[Mozilla Enterprise] Mozilla Update using SCCM

Tue Jun 4 09:57:13 UTC 2019

Hi Dimas,

As a general rule, we don’t uninstall Firefox when a new version is installed.  In SCCM, there’s a field for a command line (that should auto-populate if you are packaging an MSI) for how SCCM can uninstall the application you are configuring for deployment.  With an .exe file like Firefox you have to manually populate this, so I thought it worth mentioning.  In Firefox we don’t usually use this (apart from the switch from 32-bit to 64-bit, when we had to uninstall the 32-bit).

However, bitter experience has taught me to always ensure this is populated when you are initially set up any application in SCCM.  We use a phased rollout for testing, so hopefully any issues are picked up before the application is installed on too many machines.  However, if an issue is detected and the uninstall line hasn’t been populated, you either need to update the package, then redistribute it before SCCM can uninstall it, or go around each machine and manually uninstall it.  <shrugs>.  Call it a small amount of effort for insurance.  You don’t have to populate it if you like living dangerously… 😊

Regards

Will

Will Spratt
IT Science Support Specialist
Tel:         01904 46 2631

From: Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta)
Sent: 04 June 2019 10:14
To: enterprise at mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Mozilla Update using SCCM

Hi Will,

Can I ask why you uninstall the previous version instead of upgrade it with the new version?

Thx
El 4/6/2019 a les 10:23, William Spratt ha escrit:
Hi Vikas,

While there are some Firefox Devs on this mailing list, mainly it’s other system Admins sharing experiences.

I’m responsible for SCCM in my organisation.  We distribute the FirefoxESR.exe via SCCM, using a silent install and no other installation switches.  Being an .exe, we obviously have to manually configure the package, but the main points items of note are the uninstall programme and detection method:

(On General Information page)
Uninstall program: helper.exe -ms
Uninstall start in: %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall

(On Detection Method)
Add Clause. Configure the following:
Setting Type: File System
Type: File
Path: %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox
File or folder name: firefox.exe
This file or folder is associated with a 32-bit application on 64-bit systems: Unchecked
The file system setting must satisfy the following rule to indicate the presence of this application: Checked
Property: Version
Operator: Equals
Value: XXXXXXX
Find this value out by (on a machine you’ve testing installed this version) going to “%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox”, right-clicking on the firefox.exe file, selecting Properties and then Details and noting the full file version (not the product version).

Stopping Auto-Updates (and implementing other settings):
We do this through General Policy.
More information on this can be found here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-group-policy-windows

Hope this helps.

Regards

Will

Will Spratt
IT Science Support Specialist
Tel:         01904 46 2631

From: Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org><mailto:enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Vikas.Singh11 at cognizant.com<mailto:Vikas.Singh11 at cognizant.com>
Sent: 30 May 2019 08:07
To: enterprise at mozilla.org<mailto:enterprise at mozilla.org>
Subject: [Mozilla Enterprise] Mozilla Update

Hi Team,

  We are in the process of rolling out Mozila to one of our enterprise client .As of now we are still in the process of designing\planning of Mozila rollout .We are more inclined to use our existing SCCM infrastructure to rollout ESR version of mozila .

My query was around controlled deployment of updates (vulenerability,security) in future to these endpoints. How can we control rollout of these updates to endpoint ?
I would also appreciate if you could share any documentation on pushing Mozila using SCCM .

Thanks & Regards,
Vikas Singh
Sr. Infra Architect - Workplace Services

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