Ansible Role: Google Chrome

Installs the Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu or Debian.

Requirements

• You have to agree to the Google Chrome Terms of Service before installing Google Chrome with this role.
• Please note, that Google does provide 64 bit version of Chrome only. So the role will only be executed on a 64 bit target host.

Role Variables

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

chrome_release_channel: 'stable'

The release channel of Google Chrome which should be installed. Can be either stable, beta or unstable.

chrome_disable_gpu: false

If this is set to true the GPU acceleration of Google Chrome will be disabled.

chrome_policies_managed: []
chrome_policies_recommended: []

A hashmap of policies you want to manage and enforce, and policies you want to recommend. See https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3 for all policies.

chrome_policies_filename: 'policy.json'

The resulting filename of the policies in the respective directories.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: phpdevs
  roles:
    - pixelart.chrome

After the playbook runs, Google Chrome will be installed, and an application launcher will be accessible via normal user accounts.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MIT, see the LICENSE file.

Author Information

This role was created in 2017 by pixelart GmbH.