chef-firefox-package's Introduction

firefox_package

This cookbook provides the firefox_package provider which can be used to install any version of firefox, including named versions such as 'latest-esr' for multiple platforms.

Supported Platforms

Linux
Windows

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
`['firefox_package']['firefox'][_version_][_language_]`	String	Linux Only: Path to Firefox installation, where version is the requested version and language is the requested language. This is primarly used for uninstall purposes.	`"/opt/firefox/#{version}_en-US"`

Resources

firefox_package

Install the latest version of Firefox via the Mozilla Firefox download API:

https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/latest/README.txt

firefox_package 'firefox-latest'

Configure a 24 hour splay to reduce egress HTTPS requests to Mozilla servers.

firefox_package 'firefox-esr-latest' do
  splay 84600
end

version - Version of Firefox to install. Named versions, such as firefox-latest, firefox-esr-latest, firefox-38.0 are all valid. (name_attribute)
checksum - SHA256 Checksum of the file. Not required.
uri - HTTPS uri to obtain the installer/archive. Defaults to: https://download.mozilla.org
language - Language desired. Defaults to: en-US
platform - Platform you wish to download and install. Defaults to the OS from which Chef is running.
path - Path to install Firefox. Linux Only, Defaults to: /opt/firefox/#{version}_#{language}
splay - Time in minutes to wait before next contact to Mozilla servers. Not required, defaults to 0 (zero) seconds.
link - Create the specfied symlink (Linux Only). This can be an array to create multiple symlinks to the same instance, or a string for a single symlink.