Ansible Role: thunderbird-autoconfig

Installs and makes thunderbird configurable through environment variables. It is possible to setup E-Mail accounts, contacts, smime certs, etc.

Role Variables

Variable name	Type	Default	Description
thunderbird_syspref	file path	syspref.js	Can be used to replace the default syspref file
thunderbird_autoconfig	file path	thunderbird.cfg	Can be used to replace the default autoconfig
thunderbird_mail_full_name	string		Defines the fullname of the thunderbird mail account
thunderbird_mail_address	email		Defines the email of the thunderbird mail account
thunderbird_mail_user	string	thunderbird_mail_address	Defines the user used to log into the mail servers, defaults to the email
thunderbird_mail_password	string		Defines the user password (optional)
thunderbird_mail_cert	file path		Defines the smime certificate file used for signing (optional)
thunderbird_mail_cert_password	string		The password to use for the certificate import ( not functional due to thunderbird bug)
thunderbird_mail_imap	hostname/ip		Defines the address of the imap server
thunderbird_mail_imap_port	int	143	Defines the port used for imap
thunderbird_mail_imap_sock	int	2	Defines the encryption type used for imap (0: no encryption, 2: STARTSSL, 3: SSL/TLS )
thunderbird_mail_imap_auth	int	3	Defines the authentication method used for imap (1: no authentication (smtp only), 3: normal password, 4: encrypted password, 5: Kerberos/GSSAPI, 6: NTLM, 7: TLS Certificate, 8: OAuth2)
thunderbird_mail_pop3	hostname/ip		Defines the address of the pop3 server
thunderbird_mail_pop3_port	int	143	Defines the port used for pop3
thunderbird_mail_pop3_sock	int	2	Defines the encryption type used for pop3 (0: no encryption, 2: STARTSSL, 3: SSL/TLS )
thunderbird_mail_pop3_auth	int	3	Defines the authentication method used for pop3 (1: no authentication (smtp only), 3: normal password, 4: encrypted password, 5: Kerberos/GSSAPI, 6: NTLM, 7: TLS Certificate, 8: OAuth2)
thunderbird_mail_smtp	hostname/ip		Defines the address of the smtp server
thunderbird_mail_smtp_port	int	143	Defines the port used for smtp
thunderbird_mail_smtp_sock	int	2	Defines the encryption type used for smtp (0: no encryption, 2: STARTSSL, 3: SSL/TLS )
thunderbird_mail_smtp_auth	int	3	Defines the authentication method used for smtp (1: no authentication (smtp only), 3: normal password, 4: encrypted password, 5: Kerberos/GSSAPI, 6: NTLM, 7: TLS Certificate, 8: OAuth2)
thunderbird_mail_mode	string	imap	Defines the email retrieval mode i.e. imap or pop3
thunderbird_config	list[dict]		Configures the mail accounts using the supplied dict. This supersedes the other variables i.e. if it is set all other thunderbird_mail_* variables (excluding thunderbird_mail_lists) will be ignored.
∟.name	string		Fullname of the account user
∟.email	email		E-mail address
∟.user	string		Username used for the mail servers
∟.password	string		User Password (optional)
∟.cert	file path		Path to the certificate used for signing (optional)
∟.cert_pw	string		The password to use for the certificate import ( not functional due to thunderbird bug)
∟.retrievServer	hostname/ip		IMAP/POP3 server address
∟.retrievPort	int		IMAP/POP3 port number
∟.retrievSock	int		Defines the encryption type used for imap/pop3 (0: no encryption, 2: STARTSSL, 3: SSL/TLS
∟.retrievAuth	int		Defines the authentication method used for imap/pop3 (1: no authentication (smtp only), 3: normal password, 4: encrypted password, 5: Kerberos/GSSAPI, 6: NTLM, 7: TLS Certificate, 8: OAuth2)
∟.mode	imap/pop3		Defines retrieval server type
∟.smtpServer	hostname/ip		SMTP server address
∟.smtpPort	int		SMTP port number
∟.smtpSock	int		Defines the encryption type used for smtp (0: no encryption, 2: STARTSSL, 3: SSL/TLS
∟.smtpAuth	int		Defines the authentication method used for smtp (1: no authentication (smtp only), 3: normal password, 4: encrypted password, 5: Kerberos/GSSAPI, 6: NTLM, 7: TLS Certificate, 8: OAuth2)
thunderbird_contacts	list[dict]		Configures the thunderbird address book. Expects a list of dictionaries containing thunderbird nsIAbCard properties. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/nsIAbCard_(Tb3)
thunderbird_mail_lists	list[dict]		Configures thunderbird mailing lists.
∟.name	string		Name of the Mailing List
∟.nickname	string		Nickname used for the mailing list (optional)
∟.description	string		Description for the mailling list (optional)
∟.contacts	list[dict]		List of contacts part of the mailing list (same format as thunderbird_contacts). Note that contacts defined here overwrite contacts defined in thunderbird_contacts if they use the same primary email. This behavior can be avoided by only providing the primary email in this list.
thunderbird_cert_files	list[file path]		List of CA certificate file locations to be installed in thunderbird.

Example configs

Setup configuring a single E-Mail account through the `thunderbird_mail_*`` variables:

- hosts: "{{ test_host | default('localhost') }}"
  roles:
    - role: thunderbird-autoconfig
      vars:
        thunderbird_mail_full_name: Example Name
        thunderbird_mail_address: test@example.com
        thunderbird_mail_password: test
        thunderbird_mail_imap: 127.0.0.1
        thunderbird_mail_imap_port: 143
        thunderbird_mail_imap_sock: 2
        thunderbird_mail_imap_auth: 3
        thunderbird_mail_smtp: 127.0.0.1
        thunderbird_mail_smtp_port: 587
        thunderbird_mail_smtp_sock: 2
        thunderbird_mail_smtp_auth: 3

Setup configuring two E-Mail accounts through thunderbird_config:

- hosts: "{{ test_host | default('localhost') }}"
  roles:
    - role: thunderbird-autoconfig
      vars:
       thunderbird_config:
         - name: Test
           email: test@local
           user: test@local
           smtpServer: 127.0.0.1
           smtpPort: 433
           smtpSock: 2
           smtpAuth: 3
           retrievServer: 127.0.0.1
           retrievPort: 533
           retrievSock: 2
           retrievAuth: 3
           mode: imap
           cert: /home/test/smime_test_user.p12
           cert_pw: test
         - name: Test2
           email: test2@local
           user: test2@local
           smtpServer: 127.0.0.1
           smtpPort: 433
           smtpSock: 2
           smtpAuth: 3
           retrievServer: 127.0.0.1
           retrievPort: 533
           retrievSock: 2
           retrievAuth: 3
           mode: imap
           cert: /home/test/smime_test_user2.p12

Setup configuring a single E-Mail account through thunderbird_config, two contacts, and a mailing list:

- hosts: "{{ test_host | default('localhost') }}"
  roles:
    - role: thunderbird-autoconfig
      vars:
        thunderbird_config:
          - name: Test
            email: test@local
            user: test@local
            smtpServer: 127.0.0.1
            smtpPort: 433
            smtpSock: 2
            smtpAuth: 3
            retrievServer: 127.0.0.1
            retrievPort: 533
            retrievSock: 2
            retrievAuth: 3
            mode: imap
            cert: /home/test/smime_test_user.p12
            cert_pw: test
        thunderbird_contacts:
          - FirstName: Bob
            LastName: Example
            PrimaryEmail: test@example.com
            SecondEmail: test@example2.com
            DisplayName: TestBob
            NickName: testy
          - FirstName: Alice
            LastName: Example
            PrimaryEmail: alice@example.com
        thunderbird_mail_lists:
          - name: Example Liste
            nickname: example
            description: This is a example mailing list
            contacts:
            - PrimaryEmail: test@example.com
            - PrimaryEmail: alice@example.com

Licence

GPL-3.0

Author information

This role was created in 2019 by Maximilian Frank