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I like its simplicity of software functionality since it is a curiously clientless remote desktop link, this iconic name because it does not need plugins in your system to be exercised by an operator, since it is a web application, its simple design makes us It offers a Download on our desktop the central data panel, giving it full access in the digital branch, thus guaranteeing automatic work that depends drastically on a connection through the cloud, simply by installing the software on our desktop, it begins to work easy and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It contains in its software a configuration system for a varied use functionality to the liking of operators or users who download Apache Guacamole to facilitate their project, which is one of their adaptation tools to the program committed to operating remotely, making That the initiation process is somewhat confusing, mainly for beginners who decide that their operations are executed by this system, this makes the initiative modest, causing a primary failure in its beginning and being misleading with its referential information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my case, it was very easy to setup using the dockerized version. I used mostly to give limited access to some external providers, instead of the usual VPN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have had some problems with the keyboard language. I usually have spanish keyboards and Guacamole is no very friendly with that.

It would be nice is I could use it to publish web based applications instead of full desktops. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clientless architecture makes it a great solution for road warriors who need access to company resouces quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

lack of shared clipboard i.e. not being able to seamless drag items across browser window to desktop and vice verse Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best feature is that the software allows me to create a web interface with SSL to secure traffic and remotely connect via RDP, VNC, or SSH to resources in the same subnet. My first experience to using the software was that it was being used as a jumpbox to proxy into private VPC resources in AWS. After getting a chance to use it a few times and get a feel for it's performance and stability; I ended up experimenting with the software in my home lab and ended up rolling it into my clients offices as a free alternative to other remote support/management tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The base software is great, but there are gotcha's. It's a tomcat server and by default runs on 8080. I personally had issues getting the default port changed to 80 or 443 via tomcat as it wants to run with minimum privileges. On linux anything under port 1024 needs root privileges to run. A simple fix was to just setup nginx as a reverse proxy to the tomcat web server. Which allowed me to then setup a "Let's Encrypt" SSL cert on the nginx proxy. (Let's encrypt needs port 80 available to receive traffic to be able to run the certbot tools.) So to get an SSL encrypted version of the Guacamole web console, it takes a little bit more setup. The documentation on Apache's website is fairly decent, but could stand to be a little more verbose for those of us with less-than-decent tomcat experience. (Disclaimer* - This was my first setup encounter with tomcat so I'm definitely a little behind the bell-curve and I personally needed to perform additional research to educate myself on how the software is supposed to work and the expected behaviours.) There's additional setup that should be performed for publicly accessible (If you need a VPN to get into the network first, just to reach Guacamole, these steps may not be necessary. But your mileage may vary) instances of Apache Guacamole such as SELinux (if your distro supports it), ClamAV, maybe Fail2ban. Anything you can think of to lock-down and secure the instance is a huge recommendation from me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is simple to configure, highly reliable, secure and handy in usage tool. It is like noVNC, but by Apache. It is a client-less application and can be accessed via a browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It takes time to sort out how to implement the service if configuring it the first time.

It also requires to implement access by other means like public ip address Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great universal usage, virtually any browser can be used for multiple ways of remote access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Complicated to setup, upgrading is painful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allows you to connect with any SSH, RDP, TELNET, VNC listening device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs more regular updates and improvements . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.