your guacamole app front end managed by tomcat is not connected to guacd. I think you missed the step of linking the guacd config folder contents to the tomcat web app.
On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 8:05 AM Mauro Condarelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am trying to understand how to correctly setup Guacamole... and failing. > > Question is: how am I supposed to troubleshoot connection problems in > Dockerized Guacamole? > > All documentation I found (pointers welcome) deal with standard > installation > (non-dockerized, direct editing of guacamole.properties and > user-mapping.xml) > and I simply do not know where to look to understand where I goofed. > > Some installation details follow. > > I installed Guacamole using Docker containers essentially as follows: > > docker run --name mcon-guacd -d guacamole/guacd > docker run --rm guacamole/guacamole /opt/guacamole/bin/initdb.sh > --mysql > initdb.sql > > readonly db_user=guacamole > readonly db_name=guacamole > readonly db_pass=SecurePassword > readonly db_root=MoreSecurePassword > > mysql --user=mcon --password="${db_root}" <<_EOF_ > DROP USER IF EXISTS ${db_user}; > DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ${db_name}; > CREATE DATABASE ${db_name}; > GRANT ALL ON ${db_name}.* TO '${db_user}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY > '${db_pass}'; > FLUSH PRIVILEGES; > _EOF_ > > mysql --user=${db_user} --password="${db_pass}" ${db_name} <initdb.sql > > docker run --name mcon-guacamole --link mcon-guacd:guacd \ > -e MYSQL_HOSTNAME=$(ip route get 1 | sed -n 's/^.*src \([0-9.]*\) > .*$/\1/p') \ > -e MYSQL_DATABASE=${db_name} \ > -e MYSQL_USER=${db_user} \ > -e "MYSQL_PASSWORD=${db_pass}" \ > -d -p 8080:8080 guacamole/guacamole > > I had to allow connections from the net to my mariadb server and also > install nginx > reverse proxy to access the container from outside; I can provide details > but I don't > think this is the problem. > > I can log into Guacamole and use administrative login to setup users (one > in particular, > the one I'm using for tesing, has full admin rights) and I'm trying to > setup connections. > > I was able to share localhost desktop via xrdp, so I'm reasonably sure > basics are OK. > > I also tried to setup a ssh connection to a nearby machine. > To keep things simple I filled only a few fields: > > EDIT CONNECTION > Name (sb001) > Protocol (SSH) > PARAMETERS > Network > Hostname (192.168.2.211) > > Problem: > > When I try to connect there's a very long initial delay (probably a net > timeout) displaying: > > Connected to Guacamole. Waiting for response... > > then I see the Login as: prompt but when I type my username echo stops > after exactly 7 chars (username is 11 chars long) and just sits there. When > I (blindly) hit Return I get a box with the following message: > > An internal error has occurred within the Guacamole server, > and the connection has been terminated. > If the problem persists, please notify your system administrator, > or check your system logs. > > Unfortunately I am the "system administrator" and I cannot find any > relevant log; > specifically using : > > docker logs mcon-guacamole > > does not show any sign of attempted connection and I don't know how to > debug this. > > I checked and I can correctly ssh to given machine both from host (where > docker runs) > and from the container (i.e.: from within: "docker exec -it mcon-guacamole > /bin/bash"). > > I also tried installing on my local development machine. > Same basic installation but no nginx reverse proxy. > > I get "almost" the same behavior with it: > difference is when trying connection (to the same host) I immediately get > the: > An internal error... > message; no wait and no Login as:. > > Definitely I'm missing something :( > If someone can point me in the right direction... > > Thanks in Advance > Mauro > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
