Repository: incubator-guacamole-manual Updated Branches: refs/heads/master d9e16c653 -> 431038c96
GUACAMOLE-100: Document using arbitary Guacamole extensions with Docker. Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole-manual/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole-manual/commit/f2e5fffd Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole-manual/tree/f2e5fffd Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole-manual/diff/f2e5fffd Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: f2e5fffd9639cc1c3993f522efd2da27e3c10dd4 Parents: 4c58641 Author: Michael Jumper <[email protected]> Authored: Sat Jan 21 23:21:37 2017 -0800 Committer: Michael Jumper <[email protected]> Committed: Sun Jan 22 15:34:50 2017 -0800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- src/chapters/docker.xml | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-guacamole-manual/blob/f2e5fffd/src/chapters/docker.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/src/chapters/docker.xml b/src/chapters/docker.xml index da1b905..c58cee8 100644 --- a/src/chapters/docker.xml +++ b/src/chapters/docker.xml @@ -811,6 +811,62 @@ configured to use each when the Docker image starts.</para> </section> </section> + <section xml:id="guacamole-docker-guacamole-home"> + <title>Custom extensions and <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar></title> + <para>If you have your own or third-party extensions for Guacamole which are not + supported by the Guacamole Docker image, but are compatible with the version of + Guacamole within the image, you can still use them by providing a custom base + configuration using the <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar> environment variable:</para> + <informaltable frame="all"> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colname="c2" colnum="2" colwidth="4*"/> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Variable</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry><envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar></entry> + <entry> + <para>The absolute path to the directory within the Docker container + to use <emphasis>as a template</emphasis> for the image's + automatically-generated <link + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; + linkend="guacamole-home" + ><envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar></link>. Any configuration + generated by the Guacamole Docker image based on other + environment variables will be applied to an independent copy of + the contents of this directory.</para> + </entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> + <para>You will <emphasis>still</emphasis> need to follow the steps required to create + the contents of <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; + linkend="guacamole-home"><envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar></link> specific to your + extension (placing the extension itself within + <filename><replaceable>GUACAMOLE_HOME</replaceable>/extensions/</filename>, + adding any properties to <filename>guacamole.properties</filename>, etc.), but the + rest of Guacamole's configuration will be handled automatically, overlaid on top of + a copy of the <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar> you provide.</para> + <para>Because the Docker image's <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar> environment variable must + point to a directory <emphasis>within the container</emphasis>, you will need to + expose your custom <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar> to the container using the + <option>-v</option> option of <command>docker run</command>. The container + directory chosen can then be referenced in the <envar>GUACAMOLE_HOME</envar> + environment variable, and the image will handle the rest automatically:</para> + <informalexample> + <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <command>docker</command> run --name <replaceable>some-guacamole</replaceable> \ + ... + <emphasis>-v <replaceable>/local/path</replaceable>:<replaceable>/some-directory</replaceable> \ + -e GUACAMOLE_HOME=<replaceable>/some-directory</replaceable> \</emphasis> + -d -p 8080:8080 guacamole/guacamole</screen> + </informalexample> + </section> <section xml:id="verifying-guacamole-docker"> <title>Verifying the Guacamole install</title> <para>Once the Guacamole image is running, Guacamole should be accessible at
