Ansible Role: Default Web Browser

This role sets the default web browser on a Gnome desktop environment.

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.9 or higher
• Ubuntu operating system:
  • Bionic (version 18.04)
  • Focal (version 20.04)
• Gnome desktop environment
• A web browser must already be installed before using this role.

Role Variables

You can change how this role works by setting the following variable (the default value is shown):

# The web browser you want to set as default (just the name of the .desktop file, without the extension)
default_web_browser: google-chrome

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use this role in a playbook:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: gantsign.default-web-browser
      default_web_browser: google-chrome

More Roles From GantSign

You can find more roles from GantSign on Ansible Galaxy.

Development & Testing

This project uses Molecule for development and testing. The role is tested using Testinfra and pytest.

To develop or test this role, you need:

• A Linux system (e.g., Ubuntu)
• Docker
• Python (including pip)
• Ansible
• Molecule

Since installing these can be complicated, this project includes a tool called Molecule Wrapper. This tool is a shell script that installs Molecule and its required components (except for Linux), then runs Molecule with the command you give it.

To test this role using Molecule Wrapper, run the following command from the main project folder:

./moleculew test

Note: Some dependencies require sudo permissions to install.

License

MIT License

Author Information

John Freeman
GantSign Ltd.
Company No. 06109112 (registered in England)