guacd (8)

guacd [-b HOST] [-l PORT] [-p PID FILE] [-C CERTIFICATE FILE] [-K KEY FILE] [-f]

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.

-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.

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.

Written by Michael Jumper <[email protected]>