Understand the default configuration

There are three major components included in the Apache Guacamole packaged by Bitnami:

• Guacamole Server
• Guacamole Client
• Database

Guacamole Server

It is a daemon server (guacd) that talks to the remote desktops and accepts connections from the users logged in to the web application.

• Component directory: /opt/bitnami/guacamole-server.
• Configuration specified as flags of the daemon server.
• Log file: /opt/bitnami/guacamole-server/logs/guacd.log.

Guacamole Client

It is the frontend of Guacamole. It is a Java application that runs on top of Apache Tomcat.

• Component directory: /opt/bitnami/guacamole.
• Configuration file: /opt/bitnami/guacamole.properties.
• Log directory: /opt/bitnami/tomcat/logs/.

Database

The user authentication for Apache Guacamole is configured to work with PostgreSQL.

• Component directory: /opt/bitnami/postgresql.
• Configuration file: /opt/bitnami/postgresql/conf/postgresql.conf.
• Log file: /opt/bitnami/postgresql/logs/postgresql.log.

NOTE: Any modifications made in the configuration files will be loaded after restarting the services.