NAME

       guacd - Guacamole proxy daemon

SYNOPSIS

       guacd [-b HOST] [-l PORT] [-p PID FILE] [-C CERTIFICATE FILE] [-K KEY FILE] [-f]

DESCRIPTION

       guacd  is  the  Guacamole proxy daemon used by the Guacamole web application and framework. As JavaScript
       cannot handle binary protocols (like VNC and remote desktop) efficiently, a new text-based  protocol  was
       developed  which  would  contain  a common superset of the operations needed for efficient remote desktop
       access, but would be easy for JavaScript programs to  process.   guacd  is  the  proxy  which  translates
       between arbitrary protocols and the Guacamole protocol.

OPTIONS

       -b HOST
              Changes the host or address that guacd listens on.

       -l PORT
              Changes the port that guacd listens on (the default is port 4822).

       -p FILE
              Causes guacd to write the PID of the daemon process to the specified file. This is useful for init
              scripts and is used by the provided init script.

       -f     Causes guacd to run in the foreground, rather than automatically forking into the background.

SSL/TLS OPTIONS

       If  libssl  was  present at the time guacd was compiled, it will contain SSL/TLS support, and connections
       between the web application and guacd can be encrypted if a certificate file is given.

       -C CERTIFICATE FILE
              Enables SSL/TLS using the given cerficiate file. Future connections to this instance of guacd will
              require SSL/TLS enabled in the client  (the  web  application).  If  this  option  is  not  given,
              communication with guacd must be unencrypted.

       -K KEY FILE
              Enables  SSL/TLS  using  the  given private key file. Future connections to this instance of guacd
              will require SSL/TLS enabled in the client (the web application). If this  option  is  not  given,
              communication with guacd must be unencrypted.

AUTHOR

       Written by Michael Jumper <mike.jumper@guac-dev.org>

version 0.8.2                                      22 Jul 2013                                          guacd(8)