Ansible Role: Install Firefox Developer Edition

Installs Mozilla Firefox Developer Edition for a specified user on Ubuntu systems.

This role performs the following actions:

• Installs necessary APT dependencies.
• Downloads the latest Firefox Developer Edition tarball directly from Mozilla.
• Installs Firefox into the user's ~/.local/share/firefox directory.
• Creates a symlink in ~/.local/bin and adds this to the user's ~/.bashrc PATH.
• Creates .desktop entries for the application menu and the user's Desktop.
• Runs Firefox headlessly once to force profile creation (*.dev-edition-default).
• Injects a predefined logins.json file containing hardcoded credentials (currently for LinkedIn) into the newly created profile.
• Optionally configures proxy settings (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS) via user.js.
• Optionally configures Firefox to allow unsigned extensions via user.js.

Note: This role installs Firefox for a single user, not system-wide, and specifically targets the Developer Edition. The injection of credentials is a specific feature of this role and should be used with caution.

Requirements

• Target OS: Ubuntu (uses apt). Tested implicitly on distributions supporting the listed dependencies.
• User Account: An existing user account must be specified via the install_user variable.
• Root Access: Requires become: yes as the role installs system packages and creates directories/files owned by the target user.
• Dependencies: Installs tar, wget, xvfb, and various X11/graphics libraries needed for Firefox and its potential headless operation.
• Ansible Version: 2.9 or higher recommended.

Role Variables

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

Variable	Required	Default	Type	Description
install_user	Yes	"judy"	String	The username for whom Firefox Developer Edition will be installed and configured.
firefox_proxy_address	No	"192.168.50.254"	String	The IP address or hostname of the proxy server. Used only if firefox_proxy_port is also set.
firefox_proxy_port	No	3128	Integer	The port number of the proxy server. Used only if firefox_proxy_address is also set.
allow_unsigned_extensions	No	true	Boolean	If true, configures Firefox (user.js) to allow installation of unsigned extensions.

Dependencies

None. (Installs its own dependencies via apt).

Example Playbook

---
- hosts: workstations
  become: yes
  vars:
    # REQUIRED: Specify the target user
    install_user: alice

    # --- Optional Overrides ---
    # firefox_proxy_address: "10.0.0.1"
    # firefox_proxy_port: 8080
    # allow_unsigned_extensions: false

  roles:
    # Assuming the role is named 'ansible-role-firefox-user'
    # and located in the standard roles path
    - ansible-role-firefox-user