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[jira] [Commented] (GUACAMOLE-328) Documentation omits that libssl
is required for ssh support
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-328?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16052909#comment-16052909 ]
Nick Couchman commented on GUACAMOLE-328:
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Anna, I have opened a PR that adds OpenSSL to the libssh2 and Pango requirements for SSH support. It's worth noting that, even in the current Guacamole manual, if you look under the Optional Dependencies section, and the OpenSSL item, it does mention there that it is required for SSH support.
> Documentation omits that libssl is required for ssh support
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: GUACAMOLE-328
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-328
> Project: Guacamole
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation
> Affects Versions: 0.9.12-incubating
> Environment: A minimal Ubuntu 16.04 image running in Docker
> Reporter: Anna Winters
> Assignee: Nick Couchman
> Priority: Trivial
> Labels: documentation
>
> Chapter 2 of the documentation, "Installing Guacamole natively", says the following with respect to building guacamole-server:
> {quote}SSH support depends on libssh2 and Pango (a font rendering and text layout library, used by Guacamole's built-in terminal emulator).{quote}
> However, running the ./configure script with libssh2 and pango installed gives the following output i.e. there will be no SSH support:
> {noformat}
> Library status:
> freerdp ............. no
> pango ............... yes
> libavcodec .......... no
> libavutil ........... yes
> libssh2 ............. yes
> libssl .............. no
> libswscale .......... no
> libtelnet ........... no
> libVNCServer ........ yes
> libvorbis ........... no
> libpulse ............ no
> libwebp ............. yes
> Protocol support:
> RDP ....... no
> SSH ....... no
> Telnet .... no
> VNC ....... yes
> {noformat}
> The README file does say that openssl is also required:
> {quote}
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Optional dependencies
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> In addition, the following optional dependencies may be installed in order to
> enable optional features of Guacamole. Note that while the various supported
> protocols are technically optional, you will no doubt wish to install the
> dependencies of at least ONE supported protocol, as Guacamole would be useless
> otherwise.
> RDP:
> * FreeRDP (http://www.freerdp.com/)
> SSH:
> * libssh2 (http://www.libssh2.org/)
> * OpenSSL (https://www.openssl.org/)
> * Pango (http://www.pango.org/){quote}
> And the documentation itself says further down the page (in the libssl section)
> {quote}Without SSL support, there will be no option to encrypt communication to guacd, and support for SSH cannot be built.{quote}
> And it is correct, SSH support starts working with libssl installed:
> {noformat}
> Library status:
> freerdp ............. no
> pango ............... yes
> libavcodec .......... no
> libavutil ........... yes
> libssh2 ............. yes
> libssl .............. yes
> libswscale .......... no
> libtelnet ........... no
> libVNCServer ........ yes
> libvorbis ........... no
> libpulse ............ no
> libwebp ............. yes
> Protocol support:
> RDP ....... no
> SSH ....... yes
> Telnet .... no
> VNC ....... yes
> {noformat}
> The original text, which appears at the highest point in the page and in a bigger font, could be updated to also mention openssl, so others don't end up in the situation that I did (installing pango and libssh and wondering why SSH support wasn't being built).
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