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  • Citrix Director – How to Make Director the Default Page within IIS

    On a recent project, I needed to create two Citrix Director servers. One for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and the other for XenApp 7.6. I looked for an article from Citrix on making the Director site the default page in IIS and did not find anything. So I have ripped off, I mean borrowed heavily from, the Citrix article How to Make StoreFront the Default Page within IIS to do what I needed done.

    Complete the following steps to make a Director Web Site the default page within the IIS site:

    On the Director server, copy the following text in a Notepad, as shown in Figure 1.

    <script type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    window.location="/Director";
    // -->
    </script>
    
    Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Select File > Save As, change Save as type to All Files, Type a file name with an html extension, and select Save. I used DirectorHomePage.html, as shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Copy the file, as shown in Figure 3.

    Figure 3
    Figure 3

    and Paste to c:\inetpub\wwwroot, as shown in Figure 4.

    Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Click Continue to provide Administrator permission, As shown in Figure 5.

    Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Figure 6 shows the file copied.

    Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Open IIS Manager.

    Select the SERVERNAME node (top-level) and double-click Default Document, as shown in Figure 7.

    Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Click Add… in the Actions pane, as shown in Figure 8,

    Figure 8
    Figure 8

    and type the file name of the .html file used earlier, as shown in Figure 9.

    Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Ensure the .html file is located at the top of the list, as shown in Figure 10.

    Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Open an elevated command prompt and run IISRESET, as shown in Figure 11.

    Figure 11
    Figure 11

    Now you can open a browser, go to http(s)://DirectorServerName, and the Director page will automatically open, as shown in Figure 12.

    Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Thanks

    Webster







    About Carl Webster

    Webster is a Sr. Solutions Architect for Choice Solutions, LLC and specializes in Citrix, Active Directory and Technical Documentation. Webster has been working with Citrix products for many years starting with Multi-User OS/2 in 1990.

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    8 Responses to “Citrix Director – How to Make Director the Default Page within IIS”

    1. leemutpo Says:

      Hi Carl, i’ve followed the steps above but it just don’t redirect, just show me the default iis webpage. Wondering where possibly have i done wrong? Many thx!

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:

        Not enough information. What version of Director? What Server OS? What else is installed on that server that uses IIS?

        Webster

        Reply

    2. Eduard Hübner Says:

      Can this also be done on the Delivery Controller without negative side effects?

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:

        I don’t typically install Director on a Delivery Controller but it should work as no controller component I am aware of uses IIS.

        Webster

        Reply

    3. Darren Says:

      Or just use HTTP Redirect feature in IIS console.

      Reply

    4. G. Jongeneel Says:

      Hi Carl,

      Within StoreFront 3.5, there’s an option in the GUI ‘Set a Receiver for Web site as the default page in IIS’. It removes the need for any of the steps you describe.

      Reply

    5. Martin Zugec Says:

      Or you can just call the file Default.html and it will be selected automatically. We’re using default redirection of both StoreFront and Director in CXD-302.

      Reply

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