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Setup local server updates for Thunderbird

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davidmellamo
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Good afternoon. I'm looking for information to create a local update server in my corporation so that PCs can update without connecting to the Internet, but I can't find much information to be able to do it with versions 91. I have found a policy to edit a url for the local server, but the problem is creating the structure of that server. Let's see who can help me. Thank you.

Good afternoon. I'm looking for information to create a local update server in my corporation so that PCs can update without connecting to the Internet, but I can't find much information to be able to do it with versions 91. I have found a policy to edit a url for the local server, but the problem is creating the structure of that server. Let's see who can help me. Thank you.

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A good place to look for support with these sorts of enterprise features is the enterprise topicbox list. https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/enterprise

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davidmellamo
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Good afternoon: I finally got it by using a GPO with the following registry values: "AppUpdateURL"

Example:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\ AppUpdateURL="https://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/update.xml"

And the following configuration in the "update.xml" file:

<updates> <update type="minor" displayVersion="78.14.0" appVersion="78.14.0" buildID="20210901192859"> 

       <patch type="complete" URL="http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/repository/thunderbird/78.14.0/thunderbird-78.14.0.complete.mar" size="55517582"/>
   </update>

<update type="major" displayVersion="91.6.1" appVersion="91.6.1" buildID="20220214162907"> 

       <patch type="complete" URL="http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/repository/thunderbird/91.6.1/thunderbird-91.6.1.complete.mar" size="61008418"/>
   </update>

</updates>

To update the PCs in my organization that have version 68.12.1 of Thunderbird and be able to migrate first to version 78.14 and later to version 91.6.1.

Now I have the problem that I can't find information to create a server for the extensions because most of them are not compatible from one version of thunderbid to the next as in the previous case (68.12.1 -> 78.14 -> 91.6.1) .

Matt
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A good place to look for support with these sorts of enterprise features is the enterprise topicbox list. https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/enterprise