Configuring Firefox and Merino Environments

Merino has been enabled by default in Firefox. Though, you will need to enable the data sharing for Firefox Suggest to fully enable the feature. To enable it, type about:config in the URL bar set the Firefox preference browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.dataCollection.enabled to true. By default, Merino will connect to the production environments. This is controlled with the browser.urlbar.merino.endpointURL preference. See below for other options.

You can also query any of the endpoint URLs below with something like:

curl 'https://stage.merino.nonprod.cloudops.mozgcp.net/api/v1/suggest?q=your+query'

Environments

Production

Endpoint URL: https://merino.services.mozilla.com/api/v1/suggest

The primary environment for end users. Firefox is configured to use this by default.

Stage

Endpoint URL: https://stage.merino.nonprod.cloudops.mozgcp.net/api/v1/suggest

This environment is used for manual and load testing of the server. It is not guaranteed to be stable or available. It is used as a part of the deploy process to verify new releases before they got to production.