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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>
    
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    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.

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    Figure 2

    Copy the file…

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    Figure 3

    and paste to c:\inetpub\wwwroot.

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    Figure 4

    Click Continue to provide Administrator permission.

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    Figure 5
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    Figure 6

    Open IIS Manager.

    Select the SERVERNAME node (top-level) and double-click Default Document.

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    Figure 7

    Click Add… in the Actions pane,

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    Figure 8

    and type the file name of the .html file used earlier.

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    Figure 9

    Ensure the .html file is located at the top of the list.

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    Figure 10

    Open an elevated command prompt and run IISRESET.

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    Figure 11

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

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    Figure 12

    Thanks

    Webster







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    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:
      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!

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        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

        Reply

    2. Eduard Hübner Says:
      December 30, 2016 at 4:30 am

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

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        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

        Reply

    3. Darren Says:
      March 24, 2016 at 1:53 am

      Or just use HTTP Redirect feature in IIS console.

      Reply

    4. G. Jongeneel Says:
      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.

      Reply

      • Carl Webster Says:
        March 16, 2016 at 5:03 am

        This customer is using XenApp 7.6 LTSR and StoreFront 3.0.1.54.

        Thanks

        Webster

        Reply

    5. Martin Zugec Says:
      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.

      Reply

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