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Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0

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I second using containers for guacamole. Also agree, this isn't intended to be a replacement for direct access, nor for streaming purposes. This gives you and RDP session with no software install needed. The use case of guacamole is accessing a system from anywhere without needing your ssh keys, RDP, or VNC software. If you're happy doing any of those directly, adding a middle man doesn't add any value. That said, if…

Yeah, this is a neat tool, but I'm wondering what actual use case this is fulfilling. Installing an RDP or VNC client isn't a huge effort. If you're enterprise, you're probably already paying for TeamViewer or something similar. The biggest issue is usually the handshake between a client and machine on a private LAN.

The Virginia Cyber Range (www.virginiacyberrange.org) is a taxpayer funded organization that leverages this project heavily to give K-12+ students access to virtual machines for cybersecurity education.

Some of our customers are on Chromebooks, but with this they can access machines without installing software.

For students at home, it's the same experience, no need to provide at-home setup instructions for all the common operating systems.

In schools using computer labs, no need to install software at all.. IT admins see Guacamole's requirements for service and it requires them to do no work, and opens no threats to their network.

This allows us to replicate the capabilities of virtual box or similar software without teachers needing to know anything about virtualization, or dealing with the first session/week being the struggle to find BIOS flags to turn on, and getting the virtualization software working.

We currently see about 500-800 unique guacamole connections per day, it's fairly reliable.

Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0

#53
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second using containers for guacamole. Also agree, this isn't intended to be a replacement for direct access, nor for streaming purposes. This gives you and RDP session with no software install needed. The use case of guacamole is accessing a system from anywhere without needing your ssh keys, RDP, or VNC software. If you're happy doing any of those directly, adding a middle man doesn't add any value. That said, if…

Yeah, this is a neat tool, but I'm wondering what actual use case this is fulfilling. Installing an RDP or VNC client isn't a huge effort. If you're enterprise, you're probably already paying for TeamViewer or something similar. The biggest issue is usually the handshake between a client and machine on a private LAN.

We use it in conjunction with Pulse secure. Users are able to remote into their windows desktops via rdp after creating the connection from a web portal.

Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0

#54
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, this is a neat tool, but I'm wondering what actual use case this is fulfilling. Installing an RDP or VNC client isn't a huge effort. If you're enterprise, you're probably already paying for TeamViewer or something similar. The biggest issue is usually the handshake between a client and machine on a private LAN.

The Virginia Cyber Range (www.virginiacyberrange.org) is a taxpayer funded organization that leverages this project heavily to give K-12+ students access to virtual machines for cybersecurity education. Some of our customers are on Chromebooks, but with this they can access machines without installing software. For students at home, it's the same experience, no need to provide at-home setup instructions for all the c…

Awesome project! Glad you were able to leverage an OSS project to make your UX streamlined and approachable.
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