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Firefox for Android not syncing with my own Sync-1.5 server

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darklunar
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1. I verified that Firefox can connect to my own Sync-1.5 server without refusing the SSL certificate. Not sure if self-signed matters.

2. I used about:config to set identity.sync.tokenserver.uri to the address of my own Sync-1.5 server so it's like: https://#########:5001/token/1.0/sync/1.5

3. I signed in to my Firefox Account using Firefox->Settings->General->Sign in.

4. I navigated to Firefox->Settings clicked on my account. Firefox tells me that I am logged in, but never synced.

6. I click Sync now but always say "Last synced: never".

This was all done on a fresh installation of Firefox.

The logs of my webserver show no connection attempt from my device. All my PCs work fine though.

Firefox 65.0.1 Android 8.0, OnePlus 3t

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1. I verified that Firefox can connect to my own Sync-1.5 server without refusing the SSL certificate. Not sure if self-signed matters. 2. I used about:config to set identity.sync.tokenserver.uri to the address of my own Sync-1.5 server so it's like: https://#########:5001/token/1.0/sync/1.5 3. I signed in to my Firefox Account using Firefox->Settings->General->Sign in. 4. I navigated to Firefox->Settings clicked on my account. Firefox tells me that I am logged in, but never synced. 6. I click Sync now but always say "Last synced: never". This was all done on a fresh installation of Firefox. The logs of my webserver show no connection attempt from my device. All my PCs work fine though. Firefox 65.0.1 Android 8.0, OnePlus 3t Thanks!

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Thanks for the help. I discovered that Android doesn't like self-signed certs so I had to make sure my syncserver was using a CA-signed cert and now its working fine.

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Kevin
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The Sync component uses the Android internal certificate store. You will need to add your cert to Android's as well.

darklunar
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Thanks for the help. I discovered that Android doesn't like self-signed certs so I had to make sure my syncserver was using a CA-signed cert and now its working fine.