As an admin, you can automatically enroll ChromeOS Flex devices for a faster deployment, instead of using manual credential-based enrollment.
In your Google Admin console, you can choose between two automatic deployment methods: USB installer or Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE). Using a packaging tool, you embed an enrollment token into a ChromeOS Flex installation image, which automatically enrolls devices into your organization or a specific organizational unit (OU) during initial device setup.
What you need
- Ensure you have an administrator account. For details, see About administrator roles.
- Choose between USB installer or PXE mass deployment.
- For USB installer, ensure you have an 8 GB or more USB drive and access to Chrome browser.
- For both USB installer and PXE boot, ensure you have access to a Debian-based (Debian/Ubuntu) Linux environment, with at least 35 GB of storage. This can be Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Linux on ChromeOS (Crostini), a physical Debian-based Linux machine, and so on.
- The
cros-flex-toolsLinux package (currently Debian-only), which contains tools for ChromeOS Flex deployments. Here are some useful Command-Line Interface (CLI) instructions:
For downloading a ChromeOS Flex image
For packaging the enrollment token and image
Automatic enrollment (USB installer and PXE boot)
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Devices > Chrome > Enrollment tokens.
Requires having the Chrome administrator privilege.
- At the top, click Enroll.
- Select Non-ChromeOS devices (with ChromeOS Flex) and click Next.
- Choose a deployment method for installing ChromeOS Flex on the devices you want to automatically enroll:
- For USB installer deployment, select Automatic enrollment (USB installer).
- For PXE boot deployment, select Automatic enrollment (PXE boot).
- Click Start and follow the on-screen prompts.
- Click Done.
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