Firefox configuration ansible role

Ansible role to setup Firefox system-wide

• extensions
• user.js

Requirements & Dependencies

Ansible

It was tested on the following versions:

• 2.0
• 2.2
• 2.5
• 2.8

Operating systems

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 and Centos7

Example Playbook

Just include this role in your list. For example

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - juju4.firefox-config

Variables

Nothing specific for now.

Continuous integration

This role has a travis basic test (for github), more advanced with kitchen and also a Vagrantfile (test/vagrant). Default kitchen config (.kitchen.yml) is lxd-based, while (.kitchen.vagrant.yml) is vagrant/virtualbox based.

Once you ensured all necessary roles are present, You can test with:

$ gem install kitchen-ansible kitchen-lxd_cli kitchen-sync kitchen-vagrant
$ cd /path/to/roles/juju4.firefox-config
$ kitchen verify
$ kitchen login
$ KITCHEN_YAML=".kitchen.vagrant.yml" kitchen verify

or

$ cd /path/to/roles/juju4.firefox-config/test/vagrant
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh

Troubleshooting & Known issues

• Ubuntu 21.10+ is using firefox snap which has many implications. Policies are supported (Enterprise policies for snap users #1717216).

References

• Policy Templates for Firefox, Github
• Firefox blocked add-ons
• Customizing Firefox Using policies.json
• Download a file - Blocked third-party cookies can prevent Drive Web downloads
• Microphone or Camera access
  • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-manage-your-camera-and-microphone-permissions
  • https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/204392448

License

BSD 2-clause