Group policy support for Mozilla
Primery project webpage https://mozillagpo.sourceforge.io/
TARGETS
The aim of the project is to provide flexible centralized management of Mozilla software in enterprise environment.
There are other projects with the same goals, but they are either no longer supported (GPO For Firefox last updated in 2014 and incompatible with Firefox Quantum), or are Windows login scripts that modify the user profile (for example FirefoxADM or Firefox ADMX). Both options are unacceptable in the enterprise environment:
- Time goes and sooner or later it will be necessary to update the browser.
- Using login scripts is not safe: in modern operating systems logon scripts work asynchronously and user can already open application at the time of their launch.
This project provide autoconfig module that starts with apllication and apply preferences from group policy. Futher read about autoconfig.
FEATURES
- This module works in Firefox, Thunderbird and Pale Moon(use same settings as Firefox).
- Module logs all actions in application console.
- Module refresh preferences from policy by timer hourly.
- There [ADMX Group Policy template] for Firefox and Thunderbird (https://sourceforge.net/projects/mozillagpo/files/PolicyTemplate/PolicyTemplate.zip/download) provided with module. You can manage any preference with it.
- Module can set default values for preferences. This values works if not redefined by user.
- Module can set locked values for preferences. This values always works.
- Module can install trusted CA certificates to user profile (up to 10).
- Module can remove trusted CA certificates from user profile (up to 10).
- Module can substitute in preference values some environment variables.
- Well described troubleshooting algorithm.
- Compatible with Mozilla Quantum
Source: Mozilla GPO – About