Ansible Role: firefox

An Ansible Role that installs Firefox, the firefox addons mentioned in Firefox Kompendium, the user.js from Ghacks, some offline fonts so remote fonts are not required and some search keywords for the Url-Bar. The role is compatible with RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu. Be aware that while this config blocks a lot of tracking, which helps bot with privacy and security it give the user a very unique fingerprint aswell. Thats why it´s still recommended to use the TOR Browser for normal surfing and this firefox config for functions that websites that require a login (e.g. forums, social media, online banking or online shopping).

The role can be found on ansible galaxy

Requirements

This role will work on the following operating systems:

• Red Hat
• Fedora
• CentOS
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• ArchLinux

So, you'll need one of those operating systems.. :-) Please sent Pull Requests or suggestions when you want to use this role for other Operating systems.

Installation

Installing this role is very simple:

ansible-galaxy install maxbachmann.firefox

This will install the firefox role into your roles directory.

Role Variables

Avaible variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

firefox_path: "/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.mozilla/firefox"
profile_name: "ansibleProfile.default"
profile_path: "{{ firefox_path }}/{{ profile_name }}"

The locations to place all the files needed for firefox.

addon_download: "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file"

The firefox downloads website for addons.

search_engine_list:
  - startpage:
    NAME: startpage websearch
    HREF: https://www.startpage.com/do/search/?q=%s
    ICON_URI: https://www.startpage.com/assets/images/logo-180x180.png?v=48842639
    ICON: "{{lookup('file', 'searchmachines/startpage_icon')}}"
    SHORTCUTURL: "s:"
    POST_DATA: "{{lookup('file', 'searchmachines/startpage_postdata')}}"

A list of search engine dicts, that include all possible parameters for keywords.

search_engines:
  - startpage

A list of the search engines that get added to the browser during the installation. They can later be called using the SHORTCUTURL in the Url-Bar. Check search engines for more informations on the avaible search engines.

Search Engines

The script gives the possibility to choose between the following search engines.

keyword	searchengine
g:	google
ddg:	duckduckgo
s:	startpage
sx:	searx
q:	qwant
yt:	invidious

1. Google is includes but definetly not recommended for privacy reasons.
2. DuckDuckgo is not optimal either since it´s located in the US and uses Amazon AWS.
3. Startpage anonymously serves google results.
4. suche.honigdachse is a instance of searx. Searx is a search engine, that can be self hosted to serve results from multiple search engines.
5. Qwant is a french search engine with a own search index.
6. Invidious anonymously serves youtube results.

The search engines can be used by typing the keyword into the URL-Bar of Firefox

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: maxbachmann.firefox
      search_engines:
        - startpage
        - invidious
        - searx
        - qwant

Contribution Guidelines

Contributions of all kinds are welcome, not only in the form of code but also with regards bug reports and documentation. Please keep the following in mind:

Bug Reports: Make sure you're running the latest version. If the issue(s) still persist: please open a clearly documented issue with a clear title.

Minor Bug Fixes: Please send a pull request with a clear explanation of the issue or a link to the issue it solves.

Major Bug Fixes: please discuss your approach in an issue before you start to alter a big part of the code.

New Features: please discuss in a issue before you start to alter a big part of the code. Without discussion upfront, the pull request might not be accepted / merged.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

Author Information

This role was created by maxbachmann