[Mozilla Enterprise] Enable "Use a background service to install updates"

[Kasper, Ryan V.]

Hi Dimas,

Install with the Mozilla Maintenance Service enabled using an INI file:
Firefox Setup 78.7.0esr.exe" -Parameters /INI="<somepath>\firefox.ini”
My firefox.ini contents:
[Install]
DesktopShortcut=false
StartMenuShortcuts=true
QuickLaunchShortcut=false
TaskbarShortcut=false
MaintenanceService=true
RemoveDistributionDir=false

I migrated to policies.json long ago - copy a policies.json out to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution after creating aforementioned distribution folder. Simplified text for just this setting:
{
  "policies": {
    "AppAutoUpdate": true,
    "DisableAppUpdate": false
  }
}

Fully documentation here (thanks Mike Kaply!) https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

For autoconfig - install using ini file method then I think the prefs are:
lockPref("app.update.auto", true);
lockPref("app.update.mode", 1);
lockPref("app.update.enabled", true);
lockPref("app.update.silent", true);

Thank you,
Ryan V. Kasper
Leidos SCCM Packaging

From: Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta)
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 5:28 AM
To: Enterprise Working Group Mailing List (enterprise at mozilla.org) <enterprise at mozilla.org>
Subject: EXTERNAL: [Mozilla Enterprise] Enable "Use a background service to install updates"

Hi,

In many computers we have the check "Use a background service to install updates" disabled and, as users haven't privilege permissions, Firefox can't auto-update.

The Maintenance service is installed and if I manually check "Use a background service to install updates" Firefox auto-updates at the next restart. But is it possible to enable this preference with policies?

Thx
--

Dimas Streich i Colomeda
Unitat de Tecnologies de la Informació i Comunicació
Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta
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