-Policies can either be specified using the Group Policy templates or by creating a file called policies.json. On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there. On Mac, the file goes into Firefox.app/Content/Resources/distribution.
+Policies can either be specified using the Group Policy templates or by creating a file called policies.json. On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there. On Mac, the file goes into `Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution`. On Linux, the file goes into `firefox/distribution`, where `firefox` is the installation directory for firefox, which varies by distribution.
The content of the JSON file should look like this:
```
}
}
```
-Policies are documented below. Note that even though comments are used in this file for documentation, comments are not allowed for JSON files.
-### Authentication
+Policies are documented below.
+
+
+**Note**: though comments are used in this readme file for documentation, comments are not valid in actual JSON files. Remove all comments before attempting to deploy.
+
+Some of the policies are only available on the ESR for security reasons. These policies are marked ESR only.
+
+### Authentication (ESR only)
This policy is for configuring sites that support integrated authentication. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Integrated_authentication for more information.
```
{
}
}
```
-### DisableAppUpdate
+### DisableAppUpdate (ESR only)
This policy turns off application updates.
```
{
```
{
"policies": {
- "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true
+ "DisableFirefoxStudies": true
}
}
```
}
```
### DisableSecurityBypass
-This policy prevents the user from bypassign security in certain cases.
+This policy prevents the user from bypassing security in certain cases.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### DisableSystemAddonUpdate
+### DisableSystemAddonUpdate (ESR only)
This policy prevents system add-ons from being updated or installed.
```
{
}
}
```
-### DisableTelemetry
+### DisableTelemetry (ESR only)
This policy prevents the upload of telemetry data.
Mozilla recommends that you do not disable telemetry. Information collected through telemetry helps us build a better product for businesses like yours.
"Value": [true, false],
"Locked": [true, false]
}
+}
```
-### Extensions
+### Extensions (ESR only)
This policy controls the install, uninstall and locking of extensions. Locked extensions cannot be disabled or uninstalled.
For Install, you can specify a list of URLs or paths.
For Uninstall and Locked, you specify extension IDs.
"Uninstall": ["addon_id@mozilla.org"],
"Locked": ["addon_id@mozilla.org"]
}
+}
```
### NoDefaultBookmarks
Don't create the default bookmarks or the Smart Bookmarks (Most Visited, Recent Tags). Note: this policy is only effective if used before the first run of the profile.
}
}
```
-### Homepage
+### Homepage (ESR only)
This policy sets the default homepage value. It can also be used to lock the homepage and add additional homepages.
```
{
}
}
```
-### OverrideFirstRunPage
+### OverrideFirstRunPage (ESR only)
This policy allowed you to override the first run page. If you leave the URL blank, the first run page will not be displayed.
```
{
}
}
```
-### OverridePostUpdatePage
+### OverridePostUpdatePage (ESR only)
This policy allowed you to override the upgrade page page. If you leave the URL blank, the upgrade page will not be displayed.
```
{
}
}
```
-### SearchBar
+### SearchBar (ESR only)
This policy can be used to determine if the search bar is separate or combined with the URL bar.
```
{
}
}
```
-### WebsiteFilter
+### WebsiteFilter (ESR only)
Blocks websites from being visited. The parameters take an array of Match Patterns, as documented in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Match_patterns. Only http/https accesses are supported at the moment. The arrays are limited to 1000 entries each.
```
{
}
}
```
-### Search Engines
+### Search Engines (ESR only)
This policy allows you to add new search engines, as well as set the default and prevent the install of search engines from web pages. Only Name and URLTemplate is required.
```
{