guacd(8)
Guacamole proxy daemon
SYNOPSIS
guacd
[-b HOST]
[-l PORT]
[-p PID FILE]
[-C CERTIFICATE FILE]
[-K KEY FILE]
[-f]
DESCRIPTION
guacd
is the Guacamole proxy daemon used by the Guacamole web application and
framework. As JavaScript cannot handle binary protocols (like VNC and remote
desktop) efficiently, a new text-based protocol was developed which would
contain a common superset of the operations needed for efficient remote
desktop access, but would be easy for JavaScript programs to process.
guacd
is the proxy which translates between arbitrary protocols and the Guacamole
protocol.
OPTIONS
- -b HOST
-
Changes the host or address that
guacd
listens on.
- -l PORT
-
Changes the port that
guacd
listens on (the default is port 4822).
- -p FILE
-
Causes
guacd
to write the PID of the daemon process to the specified
file. This is useful for init scripts and is used by the provided init
script.
- -f
-
Causes
guacd
to run in the foreground, rather than automatically forking into the
background.
SSL/TLS OPTIONS
If libssl was present at the time
guacd
was compiled, it will contain SSL/TLS support, and connections between the
web application and
guacd
can be encrypted if a certificate file is given.
- -C CERTIFICATE FILE
-
Enables SSL/TLS using the given cerficiate file. Future connections to
this instance of
guacd
will require SSL/TLS enabled in the client (the web application). If
this option is not given, communication with guacd must be unencrypted.
- -K KEY FILE
-
Enables SSL/TLS using the given private key file. Future connections to
this instance of
guacd
will require SSL/TLS enabled in the client (the web application). If
this option is not given, communication with guacd must be unencrypted.