Firefox – How to configure proxy server settings for all users

The following configuration/customisation is intended to be used with an install deployment of Firefox.

For details of how to prepare a Firefox installation for deployment see Install and Configure Firefox silently using SCCM.

This configuration does the following:

• Configures Proxy Server settings for all users (new and existing)

1. Create a temporary working folder for saving the files into (for example, create C:\TEMP\Firefox)
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3. Create a new text file called ‘override.ini’ and copy in the following information:

[XRE] EnableProfileMigrator=false

5. Create a new text file called ‘local-settings.js’ and copy in the following information:

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

6. Create a new text file called ‘mozilla.cfg’ – this is where the settings are stored
7. If you need to specify a proxy server, copy the following information into mozilla.cfg: (replace settings as required by your organisation)

//Firefox Default Settings //set proxy server settings pref("network.proxy.ftp", "proxy.server.local"); pref("network.proxy.ftp_port", 8080); pref("network.proxy.gopher", "proxy.server.local"); pref("network.proxy.gopher_port", 8080); pref("network.proxy.http", "proxy.server.local"); pref("network.proxy.http_port", 8080); pref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1, *.server.local"); pref("network.proxy.type", 1); pref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true); // use the same proxy settings for all protocols

1. If you want to set the ‘Auto-detect proxy settings for this network’ option for all users, instead use

//Firefox Default Settings // set proxy settings to 'Auto-detect proxy settings for this network' pref("network.proxy.type", 4);

These configuration files need to be copied to the following folders

• override.ini
  %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\
• local-settings.js
  %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref
• mozilla.cfg
  %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\

More Firefox configurations:

For more information on what else can be configured in the mozilla.cfg enter “about:config” into your Firefox address bar. It will list many of the accepted configuration options which you can modify using this file.