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

<table>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>['firefox_package']['firefox'][version][language]</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>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.</td>
<td><tt>"/opt/firefox/#{version}_en-US"</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

Resources

firefox_package

Install the latest version of Firefox.

firefox_package 'latest'

Configure a 24 hour splay to reduce egress HTTPS requests to Mozilla servers.
ruby
firefox_package 'latest-esr' do
splay 84600
end


• version - Version of Firefox to install. Named versions, such as latest, latest-esr, latest-prior-esr, latest-beta 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-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases
• 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.

License and Authors

Author:: Rapid7, LLC (<ryan_hass@rapid7.com>)