Identity and DNS Deployment
An Umbrella identity represents a network entity, user, or group. You can add an identity to an Umbrella policy, and enable security settings and destination access controls. For more information, see Manage Policies.
Umbrella can identify a user, group, or network entity by:
- Public IP address
- Internal IP address and hostname
- Network device information
- Active Directory (AD) users and groups
- Google Workspace identity
The following table describes the Umbrella DNS deployment and identity types.
| Deployment | Identity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Umbrella Roaming Client (macOS, Windows) | Networks Roaming computers * Users and Groups | Enable the intelligent proxy through a policy. Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to apply policy to AD users and groups. For more information, see Roaming Client User Guide. |
| AnyConnect Roaming Security Module (macOS, Windows) | Networks Roaming computers * Users and Groups | Enable the intelligent proxy through a policy. Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to map the internal IP address and hostname of the entity to the Roaming Computer identity. For more information, see Umbrella Roaming Security Module for AnyConnect. |
| Umbrella mobile client app (iOS, Android) | Networks Mobile clients | Enable the intelligent proxy through a policy. For information about the iOS app, see iOS Client User Guide. For information about the Android app, see Umbrella Module for AnyConnect (Android OS). |
| Network device | Networks Network devices | Policy. You can enable an internal IP address that reports on select devices. For more information, see Hardware Deployments. |
| Network | * Networks | Enable the intelligent proxy through a policy. Egress public IP address identity. For more information, see Add a Network Identity. |
| Umbrella Chromebook client | Networks Chromebook Users * Google Workspace Users and Organizational Units | Enable the intelligent proxy through a policy. Enable Google Workspace integration for Google Workspace user and Organization Unit (OU). For more information, see Chromebook Client User Guide. |
| Umbrella Virtual Appliance | Networks Sites Internal networks Users and Groups | Enable the intelligent proxy through the a policy. Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to map internal IP address and hostname of the entity to the Roaming Computer identity. For more information, see Virtual Appliance User Guide. |
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