Easy-Guacamole-Installer/README.md

# **Guacamole 1.5.3 VDI/Jump Server Appliance Build Script**

A menu based source build & install script for Guacamole 1.5.3 with optional TLS reverse proxy, AD integration, multi-factor authentication, Quick Connect & History Recording Storage features, dark mode support, auto database backup, O365 email alert integration and further security hardening.

### **Automatic build, install & config script**

To build the Guacamole appliance, paste the below link into a terminal and follow prompts **(do not run as sudo)**:

```
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itiligent/Guacamole-Install/main/1-setup.sh && chmod +x 1-setup.sh && ./1-setup.sh
```

## **Prerequisites**
 ### NOTE: DEBIAN 12 & TOMCAT 10 NOT CURRENTLY COMPATIBLE - SEE ISSUE #10

- **Ubuntu 18.04 - 22.x / Debian 11 & 10 / Raspbian Buster or Bullseye**
  - *(if using OS vendor cloud images - you must use **stable releases of the above OS variants.**  Daily cloud image builds are akin to rolling releases and may contain as yet unsupported updates that break Guacamole!)*
- Minimum 8GB RAM and 40GB HDD
- Public or private DNS entries that match the default route interface IP address (required for TLS)
- Incoming access on TCP ports 22, 80, and 443
- Do not run as root, however the user executing the installer script must be a **member of the sudo group**

## **Installer Menu Flow**

### **1. Confirm the system hostname & local dns domain suffix**

### **2. Select a MySQL instance type and security baseline**

- Install a new local MySQL instance, or choose an existing/remote MySQL instance? 
  - *Optionally add **mysql_secure_installation** settings if a local instance*

### **3. Pick an authentication extension**

- DUO, TOTP, LDAP or none?  

### **4. Choose optional extra console features**
- Install Quick Connect feature? [y/n] *(allow unauthenticated add-hoc connections)*
- Install History Recorded Storage? [y/n] *(allocates storage & enables recorded session replay from console)*

### **5. Choose the Guacamole front end**

- Install Nginx reverse Proxy? [y/n] *(no keeps the native front end)*
   
- Install Nginx reverse proxy with a self-signed TLS certificate? [y/n]
  - *Nginx is configured with a self signed TLS certificate and http redirect*
  - *Windows & Linux self signed client browser certificates generated*

- Install Nginx reverse proxy with a Let's Encrypt certificate? [y/n] 
  - *Nginx configured with a new LetsEncrypt certificate and http redirect*
  - *Ongoing certbot certificate renewals scheduled* 

## **Post install hardening options**

The installer additionally downloads the following manual configuration scripts:
- `add-fail2ban.sh` - Adds a baseline fail2ban lockdown policy to Guacamole (& whitelists the local subnet)
- `add-tls-guac-daemon.sh` - Adds a TLS wrapper to internal traffic between the Guacamole application and guacd server daemon
- `add-auth-ldap.sh` - A template script for integrating Guacamole with Active Directory
- `add-smtp-relay-o365.sh` - A template script for email alerts via MSO65 (BYO app password)

## **Active Directory integration**

See Active Directory authentication instructions [here](https://github.com/itiligent/Guacamole-Install/blob/main/ACTIVE-DIRECTORY-HOW-TO.md)

## **Customise and brand your Guacamole theme**

See theme and branding instructions [here](https://github.com/itiligent/Guacamole-Install/tree/main/custom-theme-builder)


## **Installation notes**

**The installer can be run interactively, or for a customised/unattended setup:**
1. From a terminal session, change to your home directory then paste and run the above wget autorun link.
2. Exit the `1-setup.sh` script at the first prompt. (At this point only the scripts have downloaded).
3. Customise the many installation variables in the "Silent setup options" section of `1-setup.sh` as appropriate. 
    - *Script variables with a given value (e.g. `VARIABLE="value"`) will not prompt during the interactive setup.*
    - *With the right combination of custom script variables, it is possible to deploy Guacamole appliance(s) with zero touch in only minutes.*
4. **Beware: If any settings in `1-setup.sh` are edited, you must now run this modified script locally. If you run the wget autorun link again you will re-download the scripts package and overwrite all your changes!**
    - *If any other downloaded scripts are edited before install (not recommended), **you must also comment out each script's corresponding wget download link in `1-setup.sh`** to prevent re-download and overwrite when re-running setup.*

**General installation info:**
- The`upgrade-guac.sh`, `add-tls-guac-daemon.sh` & `backup-guac.sh` scripts are automatically adjusted at installation to match current installation settings. These can be run after install without any modification.
- If the self signed TLS proxy option is selected, client TLS certificates will be saved to `$DOWNLOAD_DIR/guac-setup`.
- Nginx is configured to only support TLS 1.2 or above, really old browser versions may not work.
- **There are security implications with the optional Quick Connect and History Recorded Storage features.**
   - **Quick connect** allows for add-hoc unauthenticated connections. Whilst users must still authenticate directly with the endpoint, all other controls such as file sharing restrictions can be bypassed as add-hoc connections allow the user full access to all connection parameters. Also, add-hoc connections are not recorded or logged. 
   - **History Recorded Storage** creates a locked down location for recorded session storage, however potentially sensitive recorded session data may require additional considerations beyond just Guacamole console & local filesystem access controls. Risk mitigations across the full storage and data lifecylce may also be a requirement.

## **Download manifest**

The autorun link above downloads the following items into the `$DOWNLOAD_DIR/guac-setup` directory:

- `1-setup.sh`: The parent install script itself (saved to the current directory)
- `2-install-guacamole.sh`: Guacamole installation script (based on [MysticRyuujin/guac-install](https://github.com/MysticRyuujin/guac-install))
- `3-install-nginx.sh`: Installs Nginx & auto-configures a front-end reverse proxy for Guacamole (optional)
- `4a-install-tls-self-signed-nginx.sh`: Configures self-signed TLS certificate for Nginx proxy (optional)
- `4b-install-tls-letsencrypt-nginx.sh`: Installs & configures Let's Encrypt for Nginx proxy (optional)
- `add-auth-duo.sh`: Adds the Duo MFA extension if not selected during install (optional)
- `add-auth-ldap.sh`: Adds the Active Directory extension and setup template if not selected at install (optional)
- `add-auth-totp.sh`: Adds the TOTP MFA extension if not selected at install (optional)
- `add-xtra-quickconnect.sh` Adds the Quick Connect console feature if not selected at install (optional)
- `add-xtra-histrecstore.sh`: Adds History Recorded Storage console features if not selected at install. (optional)
- `add-smtp-relay-o365.sh`: Sets up an SMTP auth relay with O365 for monitoring & alerts (BYO app password)
- `add-tls-guac-daemon.sh`: A hardening script to add a TLS wrapper between the guacd server daemon and Guacamole application traffic (optional, consider extra performance impact mitigations)
- `add-fail2ban.sh`: A hardening script to add a fail2ban policy (with local subnet override) to secure Guacamole against external brute force attacks
- `backup-guacamole.sh`: A simple MySQL Guacamole backup script
- `upgrade-guac.sh` upgrades the currently installed version of Guacamole to a new version (new version must specified in the script.)
- `branding.jar`: An example template for a custom (dark mode) Guacamole theme. Delete this file to keep the default Guacamole UI. This extension's source is also included for easier study and customisation.