Integrate the G Suite Identity Service
The G Suite identity service feature is an enhancement to the Cisco Umbrella Chromebook client. The G Suite identity service adds the G Suite Organizational Units (OUs) and G Suite Users to the Secure Access policy. For more information, see G Suite Identity Service.
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Known Limitations
- G Suite identities-based policy and enforcement is supported only on Chromebooks with Umbrella Chromebook client software.
- Google OU and User information updates can take up to 60 mins to appear in the Cisco Secure Access dashboard.
- New Umbrella Chromebook client customers onboarding with the G Suite identity service for more than 250K identities must create a support case at [email protected]. A support case is not required for existing G Suite users.
- G Suite Groups are not supported for import to Secure Access. Only G Suite Users and OUs can be imported.
Prerequisites
- The G Suite administrator account must have full administrative privileges on the Secure Access dashboard.
Procedure
Enabling the G Suite identity service for the Umbrella Chromebook client requires the following steps:
- Step 1: Update the Chromebook Client Configuration
- Step 2: Install the Cisco Umbrella Authorizer App
- Step 3: Enter Your G Suite Super Administrator ID in the Secure Access Dashboard
Step 1: Update the Chromebook Client Configuration
- In the Chromebook client configuration file that you downloaded in Deploy the Chromebook Client, set the Value field in googleDirectoryService to
true
. Save the configuration file.
{
"organizationInfo":{
"Value":{
"organizationId":1234567,
"regToken":"GtTYPQfgSzQtGzYUrINmbjgTu5XriDtn"
}
},
"vaIPs":{
"Value":[
"192.168.100.10",
"192.168.100.11"
]
},
"googleDirectoryService": {
"Value": true
}
}
Step 2: Install the Cisco Umbrella Authorizer App
The Cisco Umbrella Authorizer application authorizes the scopes needed by Secure Access to retrieve information from your G Suite account. The Authorizer application needs to be installed at the parent domain level and not at the OU level because this will cause synchronization issues.
- Open your G Suite administration console, using the G Suite super administrator ID.
- Navigate to the Umbrella Authorizer app in the Google Workspace Marketplace.

- Click Domain Install and in the dialog that appears, click Accept.

You can review detailed information about the scopes required by the Cisco Umbrella Authorizer app.

Step 3: Enter Your G Suite Super Administrator ID in the Secure Access Dashboard
- Navigate to Deployments > Core Identities > Chromebook Users and click Download.

- Click Sign In and in the dialog that appears, select the super administrator account.

- Sign in to sync your G Suite identities with Umbrella. A sync can take up to 60 minutes.
After the sync, the Secure Access Policies page displays the G Suite identities: G Suite OUs and G Suite Users.
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