TIL multi-account containers allow per-container proxy settings!

Am I correct in thinking it needs a separate extension to set that up, like this one? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/container-pro...

Edit: I was not correct, which is apparently grounds for downvotes now.

No separate extension needed; it’s right there in the container settings now!

Somebody has the detailed steps in a sibling comment.

Do you mean Firefox has created a version that routes container traffic through proxies without the use of the the Container proxy addon?

Yes! I believe this happened when they made containers natively compatible with “Mozilla VPN”.

They do advertise their own service, but there’s an option to use a custom proxy instead.

It used to, but now I think they added it to the 'main' one.

You've misread my intention. I just think the downvotes are funny, and I know such edits attract more :P

Would you happen to have any good resources explaining how such a setup could be configured?

I've been using Sidebery and this for container specific proxy configuration and it works fine https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/container-proxy/

I had a socks server running in docker that turned Forticlient, the worst corporate vpn solution ever, into socks so then I could use access the internal urls in one container, still have fast internet elsewhere, and not expose my computer's entire network traffic to Forticrap.

Thanks!

I've done this in the past to assign a different exit node in Mullvad to a given Firefox container.

1. You click the Multi-Account Containers extension icon

2. Select "Manage Containers"

3. Select the container that you want to use for this purpose

4. Click "Advanced proxy settings"

5. Enter the address. For example, `socks://us-nyc-wg-socks5-301.relays.mullvad.net:1080` if I'm using one of Mullvad's NYC servers

This supposes you're already connected to one of Mullvad's wireguard servers.

You can also use the FoxyProxy extension [0] for finer-control or extend this behavior across all tabs.

[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-sta...

Thank you for the explanation!