A minimal, ready-to-run Docker Compose setup for Apache Guacamole, designed to quickly test and explore browser-based remote access via RDP, SSH, or VNC. This setup uses a PostgreSQL backend and is ideal for learning, homelabs, or testing Guacamole without setting up a full production environment.

• Browser-based remote access (RDP, SSH, VNC)
• PostgreSQL backend for authentication
• Fully containerized using Docker Compose
• Easy to run and tear down for experimentation

• Docker and Docker Compose

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/code-loading/guacamole-docker-compose.git
cd guacamole-docker-compose

1. Start the stack:

docker compose up -d

1. Access the guacamole web interface:

http://localhost:8080/guacamole

Don't forget to add /guacamole

1. Login via default username and password

guacadmin

(It's best to change this ASAP!)

initdb: Initialization scripts for PostgreSQL and Guacamole

(Optional. Currently commented out) ${HOME}/guacamole/postgres-data: Persistent PostgreSQL database data

You can change the host port 8080 if it conflicts with other services

Run the following to tear down the project:

docker compose down