Install Google Chrome in Debian like systems - Ansible module apt_key, apt_repository and apt

How to install the latest Google Chrome Stable on a Debian-like workstation (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, MX Linux, Deepin, AntiX, PureOS, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Devuan, Knoppix, AV Linux Linux) verify software using the public GPG key and set up the Google repository. Included Playbook in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

How to Install Google Chrome in Debian-like systems with Ansible?

I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible install Google Chrome in Debian-like systems

Add Google Chrome key => ansible.builtin.apt_key

Add Google Chrome repository => ansible.builtin.apt_repository

Update apt cache and install Google Chrome => ansible.builtin.apt

In order to install Google Chrome on a Debian-like system, we need to perform three different steps.

The first step is to download the gpg signature key for the repository. You are going to use the ansible.builtin.apt_key Ansible module.

This encrypted key verifies the genuinity of the packages and the repository and guarantees that the software is the same as Google releases.

The second step is to add the add Google Chrome repository to the distribution. It's an extra website were apt, your distribution Package Manager looks like for software.

You are going to use the ansible.builtin.apt_repository Ansible module.

The third step is to update the apt cache for the available packages and install Google Chrome using the ansible.builtin.apt Ansible module.

Parameters

apt-key url string - URL

apt-key state string - present/absent

apt_repository repo string - repository

apt_repository state string - present/absent

apt name string - name or package-specific

apt state string - latest/present/absent

apt update_cache boolean - no/yes

For the ansible.builtin.apt_key Ansible module I'm going to use two parameters: "url" and "state".

The "url" parameter specifies the URL of the repository gpg signature key and the "state" verify that is present in our system after the execution.

For the ansible.builtin.apt_repository Ansible module I'm going to use two parameters: "repo" and "state".

The "repo" parameter specifies the repository parameters and the "state" verify that is present in our system after the execution.

For the ansible.builtin.apt Ansible module I'm going to use three parameters: "name", "state", and "update_cache".

The "name" parameter specifies the package name (Google Chrome in our use-case) and the "state" verify that is present in our system after the execution.

Before installing the package the "update_cache" performs an update of the apt-cache to ensure that the latest version of the package is going to be downloaded.

## Playbook

Install Google Chrome in Debian-like systems with Ansible Playbook.

code

install_chrome_debian.yml

```yaml

---

name: install Google Chrome

hosts: all

become: true

tasks:

- name: Install apt-transport-https

ansible.builtin.apt:

state: latest

update_cache: true

- name: Add Apt signing key

ansible.builtin.apt_key:

url: "https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub"

state: present

- name: Add repository into sources list

ansible.builtin.apt_repository: