Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that supports remote desktop protocols like RDP, VNC, SSH, and Telnet. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Guacamole on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following:
Firstly, update the package manager cache by running:
sudo pkg update
Next, install the packages necessary for building Guacamole. Run the following command:
sudo pkg install wget make gcc mysql57-client libiconv
Download the Guacamole files by running the following command:
wget https://downloads.apache.org/guacamole/1.4.0/source/guacamole-server-1.4.0.tar.gz
wget https://downloads.apache.org/guacamole/1.4.0/binary/guacamole-1.4.0.war
Extract the downloaded files by running:
tar -xvzf guacamole-server-1.4.0.tar.gz
Install the Guacamole server by navigating to the extracted directory and running the following command:
cd guacamole-server-1.4.0
sudo ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/rc.d/
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
Create a MySQL database for Guacamole, along with a new user for the database. Run the following commands to enter the MySQL shell:
mysql -u root -p
Next, create a new database by running:
CREATE DATABASE guacd_db;
Create a new MySQL user and grant it permission to access the database by running the following commands:
CREATE USER 'guacd_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON guacd_db.* TO 'guacd_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Install the Guacamole client by moving the downloaded guacamole-1.4.0.war file to Tomcat's webapps directory:
sudo mv guacamole-1.4.0.war /usr/local/share/tomcat/webapps/guacamole.war
Create a new configuration file for Guacamole using the following command:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
Add the following lines to the file, depending on the database you will be using:
# Use MySQL
mysql-hostname: localhost
mysql-port: 3306
mysql-database: guacd_db
mysql-username: guacd_user
mysql-password: <password>
Start Tomcat by running the following command:
sudo service tomcat start
Verify that Guacamole has been installed successfully by navigating to http://<your_ip_address>:8080/guacamole. You should see the Guacamole login screen.
Enter your credentials and start using Guacamole.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Guacamole on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use it to remotely access your servers using various remote desktop protocols.
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