Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP. It allows you to access remote desktops and applications from anywhere, using just a web browser. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Guacamole on Void Linux.
Before we can start the installation process, we need to make sure that our system meets the following requirements:
Before we can begin installing any new software packages, we should make sure that our system is up-to-date. To update Void Linux, we can use the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Syu
This will update all of our existing software packages to their latest versions.
There are two ways to install Guacamole on Void Linux: manually, or using the pre-built package from the Void Linux repositories. In this tutorial, we will use the pre-built package.
To install Guacamole on Void Linux, we can use the following command:
sudo xbps-install guacamole
This will install Guacamole and all of its dependencies.
After installing Guacamole, we need to configure it so that we can access it remotely. We need to edit the guacamole.properties file:
sudo nano /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
In this file, we need to set the following properties:
guacd-hostname: localhost
guacd-port: 4822
These properties specify the location and port number for the Guacamole daemon, which provides remote desktop access.
Finally, we need to start the Guacamole service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start guacamole
This will start the Guacamole service, which will run continuously in the background.
With Guacamole installed and the service running, we can now access it from a web browser. Open your preferred browser and visit the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/guacamole/
This will take you to the Guacamole login page. Enter your credentials and click "Sign In" to access your remote desktops and applications.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Apache Guacamole on Void Linux. With Guacamole installed, you can access your remote desktops and applications from anywhere using just a web browser.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
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