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Configuring AddOn Parameters using `policy.json`?

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I'm setting up addon installation through `policy.json`. Below is an example. I am wondering howto configure addons thus installed using the same file. Is it possible? If yes: where to find addon-specific keys/options? As an example: when providing below `policy.json`, starting any fresh firefox profile/installation produces the dialog "Startpage.com - Private Search Engine would like to change your default search engine from Google to Startpage.com - English. Is that OK?", followed by yes/no buttons. I would like to be able to just make the addon do so forgoing the dialog.

Thanks for any pointers.

{

 "policies": {
   "ExtensionSettings": {
     "*": {
       "blocked_install_message": "Installation of extensions only allowed from 'policy.json'.",
       "installation_mode": "blocked"
     },
     "{20fc2e06-e3e4-4b2b-812b-ab431220cada}": {
       "installation_mode": "force_installed",
       "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/startpage-private-search/latest.xpi"
     }
   },
   "ExtensionUpdate": true
 }

}

I'm setting up addon installation through `policy.json`. Below is an example. I am wondering howto configure addons thus installed using the same file. Is it possible? If yes: where to find addon-specific keys/options? As an example: when providing below `policy.json`, starting any fresh firefox profile/installation produces the dialog "Startpage.com - Private Search Engine would like to change your default search engine from Google to Startpage.com - English. Is that OK?", followed by yes/no buttons. I would like to be able to just make the addon do so forgoing the dialog. Thanks for any pointers. { "policies": { "ExtensionSettings": { "*": { "blocked_install_message": "Installation of extensions only allowed from 'policy.json'.", "installation_mode": "blocked" }, "{20fc2e06-e3e4-4b2b-812b-ab431220cada}": { "installation_mode": "force_installed", "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/startpage-private-search/latest.xpi" } }, "ExtensionUpdate": true } }

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@Dropa: that's exactly what I started out with, and configuring FF itself, as well as installing the AddOns/extensions is a breeze. What I am struggling with is the configuration of the extensions themselves...

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It's up to the extension developer to add support for being managed by policies:

https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/add-on-policies/

And then you would use 3rdparty to manage them:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#3rdparty

Specifically with the Startpage extension, though, you can not use policy to allow an extension to change the search engine.

There are policies to manage search engines:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#searchengines-this-policy-is-only-available-on-the-esr

but they only work on the ESR.