Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to configure the Mozilla Firefox browser? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a group policy to perform the Mozilla Firefox proxy configuration on all computers in the domain.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial GPO – Proxy configuration on Mozilla Firefox
Download the latest version of the Mozilla policy template.
Extract the ZIP file.
In our example, all files were placed on the root of a directory named DOWNLOADS.
Access the directory named WINDOWS and copy the file ADMX files to the Policy definitions directory.
Access the correct language subdirectory.
Copy the ADML files to the correct language directory inside the Policy definitions.
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
Access the folder named Home page.
Enable the option named Proxy settings and perform the following configuration.
• Don’t allow Proxy settings to be changed – Yes.
• Connection Type – Manual Proxy configuration.
• HTTP Proxy – Enter the Proxy server IP address and TCP port.
• Use this Proxy server for all protocols – Yes.
• SOCKS version – SOCKS v5.
Change the Proxy configuration to suit your needs.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial GPO – Mozilla Firefox
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
On a remote computer, verify the Proxy configuration of Mozilla Firefox.
In our example, we used a GPO to configure the Proxy server of Mozilla Firefox.
