How To | Apply A Private CA Certificate To Google Meet Hardware

Learn how to securely apply a private CA certificate to Google Meet hardware for enhanced security and encryption in your video meetings.

Updated at January 22nd, 2025

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Information

These instructions detail how to enable support for private certificate authorities on Google Meet hardware. 

Procedure

Apply a private certificate authority cert to Google Meet Hardware

  1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
    1. If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu and then Devicesand thenNetworks.
  3. Go to Certificates.
    1. To apply the setting to all devices, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
  4. If you have no certificates currently set in it will say Upload Certificate. If you have certificates already uploaded then you will see a list of certificates under the Certificates section. 
  5. Click this section, and then you will see an Add Certificate button in the top right to upload one. See screenshots below for more clarification.
    1. Screenshot below is if you don’t have any certificates.
    2. Screenshots below are if you already do have certificates.
  6. Press the Upload Certificate or  Add Certificate button, 
  7. On the new page, enter a name for the certificate.
  8. Click Upload.
  9. Select the the certificate you want to upload
  10. Click Open.
  11. In the Certificate Authority pane, select the checkbox that says “Google Meet hardware”
  12. Click Add.

 

Propagate setting to Google Meet hardware device

  1. If the Google Meet hardware device you want to use is not already in the same OU above, then move it there by going to https://admin.google.com/ac/meet/devices and finding your device on the table, selecting it’s checkbox, and then clicking the “Change organizational unit” button. Please note that this will also change any other applied/inherited settings that apply at the OU level.
  2. Once you move the Google Meet hardware device, reboot it to quickly apply the new certificate authority.

Testing private certificate authority cert

Now that the private certificate authority cert has been propagated to the Google Meet Hardware device, it should now be testable. Specifically, it can be tested by following the guide to Integrate third-party control systems on Google Meet hardware, and now instead of any steps that mention generating a certificate signed by a publicly trusted certificate authority, it can now be signed by a private certificate authority, as long as the private certificate authority was set up as detailed above.

 

Please reference the following help articles for further setup of Third-Party controls on the Google Meet Room system. 

Google Support Documentation

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