This page describes how to add Chrome OS as a scan target so Lansweeper can retrieve data from Chrome OS devices.
Lansweeper can retrieve data from Chrome OS devices, such as Chromebooks, managed by your Google organization.
Prerequisites
- Before scanning your Chrome devices, verify that you meet the scanning requirements specified in Chrome OS scanning requirements.
- Ensure you save the JSON key that you create in the step 4: copy service account ID and generate JSON key.
- Ensure your selected scan server belongs to an installation capable of encrypting credentials.
Add Chrome OS as a scan target
- In your Lansweeper site, go to Scanning > Targets > Add scanning target.
- Choose the scan server to configure the target from the dropdown list.
- Under Select a target type, select Chrome OS.
- Select Add target.
- Enter the following information:
- Name: Enter a name to identify the target. Must be unique to the installation and can not contain "<" or ">".
- Username: Enter a valid username. Must be an email address.
- JSON Key: Enter the JSON key created in step 4: copy service account ID and generate JSON key.
- Schedule: Enter a scan schedule. Can be scheduled to run every few minutes, hours, daily, or weekly. It can also not be run on a schedule.
- Select Save and exit.
Scan Chrome OS devices
If you do not want to wait for the scan to run as scheduled, you can trigger it immediately.
- In your Lansweeper site, go to Scanning > Targets > All targets.
- Find your Chrome OS scan target, and select Scan.
View Chrome OS assets
- In your Lansweeper site, go to Inventory > Asset types.
- Select Chrome OS from the list.
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