The guacamole.properties file, located within /etc/guacamole, is Guacamole’s main configuration file. Glyptodon Enterprise provides a thoroughly-commented version of this configuration file, including example properties organized into logical sections with accompanying documentation.
The hostname and port of the machine hosting the guacd service, as well as whether that guacd service has been configured for SSL/TLS. By default, Guacamole will connect to guacd at port 4822 on localhost, and will not use SSL/TLS to do so.
Property name
Default value
Description
The hostname of the machine hosting the guacd service.
The port used by the guacd service.
Whether the guacd service has been configured for SSL/TLS.
Guacamole user session timeout
The amount of time, in minutes, a Guacamole session may remain valid despite being inactive. By default, Guacamole sessions remain valid for 60 minutes.
Property name
Default value
Description
The amount of time, in minutes, a Guacamole session may remain valid despite being inactive.
Extension-specific properties
In addition to the standard properties accepted by the web application, extensions may read additional properties which are specific to their own configuration needs. The guacamole.properties file included with Glyptodon Enterprise contains comments which cleanly group configuration into distinct sections for each supported extension, along with example properties and documentation.
