Firefox¶
This topic introduces installers features or tools that can be used to deploy
Firefox and centrally manages its configuration in small organisations. It also
describes the mechanism used to notify users and distribute updates (security
patches, full version…) and what lapptrack uses to track Firefox updates.
Deployment Tips¶
As for all the mozilla products, the Deployment Tips section for Mozilla-created products details the common deployment tips.
The Deploying Firefox in an enterprise environment article details how to tune the configuration and gives alternative scenarios to deploy extensions in line with your use cases.
The snippet below shows a post install script to deploy extension for Firefox (Windows 64-bit)
Deploy Firefox Extensions
setlocal
set AddonsRootPath=%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\extensions
pushd %~dp0
rem Deleting old plug-ins
rem if exist "%AddonsRootPath%\{id}.xpi" del "%AddonsRootPath%\{id}.xpi"
rem copy to upgrade or install extensions
xcopy "%cd%\extensions" "%AddonsRootPath%" /i /s /e /d /v /c /y
popd
endlocal
Installer Options¶
As for all the mozilla products, the Installer Options section for Mozilla-created products details the common installer options.
Update Mechanism¶
As for all the mozilla products, the Update Mechanism section for Mozilla-created products details the update mechanism.