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Enterprise Policy Generator by Sören Hentzschel
The Enterprise Policy Engine allows administrators to configure Firefox via a configuration file. The Enterprise Policy Generator helps to create the configuration file.
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About this extension
Generates Enterprise Policies for Firefox.
With Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60, Mozilla has introduced the so-called Enterprise Policy Engine. The Enterprise Policy Engine allows administrators to configure Firefox via a configuration file. The advantage of this configuration file over Group Policy Objects (GPO) is that this method does not only work on Windows, but cross-platform on Windows, Apple macOS and Linux.
Although this extension is not directly related to the CCK2 Wizard, it shares the same idea as CCK2 Wizard, but it is for Firefox 60 or higher and Enterprise Policies. The Enterprise Policy Generator helps to create the configuration file, so that no in-depth study of the documentation and all possible options is necessary. Administrators can simply click together the desired Enterprise Policies.
Enterprise Policy Generator is a WebExtension and compatible with Firefox Browser 60 and higher (Firefox Browser 68 or higher is required for the latest version of Enterprise Policy Generator).
Features
Shortcuts
The interface can be accessed via the toolbar button or the keyboard. For this purpose the combination Shift + F10 is reserved. Or you can open the interface via a menu entry in the tools menu.
Planned features
You can find the roadmap and request new features in the issues tracker.
Languages
The extension is currently available in the following languages:
Permissions
Enterprise Policy Generator needs several permissions to work properly. To give you full transparency this overview also lists “silent“ permissions.
Mandatory permissions:
No special permissions are needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator!
optional permissions
This permission is not needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator but Enterprise Policy Generator will ask you at runtime once the following permissions is needed:
- download files and read and modify the browser's download history
This permission is needed for providing the option to download the generated “policies.json” file or to export configurations.
Silent permissions:
Enterprise Policy Generator needs some more permissions, but Firefox does not prompt for the following permissions:
- menus
The menus permission is needed for providing a menu entry in the tools menu to access Enterprise Policy Generator's user interface.
- storage (since 2.0.0)
The storage permission is needed so that you can save and load configurations.
With Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60, Mozilla has introduced the so-called Enterprise Policy Engine. The Enterprise Policy Engine allows administrators to configure Firefox via a configuration file. The advantage of this configuration file over Group Policy Objects (GPO) is that this method does not only work on Windows, but cross-platform on Windows, Apple macOS and Linux.
Although this extension is not directly related to the CCK2 Wizard, it shares the same idea as CCK2 Wizard, but it is for Firefox 60 or higher and Enterprise Policies. The Enterprise Policy Generator helps to create the configuration file, so that no in-depth study of the documentation and all possible options is necessary. Administrators can simply click together the desired Enterprise Policies.
Enterprise Policy Generator is a WebExtension and compatible with Firefox Browser 60 and higher (Firefox Browser 68 or higher is required for the latest version of Enterprise Policy Generator).
Features
- simply click together the desired Enterprise Policies
- supports all policies which are supported by Firefox 60
- validation for mandatory fields and URLs
- special marking of policies that only work with Firefox ESR
- info links for some policies to get additional information
- you can save any number of different configurations, load them at a later time (and of course delete them)
- you can also export configurations and import them on other devices
- if a policy requires a newer version than Firefox 60.0 or Firefox ESR 60.0 a notice is displayed
- a filter field allows to search in the descriptions of the policies and in the internal policy names
Shortcuts
The interface can be accessed via the toolbar button or the keyboard. For this purpose the combination Shift + F10 is reserved. Or you can open the interface via a menu entry in the tools menu.
Planned features
You can find the roadmap and request new features in the issues tracker.
Languages
The extension is currently available in the following languages:
- English
- German
- French (Thanks, Rom and Toinane!)
- Simplified Chinese (Thanks, fang5566 and yfdyh000!)
- Russian (Thanks, wvxwxvw!)
- Upper Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)
- Lower Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)
Permissions
Enterprise Policy Generator needs several permissions to work properly. To give you full transparency this overview also lists “silent“ permissions.
Mandatory permissions:
No special permissions are needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator!
optional permissions
This permission is not needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator but Enterprise Policy Generator will ask you at runtime once the following permissions is needed:
- download files and read and modify the browser's download history
This permission is needed for providing the option to download the generated “policies.json” file or to export configurations.
Silent permissions:
Enterprise Policy Generator needs some more permissions, but Firefox does not prompt for the following permissions:
- menus
The menus permission is needed for providing a menu entry in the tools menu to access Enterprise Policy Generator's user interface.
- storage (since 2.0.0)
The storage permission is needed so that you can save and load configurations.
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- Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
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- Version
- 6.0.0
- Size
- 134.26 KB
- Last updated
- a month ago (Jun 30, 2024)
- Related Categories
- License
- Mozilla Public License 2.0
- Version History
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Release notes for 6.0.0
#### Enhancements
- Enterprise Policy Generator now uses Manifest v3
- Firefox 115 or higher is required now. Also, Enterprise Policy Generator no longer displays the minimum required Firefox version for policies implemented before Firefox 115.0
- Implemented a schema migrator so that policies in saved configurations can be migrated during extension updates or when old configurations get imported on newer versions of the extension
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the Handlers policy
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the 3rdParty policy
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the Preferences policy
- Support for many new policies, including big ones like policies to set arbitrary preferences or to configure
application handlers, see detailed list on https://github.com/cadeyrn/enterprise-policy-generator/releases/tag/v6.0.0
#### Bugfixes
- Fixed error messages in browser console
- Improved enum fields so that these no longer causes empty policy objects if no value is set
- Configuring more than one extension in ExtensionSettings policy was broken
- The RequestedLocales policy allows an empty string to use the operating system's language. However, empty strings should not be allowed if more than one value is used. Also, it shouldn't be possible to add duplicate language codes
- Integer values were parsed as strings in preference policies
#### Notable Changes and Code Quality
- For version compatibility notes, the old Firefox shape was still used. The logo has been replaced with the current one
- Optimized the file size of a few images
- Replaced the translation mechanism with the newest version to share more code with other extensions and improve the maintainability
- Changed copyright year
- Improved instruction for users of Apple macOS
- Disabled native CSS outlines for input fields because we have our own focus style
- Several code quality and code style improvements
- Enterprise Policy Generator now uses Manifest v3
- Firefox 115 or higher is required now. Also, Enterprise Policy Generator no longer displays the minimum required Firefox version for policies implemented before Firefox 115.0
- Implemented a schema migrator so that policies in saved configurations can be migrated during extension updates or when old configurations get imported on newer versions of the extension
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the Handlers policy
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the 3rdParty policy
- Added support for a new policy type, needed for the Preferences policy
- Support for many new policies, including big ones like policies to set arbitrary preferences or to configure
application handlers, see detailed list on https://github.com/cadeyrn/enterprise-policy-generator/releases/tag/v6.0.0
#### Bugfixes
- Fixed error messages in browser console
- Improved enum fields so that these no longer causes empty policy objects if no value is set
- Configuring more than one extension in ExtensionSettings policy was broken
- The RequestedLocales policy allows an empty string to use the operating system's language. However, empty strings should not be allowed if more than one value is used. Also, it shouldn't be possible to add duplicate language codes
- Integer values were parsed as strings in preference policies
#### Notable Changes and Code Quality
- For version compatibility notes, the old Firefox shape was still used. The logo has been replaced with the current one
- Optimized the file size of a few images
- Replaced the translation mechanism with the newest version to share more code with other extensions and improve the maintainability
- Changed copyright year
- Improved instruction for users of Apple macOS
- Disabled native CSS outlines for input fields because we have our own focus style
- Several code quality and code style improvements
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