Apache Guacamole

Apache Guacamole is a self hosted web application for Remote Desktop services. Guacamole allows remote desktop services to be accessed over HTTP.

The main page for Apache Guacamole can be accessed here:

https://guacamole.apache.org/

Installation

This guide is best suited for a Guacamole installation on Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS

Run as Root

sudo su

Update System

apt update && apt upgrade

Install MariaDB

apt install mariadb-server

Install Dependencies

apt install -y build-essential libcairo2-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev libtool-bin libossp-uuid-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev freerdp2-dev libpango1.0-dev libssh2-1-dev libvncserver-dev libtelnet-dev libwebsockets-dev libssl-dev libvorbis-dev libwebp-dev libpulse-dev sudo vim

Install tomcat9

<code?sudo apt install tomcat9 -y

Enable tomcat

sudo systemctl enable --now tomcat9

sudo systemctl status tomcat9

Get Guacamole server code

wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/guacamole/1.4.0/source/guacamole-server-1.4.0.tar.gz

untar

tar -xzf guacamole-server-1.4.0.tar.gz

Install

cd guacamole-server-1.4.0/

./configure --with-systemd-dir=/etc/systemd/system/ --disable-dependency-tracking

make

make install

sudo ldconfig

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable --now guacd

sudo systemctl status guacd

Edit Guac Config

echo GUACAMOLE_HOME=/etc/guacamole >> /etc/default/tomcat9

mkdir -p /etc/guacamole/{extensions,lib}

touch /etc/guacamole/{guacamole.properties,guacd.conf}

Set Up MariaDB

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE guacamole_db;

exit

Set Up MySQL Connector

wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/guacamole/1.4.0/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-1.4.0.tar.gz

tar -xf guacamole-auth-jdbc-1.4.0.tar.gz

cd guacamole-auth-jdbc-1.4.0/mysql/

cat schema/*.sql | mysql -u root -p guacamole_db

Connect Guac to MySQL

mysql -u root -p

CREATE USER 'guacamole_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';

GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON guacamole_db.* TO 'guacamole_user'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

exit

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