Hello everybody,
we have released a new major release for Guacamole:
Changelog 1.3.0.20210103
- Parameter prompting within client interface
- Run web application as reduced-privilege user within Guacamole Docker image
Changes from version 1.2.0.20200706 (Not yet documented so far)
- Wake On LAN (WOL)
- VNC support for usernames
- Granular control of clipboard and file transfer
- Internationalization
This update is provided via package (and Docker container)!
Update:
We last fixed the guacamole version in docker-compose.xml to version 1.2.0 with package 1.2.0.20200706 to avoid automatically updating to the latest or stable version.
After tests, we have now “released” 1.3.0. Using the installation package, we set in
/etc/egroupware-guacamole/docker-compose.override.yml
the version 1.3.0 for both necessary containers.
This means that it is sufficient to carry out a package update. The configuration file is changed and the containers are downloaded/installed.
Full changelogs for both versions:
Complete changelog of Guacamole 1.3.0
Complete changelog of Guacamole 1.2.0
New functions / preferences or other important things:
- Parameter prompting within client interface
It is now possible to use NLA (Network Level Authentication) with Windows clients.
If NLA is set:
Guacamole already asks for the access data in the browser window:
The security is increased by the NLA login and now corresponds to the standard of MS Windows.
Through the query in the browser, the access data can now also be copied in via clipboard (password safe…).
Detailed information: GUACAMOLE-221
- Run web application as reduced-privilege user within Guacamole Docker image
The web application inside the Docker container is now run with an unprivileged user. This increases security.
Furthermore, no more suggested packages are installed. This significantly reduces the size of the container image.
Detailed information: GUACAMOLE-1110
Changes from version 1.2.0.20200706
Wake On LAN (WOL) was implemented.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to use this function in the standard EGroupware/Guacamole installation.
The Cuacamole Docker container is located in an “internal” Docker network from which the Magic Packets for waking up the PCs cannot be sent out. This has been created for security reasons.
Detailed information: GUACAMOLE-513
- VNC support for usernames
Guacamole now supports username/password authentication for VNC in addition to the standard password-only authentication. VNC servers that require a username in addition to a password should now be accessible using Guacamole.
Detailed information: GUACAMOLE-514
- Granular control of clipboard and file transfer
Copy and paste can now be individually disabled by the administrator on a per-connection basis, allowing data transfer through the clipboard to be tightly restricted.
Detailed information:
GUACAMOLE-381
GUACAMOLE-474
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Internationalization
Czech and Japanese translations of the web interface
The web interface of Guacamole has been translated into Czech and Japanese. These languages will now be automatically selected if accessing Guacamole from a browser where either is set as the preferred language, and can be manually selected within Guacamole’s preferences.
Detailed information:
Japanese GUACAMOLE-821
Czech GUACAMOLE-781
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Updates to the French translation of the web interface
The existing French translation has been updated to take into account recent changes to the web interface, adding French translations for portions of text which previously would have been displayed in English as a fallback.
Detailed information: GUACAMOLE-759
If there are problems, you can reset to 1.2.0 in this case.
A manual change of the version is described here:
Manual (container) update in a Docker installation
Manuelles (Container)-Update in einer Docker-Installation
The commits in detail on GitHub:
We offer technical and organizational support on this topic through our commercial support:
Or simply send an e-mail to info@egroupware.org. Customers simply open a ticket in our ticket system.
Many greetings
Your EGroupware team
