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mozilla_firefox (14) Versions 3.0.1

Installs Mozilla Firefox browser

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cookbook 'mozilla_firefox', '~> 3.0.1', :supermarket
cookbook 'mozilla_firefox', '~> 3.0.1'
knife supermarket install mozilla_firefox
knife supermarket download mozilla_firefox
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Mozilla Firefox Cookbook

Cookbook Version
linux
osx
win

This cookbook installs Firefox browser. Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows download directly from
Mozilla where you can specify
version (e.g., latest, latest-esr, latest-beta, 42.0, 38.4.0esr, or 43.0b4) and language with
latest-esr and en-US being the defaults. CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu and Debian platforms default to using the package manager.

A firefox_version method is also available to retrieve the default version installed.

Requirements

Chef 12.6+

Platforms

  • CentOS/Red Hat
  • Debian/Ubuntu
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows

Cookbooks

  • dmg

Usage

Include default recipe in a cookbook or a run list to install Firefox browser.

The following example retrieves the default installed version by using firefox_version method:

v = firefox_version

Tip: use allow_any_instance_of to stub firefox_version method when testing with rspec:

allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Recipe).to receive(:firefox_version).and_return('42.0')

Attributes

  • node['mozilla_firefox']['version'] - Install latest, latest-esr, latest-beta, or specific version e.g., 42.0, 38.4.0esr, or 43.0b4. Ignored on CentOS, Red Hat and Debian platforms when use_package_manager is true. Default is latest-esr.
  • node['mozilla_firefox']['lang'] - Language desired. Ignored on CentOS, Red Hat and Debian platforms when use_package_manager is true. Default is en-US.
  • node['mozilla_firefox']['force_32bit'] - Install 32-bit browser on 64-bit machines. Ignored on Mac OS X and package installs. Default false.
  • node['mozilla_firefox']['use_package_manager'] - Install using apt or yum package manager. CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu and Debian platforms only. Default is true.
  • node['mozilla_firefox']['packages'] - Dependency packages for non-package installs. Linux platform only. Default values depend on Linux platform.

Resources

Use mozilla_firefox resource to install multiple versions of firefox on the same server. Note that firefox_version
method should not be used when multiple firefox versions are installed.

mozilla_firefox

Attributes

  • version - Install latest, latest-esr, latest-beta, or specific version e.g., 42.0, 38.4.0esr, or 43.0b4. Ignored on CentOS, Red Hat and Debian platforms when use_package_manager is true.
  • checksum - SHA256 Checksum of the file. Not required.
  • lang - Language desired. Ignored on CentOS, Red Hat and Debian platforms when use_package_manager is true. Default is en-US.
  • force_32bit - Install 32-bit browser on 64-bit machines. Ignored on Mac OS X and package installs. Default false.
  • path - Path to install Firefox. Linux: /opt/firefox/#{version}_#{language}, Windows: #{ENV['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe when nil. Default nil.
  • use_package_manager - Install using apt or yum package manager. Linux platforms only. Default is true.
  • link - Create the specfied symlink (Linux non-package installs only). This can be an array to create multiple symlinks to the same instance, or a string for a single symlink. Default nil.
  • packages - Dependency packages for non-package installs. CentOS, Red Hat and Debian platforms only. Default values depend on Linux platform.
  • windows_ini_source - Template source. Default windows.ini.erb.
  • windows_ini_content - Template content. Default InstallDirectoryPath: :path.
  • windows_ini_cookbook - Template cookbook. Default mozilla_firefox.

Getting Help

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

License

MIT - see the accompanying LICENSE
file for details.

Dependent cookbooks

dmg >= 3.0

Contingent cookbooks

selenium_grid Applicable Versions
selenium_grid 1.2.1
selenium_grid 1.2.2
selenium_grid 2.0.0

CHANGELOG

3.0.1 2017-06-12

  • Allow for non-package manager installs on all linux platforms
  • Drop support for CentOS 5

3.0.0 2017-03-24

  • Rename retries attribute to attempts to be Chef 13 compatible
  • Removed 32bit_only attribute (use force_32bit instead)
  • Default Ubuntu to using package manager

2.1.1 2017-02-04

  • Fix #13 firefox_version throws exception on macosx

2.1.0 2017-01-28

  • Replace iceweasel package with firefox-esr on debian platform
  • Ubuntu no longer defaults to using package manager

2.0.0 2016-10-01

  • Drop support for Chef 11

1.2.4 2016-09-23

  • Fix #10 Recipe fails on x64 install
  • Fix #8 Remove carriage return characters from firefox_version
  • Fix #7 Retry (up to 5 times) when download fails

1.2.3 2016-09-21

  • Fix system cannot find the path specified on Windows

1.2.2 2016-09-21

  • Fix 'firefox' is not recognized as an internal or external command on Windows

1.2.1 2016-09-20

  • Fix #6 Firefox no longer installing causing Recipe compile error

1.2.0 2016-09-03

  • Allow for multiple version installs
  • Add experimental non-package install for Linux - only Ubuntu platform works at this time

1.1.1 2016-07-11

  • Fix #4 Windows ESR versions always re-install

1.1.0 2016-03-21

  • Fix #2 Change default version from latest to latest-esr

1.0.1 2015-11-18

  • Fix #1 Chef 11 throws EOFError

1.0.0 2015-11-18

  • Initial release

Collaborator Number Metric 
            
3.0.1 failed this metric
Failure: Cookbook has 1 collaborators. A cookbook must have at least 2 collaborators to pass this metric.

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FC121: Cookbook depends on cookbook made obsolete by Chef 14: mozilla_firefox/metadata.rb:1
Run with Foodcritic Version 16.3.0 with tags metadata,correctness ~FC031 ~FC045 and failure tags any

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Preston Martin Preston Martin
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Updated June 12, 2017 Created on

Supported Platforms

  • centos >= 0.0.0
  • debian >= 0.0.0
  • ubuntu >= 0.0.0
  • redhat >= 0.0.0
  • mac_os_x >= 0.0.0
  • windows >= 0.0.0

License

MIT

Required Chef Infra Client

(>= 12.6)

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