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diff --git a/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst b/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..eb77000ee3 --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/components/normandy/docs/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. _components/normandy: + +==================== +Shield Recipe Client +==================== + +Normandy (aka the Shield Recipe Client) is a targeted change control +system, allowing small changes to be made within a release of Firefox, +such as studies. + +It downloads recipes and actions from :ref:`Remote Settings <services/remotesettings>` +and then executes them. + +.. note:: + + Previously, the recipes were fetched from the `recipe server`_, but in `Bug 1513854`_ + the source was changed to *Remote Settings*. The cryptographic signatures are verified + at the *Remote Settings* level (integrity) and at the *Normandy* level + (authenticity of publisher). + +.. _recipe server: https://github.com/mozilla/normandy/ +.. _Bug 1513854: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1513854 + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + data-collection + execution-model + suitabilities + services |