Chrome browsers or ChromeOS devices as a managed extension.

In the Google Workspace admin console, navigate to Chrome browser > Apps & extensions.

  1. Click the "+" button in the bottom right corner.
  2. Select "Add from Chrome Web Store" and search for Keep Aware by ID:
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  1. Set Installation policy to "Force install". This allows Keep Aware to access necessary ChromeOS APIs.

  2. Under Permissions and URL access, select "Allow all permissions".

  3. Under Policy for extensions, set the policies to your tenant and start key values:

Verifying the deployment​

Once deployed, devices should near immediately check in to the Devices page in the console. As browser policy is synced browsers will appear online in the Browsers page. While not required in most cases, restarting the browser will force a policy refresh.

Uninstalling Keep Aware​

If you need to remove Keep Aware from ChromeOS devices, simply remove the extension from Apps & extensions in the Google Workspace admin console.

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