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Citrix Director – How to Make Director the Default Page within IIS
March 15, 2016
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenApp 6.5, XenApp/XenDesktop 7.0 - 7.7
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 how to make 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:
<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- window.location="/Director"; // --> </script>
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.
Figure 2 Copy the file…
Figure 3 and paste to c:\inetpub\wwwroot.
Figure 4 Click Continue to provide Administrator permission.
Figure 5 
Figure 6 Open IIS Manager.
Select the SERVERNAME node (top-level) and double-click Default Document.
Figure 7 Click Add… in the Actions pane,
Figure 8 and type the file name of the .html file used earlier.
Figure 9 Ensure the .html file is located at the top of the list.
Figure 10 Open an elevated command prompt and run IISRESET.
Figure 11 Now you can open a browser, go to http(s)://DirectorServerName and the Director page will automatically open.
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”
Leave a Reply to Darren
March 22, 2017 at 11:18 pm
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!
March 23, 2017 at 7:06 am
Not enough information. What version of Director? What Server OS? What else is installed on that server that uses IIS?
Webster
December 30, 2016 at 4:30 am
Can this also be done on the Delivery Controller without negative side effects?
December 30, 2016 at 5:34 am
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
March 24, 2016 at 1:53 am
Or just use HTTP Redirect feature in IIS console.
March 16, 2016 at 3:30 am
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.
March 16, 2016 at 5:03 am
This customer is using XenApp 7.6 LTSR and StoreFront 3.0.1.54.
Thanks
Webster
March 15, 2016 at 9:40 am
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.