On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM Sangamesh Sharanabasappa Motagi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Guacamole Support Team, > > We use guacamole web interface to host our RDP connections. We will be > performing the update on windows RDP systems. > > However, we will let the script run overnight and the timeout on Guacamole > should be increased during the update. > > How to increase the timeout of Guacamole as there is no interruption? > I tried setting API_SESSION_TIMEOUT parameter to *540 *which is for *9 > hours*. > > Could you please suggest if this right way or is there any other parameter > to be set. > > I highly doubt that this is doing what you want it to do. As documented in the manual ( https://guacamole.apache.org/doc/gug/configuring-guacamole.html#standard-configuration-options-guacamole-properties), this parameter controls the length that a Guacamole session is allowed to persist despite being idle (no activity). This essentially means that a Guacamole session can stay logged in on the home screen or a "Disconnected" session screen for this amount of time - if there are active connections (RDP connections, for example), the Guacamole session is not considered idle - it is actively in use, and this limit will not apply. This Guacamole parameter - or any Guacamole setting - *CANNOT* change the policies of the Windows (RDP) Servers themselves. So, if there is some other policy (Group Policy or Local Security policies, for example) that enforces a screen lock or idle time disconnect for RDP sessions, no amount of changing Guacamole parameters will adjust that - those MUST be adjusted within the RDP (Windows) servers. -Nick >
