FIREFOX_CONTAINER.md

The Firefox container

A firefox browser in a container is added to Docker compose environments whose resources are not accessible from the Docker compose network.

Setup

The certificate of our Certificate Authority (CA) must be added to the Firefox browser. To do this, open up a browser and navigate to the Firefox container at http://localhost:5800.

1. Open up the Firefox Certificate Manager as follows:

   1. Click the "Settings"-button (upper right corner of the inner browser window),
   2. Click the "Privacy & Security"-tab (left),
   3. "View Certificates..." (bottom of the page)

2. Import the certificate of our CA as follows:

   1. Click on the "Import..."-button to open up the file manager
   2. Navigate to "Desktop" (left panel)
   3. Select ca.crt and click the "Open"-button (lower right)
   4. Check "Trust this CA to identify websites" and click "OK"

At this point, the Solid network can be browsed securely over HTTPS.