-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.
+**IMPORTANT**: This file is in active development along with the policies in Firefox. To get the policy information that corresponds to a specific release, go to https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/releases.
+
+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.
+Policies are documented below.
+
-Some of the policies are only available on the ESR for security reasons. These policies are marked ESR only.
+**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.
-### Authentication (ESR only)
+Some of the policies were originally only available on the ESR for security reasons. As of Firefox 62, these policies are available outside of the ESR, but only via JSON file or a Local Machine-based Group Policy. User-based Group Policies are not allowed to set values for these policies. The descriptions below mark such policies as "Machine only".
+
+### Authentication (Machine 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.
```
{
"Authentication": {
"SPNEGO": ["mydomain.com", "https://myotherdomain.com"],
"Delegated": ["mydomain.com", "https://myotherdomain.com"],
- "NTLM": ["mydomain.com", "https://myotherdomain.com"]
+ "NTLM": ["mydomain.com", "https://myotherdomain.com"],
+ "AllowNonFQDN": {
+ "SPNEGO": true,
+ "NTLM": true
+ }
}
}
}
}
```
### Certificates
-This is a Windows only policy that tells Firefox to read certificates from the Windows certificate store.
+If this Windows only policy is set to true, Firefox reads certificates from the Windows certificate store.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableMasterPasswordCreation
-This policy removes the master password functionality if set to true.
+If this policy is set to true, the master password functionality is removed.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### DisableAppUpdate (ESR only)
+### DisableAppUpdate (Machine only)
This policy turns off application updates.
```
{
}
```
### DisableFeedbackCommands
-This policy disables the menus for reporting sites (Submit Feedback, Report Deceptive Site)
+This policy disables the menus for reporting sites (Submit Feedback, Report Deceptive Site).
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableFirefoxScreenshots
-This policy removes access to Firefox Screenshots
+This policy removes access to Firefox Screenshots.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableFirefoxAccounts
-This policy disables Sync
+This policy disables Sync.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableFirefoxStudies
-This policy disables Firefox studies (Shield)
+This policy disables Firefox studies (Shield).
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableForgetButton
-This policy disables the "Forget" button
+This policy disables the "Forget" button.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableFormHistory
-This policy turns off the browser.formfill.enable preferences
+This policy turns off the browser.formfill.enable preferences.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisablePocket
-This policy turns off Pocket
+This policy turns off Pocket.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisablePrivateBrowsing
-This policy removes access to private browsing
+This policy removes access to private browsing.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableProfileImport
-This policy disables the"Import data from another browser" option in the bookmarks window.
+This policy disables the "Import data from another browser" option in the bookmarks window.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisableSafeMode
-This policy disables safe mode on Windows only
+This policy disables safe mode on Windows only.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### DisableSystemAddonUpdate (ESR only)
+### DisableSystemAddonUpdate (Machine only)
This policy prevents system add-ons from being updated or installed.
```
{
}
}
```
-### DisableTelemetry (ESR only)
+### DisableTelemetry (Machine 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.
}
```
### DisplayBookmarksToolbar
-This policy turns on the bookmarks toolbar by default. A user can still turn it off and it will stay off.
+This policy turns on the bookmarks toolbar by default. A user can still turn it off, and it will stay off.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### DisplayMenuBar
-This policy turns on the menubar by default. A user can still turn it off and it will stay off.
+This policy turns on the menubar by default. A user can still turn it off, and it will stay off.
```
{
"policies": {
### EnableTrackingProtection
This policy affects tracking protection.
-If this policy is not configured, tracking protection is not enabled by default in the browser but it is enabled by default in private browsing and the user can change it.
+If this policy is not configured, tracking protection is not enabled by default in the browser, but it is enabled by default in private browsing and the user can change it.
If Value is set to false, tracking protection is disabled and locked in both the browser and private browsing.
-If Value is set to true, private browsing is enabled by default in both the browser and private browsing and you can choose set the Locked value if you want to prevent the user from changing it.
+If Value is set to true, tracking protection is enabled by default in both the browser and private browsing and you can choose set the Locked value if you want to prevent the user from changing it.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### 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.
+### Extensions (Machine only)
+This policy controls the installation, uninstallation and locking of extensions. Locked extensions cannot be disabled or uninstalled.
+For Install, you specify a list of URLs or paths.
For Uninstall and Locked, you specify extension IDs.
```
{
}
```
### 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.
+This policy prevents the default bookmarks or the Smart Bookmarks (Most Visited, Recent Tags) from being created. Note: this policy is only effective if used before the first run of the profile.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### Homepage (ESR only)
+### Homepage (Machine only)
This policy sets the default homepage value. It can also be used to lock the homepage and add additional homepages.
```
{
}
```
### PopupBlocking
-This policy sets domains for which pop-up windows are allowed. It also set the default pop-up policy
+This policy sets domains for which pop-up windows are allowed. It also sets the default pop-up policy.
```
{
"policies": {
"FlashPlugin": {
"Allow": ["http://example.org/"], /* Sites on the allow list do not override Flash being completely disabled */
"Block": ["http://example.edu/"],
- "Default": [true|false], /* If this is set to true, flash is always enabled. If it is set to false, Flash is never enabled */
+ "Default": [true|false], /* If this is set to true, Flash is always enabled. If it is set to false, Flash is never enabled */
"Locked": [true|false]
}
}
}
```
-### 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.
+### OverrideFirstRunPage (Machine only)
+This policy allows you to override the first run page. If you leave the URL blank, the first run page will not be displayed.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### 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.
+### OverridePostUpdatePage (Machine only)
+This policy allows you to override the upgrade page. If you leave the URL blank, the upgrade page will not be displayed.
```
{
"policies": {
}
```
### Bookmarks
-This policy allows you to specify bookmarks. You can have any number of bookmarks although only ten are specified in the ADMX file.
+This policy allows you to specify bookmarks. You can have any number of bookmarks, although only ten are specified in the ADMX file.
Placement can be specified as either toolbar or menu. If a folder is specified, it is automatically created and bookmarks with the
same folder name are grouped together.
}
}
```
-### SearchBar (ESR only)
+### SearchBar (Machine only)
This policy can be used to determine if the search bar is separate or combined with the URL bar.
```
{
}
}
```
-### 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.
+### WebsiteFilter (Machine only)
+This policy 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 addresses are supported at the moment. The arrays are limited to 1000 entries each.
```
{
"policies": {
}
}
```
-### Search Engines (ESR only)
+### Search Engines (Machine 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.
```
{