Overview
Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that gives users secure access to RDP, VNC, SSH, telnet, and Kubernetes sessions straight from a web browser, with no plugins or client software to install. This preconfigured Apache Guacamole AMI is built for IT teams, MSPs, DevOps engineers, and organizations that need centralized, browser-based remote access to servers and desktops. It launches on AWS in minutes, so you can skip manual installation and configuration.
Apache Guacamole Step by step Installation Guide: https://meetrix.io/blogs/guacamole-developer-guide/
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Instant Deployment: Launch a fully configured Apache Guacamole gateway in minutes using a ready-to-use AMI and CloudFormation template, with no manual installation required.
Clientless Browser Access: Connect to remote desktops and servers from any modern HTML5 browser with no plugins, agents, or desktop clients needed on user devices.
Multi-Protocol Support: Access RDP, VNC, SSH, telnet, and Kubernetes sessions through one unified web interface.
Centralized Connection Management: Create and organize connections, users, groups, and permissions through the built-in web admin console.
Secure Gateway Architecture: Nginx reverse proxy with HTTPS, automatic Let's Encrypt SSL via Route53, and a hardened Ubuntu base image keep remote sessions protected.
Persistent Storage and Backups: PostgreSQL stores users, connections, and session history, and a built-in backup script uploads database dumps to your S3 bucket.
Self-Hosted Control: Keep full ownership of your remote access infrastructure, credentials, and connection data on your own instance.
Version: 1.6.0
Operating System: Ubuntu 26.04
Apache Guacamole is an open source remote desktop gateway for secure, centralized, browser-based access to your infrastructure. Give your team one place to reach Windows, Linux, and virtual desktops from anywhere. For detailed setup steps, see the installation guide: https://meetrix.io/blogs/guacamole-developer-guide/
Highlights
- Instant Deployment: Launch a fully configured Apache Guacamole gateway in minutes with a ready-to-use AMI, PostgreSQL, Nginx reverse proxy, and automatic SSL, with no manual installation required.
- Clientless Remote Access: Connect to RDP, VNC, SSH, telnet, and Kubernetes sessions from any HTML5 browser, with no plugins, agents, or desktop clients needed.
- Centralized Self-Hosted Control: Manage connections, users, groups, and permissions from one web console while keeping all credentials and session data on your own instance.
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Apache Guacamole Deployment with Clientless Remote Desktop Gateway
This deployment launches Apache Guacamole on a single EC2 instance using a CloudFormation template. The stack creates the instance with an Elastic IP, a security group, and an IAM role that allows Route53 DNS validation for Let's Encrypt SSL and database backups to your S3 bucket. On the instance, the guacd protocol proxy and the Guacamole web application run in Docker alongside PostgreSQL, which stores users, connections, permissions, and session history. Nginx serves as the HTTPS reverse proxy and handles the WebSocket tunnel. After the stack completes, users open the application URL in a browser, log in as guacadmin with the admin password set during deployment, and add RDP, VNC, SSH, or telnet connections from the web admin console. This architecture provides secure, centralized, clientless remote access with simple management and backup workflows.
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AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."
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IAM Role is set up and configured with the necessary permissions to assume the role for the Apache Guacamole service. The IAM Policy is created and responsible for access Route53 and create Letsencrypt SSL certificates and backing up data to the S3 bucket.
Access the application via a browser at http://<your domain name> or http://<Public IPv4 address>. Product will try to create SSL certificate when its deploying, if domain hosted on route53. If the automatic SSL creation unsuccessful then you have to point domain name into server ip, ssh into server and run /root/certificate_generate_standalone.sh. Admin email using for SSL generation.
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