Enterprise Policy Generator Autor: Sören Hentzschel

Generates Enterprise Policies for Firefox.

With Firefox 60, Mozilla introduced enterprise policies. One way to configure Firefox using enterprise policies is through a file named policies.json. The advantage of this file over Group Policy Objects (GPO) is that this method works across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

While this extension is not directly related to CCK2 Wizard, it shares the same idea for enterprise policies in Firefox 60 and later. The Enterprise Policy Generator helps you create the configuration file, without studying all documentation and options in depth.

Enterprise Policy Generator is a WebExtension and compatible with Firefox 60 and later. The latest release requires Firefox 140 or later.

Features

• Configure all enterprise policies via an intuitive user interface
• Validates fields that require specific values
• Accessibility has been taken into account
• Keyboard support
• Highlights policies that require a newer Firefox version than the current ESR version
• Shows additional information or links where appropriate
• Drag and drop for fields that accept multiple values
• View generated code with syntax highlighting, download it as policies.json file, or copy it to the clipboard
• Save configurations and load them at a later time
• Export configurations and import them on other devices
• A filter field lets you search in the policy names, options, and descriptions

Keyboard shortcuts

The interface can be accessed via the toolbar button or the keyboard. Use Shift + F10 to open the interface. You can also open the interface via a menu entry in the "Tools" menu.

You can use Shift + F to focus the filter field, and Shift + G to focus the button to generate the policies.

Fields that allow multiple values can be moved using the keyboard: Press Space to pick up an item. Use Arrow Up and Arrow Down to move it. Press Space or Enter to drop. Press Escape to cancel.

Roadmap

You can find the roadmap and request new features in the issues tracker.

Languages

The add-on is currently available in the following languages:

• English
• German
• French (Thanks, Rom and Toinane!)
• Simplified Chinese (Thanks, fang5566 and yfdyh000!)
• Russian (Thanks, wvxwxvw and solokot!)
• Upper Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)
• Lower Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)

Permissions

Enterprise Policy Generator needs several permissions to work properly.

Mandatory Permissions

No special permissions are needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator!

Optional Permissions

This permission is not required to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator, but Enterprise Policy Generator will ask you at runtime when the following permission is required:

download files and read and modify the browser's download history

This permission is required to provide 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 required to provide 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.