Many of you have used my previous scripts for installing Guacamole directly, this is an updated version which uses Docker to greatly simplify the process! All you have to do is type two passwords, the MySQL ROOT Password and the Guacamole database user password. Run as root!

GITHUB HERE

#!/bin/bash

# Version number of Guacamole to install
GUACVERSION="0.9.14"

# Get script arguments for non-interactive mode
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        -m | --mysqlpwd )
            shift
            mysqlpwd="$1"
            ;;
        -g | --guacpwd )
            shift
            guacpwd="$1"
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

# Get MySQL root password and Guacamole User password
if [ -n "$mysqlpwd" ] && [ -n "$guacpwd" ]; then
        mysqlrootpassword=$mysqlpwd
        guacdbuserpassword=$guacpwd
else
    echo 
    while true
    do
        read -s -p "Enter a MySQL ROOT Password: " mysqlrootpassword
        echo
        read -s -p "Confirm MySQL ROOT Password: " password2
        echo
        [ "$mysqlrootpassword" = "$password2" ] && break
        echo "Passwords don't match. Please try again."
        echo
    done
    echo
    while true
    do
        read -s -p "Enter a Guacamole User Database Password: " guacdbuserpassword
        echo
        read -s -p "Confirm Guacamole User Database Password: " password2
        echo
        [ "$guacdbuserpassword" = "$password2" ] && break
        echo "Passwords don't match. Please try again."
        echo
    done
    echo
fi

#Install Stuff
apt-get update
apt-get -y install docker.io mysql-client wget

# Set SERVER to be the preferred download server from the Apache CDN
SERVER="http://apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?action=download&filename=guacamole/${GUACVERSION}"

# Download Guacamole authentication extensions
wget -O guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz ${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Failed to download guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    echo "${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    exit
fi

tar -xzf guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz

# Start MySQL
docker run --restart=always --detach --name=mysql --env="MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$mysqlrootpassword" --publish 3306:3306 mysql

# Sleep to let MySQL load (there's probably a better way to do this)
echo "Waiting 30 seconds for MySQL to load"
sleep 30

# Create the Guacamole database and the user account
# SQL Code
SQLCODE="
create database guacamole_db; 
create user 'guacamole_user'@'%' identified by '$guacdbuserpassword'; 
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON guacamole_db.* TO 'guacamole_user'@'%'; 
flush privileges;"

# Execute SQL Code
echo $SQLCODE | mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -p$mysqlrootpassword

cat guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/schema/*.sql | mysql -u root -p$mysqlrootpassword -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 guacamole_db

docker run --restart=always --name guacd -d guacamole/guacd
docker run --restart=always --name guacamole  --link mysql:mysql --link guacd:guacd -e MYSQL_HOSTNAME=127.0.0.1 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=guacamole_db -e MYSQL_USER=guacamole_user -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=$guacdbuserpassword --detach -p 8080:8080 guacamole/guacamole

rm -rf guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}*

As usual, connect via :8080/guacamole/ and login with guacadmin/guacadmin to begin configuration. Please make sure to change the guacadmin password…

The following script will upgrade Guacamole from 0.9.x to 0.9.14

If you would like you can download the “fully scripted” version of this like so, just have your MySQL root password ready:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MysticRyuujin/guac-install/master/guac-upgrade.sh
chmod +x guac-upgrade.sh
./guac-upgrade.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Version number of Guacamole to install
GUACVERSION="0.9.14"

# Try to get database from /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
DATABASE=$(grep -oP 'mysql-database:K.*' /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties | awk '{print $1}')
MYSQL_SERVER=$(grep -oP 'mysql-hostname:K.*' /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties | awk '{print $1}')

# Get script arguments for non-interactive mode
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        -m | --mysqlpwd )
            shift
            mysqlpwd="$1"
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

# Get MySQL root password
if [ -n "$mysqlpwd" ]; then
        mysqlrootpassword=$mysqlpwd
        export MYSQL_PWD=${mysqlrootpassword}
        mysql -u root -h ${MYSQL_SERVER} ${DATABASE} -e"quit" || exit
else
    echo
    while true
    do
        read -s -p "Enter MySQL ROOT Password: " mysqlrootpassword
        export MYSQL_PWD=${mysqlrootpassword}
        echo
        mysql -u root -h ${MYSQL_SERVER} ${DATABASE} -e"quit" && break
        echo
    done
    echo
fi

# Get Tomcat Version
TOMCAT=$(ls /etc/ | grep tomcat)

# Get Current Guacamole Version
OLDVERSION=$(grep -oP 'Guacamole.API_VERSION = "K[0-9.]+' /var/lib/${TOMCAT}/webapps/guacamole/guacamole-common-js/modules/Version.js)

# Set SERVER to be the preferred download server from the Apache CDN
SERVER="http://apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?action=download&filename=guacamole/${GUACVERSION}"

# Stop tomcat
service ${TOMCAT} stop

# Download Guacamole server
wget -O guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz ${SERVER}/source/guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Failed to download guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    echo "${SERVER}/source/guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    exit
fi

# Download Guacamole client
wget -O guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war ${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Failed to download guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war"
    echo "${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war"
    exit
fi

# Download SQL components
wget -O guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz ${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Failed to download guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    echo "${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz"
    exit
fi

# Upgrade Guacamole Server
tar -xzf guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz
cd guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}

# Hack for gcc-7
if [[ $(gcc --version | head -n1 | grep -oP ')K.*' | awk '{print $1}' | grep "^7" | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]
then
    apt-get -y install gcc-6
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
        echo "apt-get failed to install gcc-6"
        exit
    fi
    CC="gcc-6" ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d
    CC="gcc-6" make
    CC="gcc-6" make install
else
    ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d
    make
    make install
fi

ldconfig
systemctl enable guacd
cd ..

# Upgrade Guacamole Client
mv guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war /etc/guacamole/guacamole.war

# Upgrade SQL Components
tar -xzf guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz
cp guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql-${GUACVERSION}.jar /etc/guacamole/extensions/

# Get list of SQL Upgrade Files
UPGRADEFILES=($(ls -1 guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/schema/upgrade/ | sort -V))

# Compare SQL Upgrage Files against old version, apply upgrades as needed
for FILE in ${UPGRADEFILES[@]}
do
    FILEVERSION=$(echo ${FILE} | grep -oP 'upgrade-pre-K[0-9.]+(?=.)')
    if [[ $(echo -e "${FILEVERSION}n${OLDVERSION}" | sort -V | head -n1) == ${OLDVERSION} && ${FILEVERSION} != ${OLDVERSION} ]]
    then
        echo "Patching ${DATABASE} with ${FILE}"
        mysql -u root -h ${MYSQL_SERVER} ${DATABASE} < guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/schema/upgrade/${FILE}
    fi
done

# Start tomcat
service ${TOMCAT} start
service guacd start

# Cleanup
rm -rf guacamole*
unset MYSQL_PWD

GITHUB HERE

NOTE: The GitHub version supports installation on multiple versions of Ubuntu and Debian. The GitHub version is also updated whenever a new Guacamole version is released. This guide is a bit outdated and is only indented to walk you through the basics of installation. I do not intend to continue updating this guide…

If you would like you can download the “fully scripted” and updated version of this and execute it. To do so:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MysticRyuujin/guac-install/master/guac-install.sh
chmod +x guac-install.sh
./guac-install.sh

Additional Credits to Emilio and Alex for the RDP fix(s) in comments section.

DOCKER VERSION HERE

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FROM 0.9.x HERE

The following will install Guacamole 0.9.14, Tomcat 7, and MySQL on Ubuntu 16.04 for you. All you have to do is pick a MySQL Root Password and guacamole_user password. (two variables at the top of the script).

NOTE: Ubuntu 17+ uses gcc-7 by default and 0.9.14 does not compile with gcc-7 – the workaround is to install gcc-6 via apt-get then prefix the configure and make commands with CC="gcc-6" E.G. CC="gcc-6" ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d

#!/bin/bash
# WORKING ON UBUNTU 16.04 WITH GUAC 0.9.14 AND TOMCAT7

# Set these passwords!
mysqlrootpassword=""
guacdbuserpassword = ""

# Version numbers of Guacamole and MySQL Connector/J to download
GUACVERSION="0.9.14"
MCJVERSION="5.1.45"

# Tomcat Version
TOMCAT="tomcat7"

# Set MySQL root password as defined above for apt installer
debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password $mysqlrootpassword"
debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password $mysqlrootpassword"

#Install Stuff
apt-get -y install build-essential libcairo2-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libossp-uuid-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libfreerdp-dev libpango1.0-dev libssh2-1-dev libtelnet-dev libvncserver-dev libpulse-dev libssl-dev libvorbis-dev libwebp-dev mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-utilities ${TOMCAT} freerdp-x11 ghostscript wget dpkg-dev # Set SERVER to be the preferred download server from the Apache CDN SERVER="http://apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?action=download&filename=guacamole/${GUACVERSION}" # Download Guacamole Server wget -O guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz ${SERVER}/source/guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz # Download Guacamole Client wget -O guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war ${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war # Download Guacamole authentication extensions wget -O guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz ${SERVER}/binary/guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz # Download MySQL Connector-J wget -O mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}.tar.gz https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}.tar.gz # Extract Guacamole files tar -xzf guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz tar -xzf guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}.tar.gz tar -xzf mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}.tar.gz # MAKE DIRECTORIES mkdir -p /etc/guacamole/lib mkdir /etc/guacamole/extensions # Install GUACD cd guacamole-server-${GUACVERSION} ./configure --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d make make install ldconfig systemctl enable guacd cd .. # Get build-folder BUILD_FOLDER=$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) # Move files to correct locations mv guacamole-${GUACVERSION}.war /etc/guacamole/guacamole.war ln -s /etc/guacamole/guacamole.war /var/lib/${TOMCAT}/webapps/ ln -s /usr/local/lib/freerdp/guac*.so /usr/lib/${BUILD_FOLDER}/freerdp/ cp mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}-bin.jar /etc/guacamole/lib/ cp guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql-${GUACVERSION}.jar /etc/guacamole/extensions/ # Configure guacamole.properties echo "mysql-hostname: localhost" >> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties

# Set MySQL settings in guacamole properties file
echo "mysql-port: 3306" >> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
echo "mysql-database: guacamole_db" >> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
echo "mysql-username: guacamole_user" >> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties
echo "mysql-password: $guacdbuserpassword" >> /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties

# Restart Tomcat Service
service ${TOMCAT} restart

# Create guacamole_db and grant guacamole_user permissions to it #

# SQL code
SQLCODE="
create database guacamole_db;
create user 'guacamole_user'@'localhost' identified by "$guacdbuserpassword";
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON guacamole_db.* TO 'guacamole_user'@'localhost';
flush privileges;"

# Execute SQL code
echo $SQLCODE | mysql -u root -p$mysqlrootpassword

# Add Guacamole schema to newly created database
cat guacamole-auth-jdbc-${GUACVERSION}/mysql/schema/*.sql | mysql -u root -p$mysqlrootpassword guacamole_db

# Ensure guacd is started
service guacd start

# Cleanup
rm -rf guacamole-*
rm -rf mysql-connector-java-${MCJVERSION}*
echo -e "Installation Completenhttp://localhost:8080/guacamole/nDefault login guacadmin:guacadminnBe sure to change the password."

I recommend that you restart now to make sure everything sticks and works after reboot.