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Ansible Apache Guacamole

Did you know that combining Ansible and Apache Guacamole results in a streamlined and efficient way to manage and access remote desktops and servers?

Ansible helps automate the installation, configuration, and management of Guacamole. Furthermore, it simplifies managing remote desktop access as well.

Ansible offers a wide range of modules and playbooks that helps us automate the deployment and configuration of Guacamole and its dependencies. We can customize these modules and playbooks to meet specific requirements.

Here are some of the tasks that can be easily automated via Ansible in Apache Guacamole:

• Ansible can automate the installation and configuration of Apache Tomcat.
• Ansible can automate the installation and configuration of Guacamole. This includes setting up the database, configuring the web server, and installing any required dependencies.
• Furthermore, Apache Guacamole supports a wide range of authentication mechanisms, like LDAP and RADIUS. Furthermore, Ansible can automate the configuration of these authentication mechanisms.
• Ansible can automate the management of user accounts and access in Guacamole. This includes creating new users, updating user permissions, and removing user accounts.
• Additionally, Ansible can automate the upgrading and patching of Apache Guacamole and its dependencies.

How to install Apache Guacamole using Ansible

1. First, we have to install git:

   yum install -y git
2. Then we have to clone a git repository containing an Ansible playbook as well as other supporting files.
3. After that, change to the directory named Guacamole_Ansible.
4. Now, run the setup.sh file.

The above steps will download and install Ansible and epel-release. After that, we have to set up Ansible. This is where we will be prompted to enter two different passwords.

The first one is the MariaDB/MySQL root password. The second one is to be used by Guacamole to authenticate with MariaDB/MySQL.

Our experts would like to point out that the first password has to be noted down carefully as we require it later when we use MariaDB/MySQL in the future.

Once Ansible is successfully installed, Guacamole should be running and ready to use.

We can test this by logging into the server and opening the web browser and navigating to:

[guacamole_server_ip]:8080/guacamole

Let us know in the comments if you need further help with setting this up.

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Conclusion

To conclude, our Support Techs gave us a quick look at Ansible Apache Guacamole and how to set it up.