Host to client redirection

Host to client redirection allows URLs, embedded as hyperlinks in applications running on a Citrix session, to open using the corresponding application on the user endpoint device. Some common use cases for host to client redirection include:

• Redirection of websites in cases where the Citrix server doesn’t have Internet or network access to the source.
• Redirection of websites when running a web browser inside the Citrix session is not desired for security, performance, compatibility, or scalability reasons.
• Redirection of specific URL types in cases where the required applications to open the URL are not installed on the Citrix server.

Host to client redirection is not intended for URLs that you access on a webpage or type in the address bar of the web browser running in the Citrix session. For redirection of URLs in web browsers, see Bidirectional URL redirection or Browser content redirection.

System requirements

• Multi-session OS VDA
• Supported clients:
  • Citrix Workspace app for Windows
  • Citrix Workspace app for Mac
  • Citrix Workspace app for Linux
  • Citrix Workspace app for HTML5
  • Citrix Workspace app for Chrome

The client device must have an application installed and configured for handling the redirection of the URL types.

Configuration

Use the Host to client redirection Citrix policy to enable this functionality. Host to client redirection is disabled by default. After you enable the Host to client redirection policy, the Citrix Launcher application registers with the Windows server to ensure that it can intercept URLs and send them to the client device.

Then you must configure the Windows Group Policy to use Citrix Launcher as the default application for the required URL types. On the Citrix server VDA, create the ServerFTAdefaultPolicy.xml file and insert the following XML code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<DefaultAssociations>

<Association Identifier="http" ProgId="ServerFTAHTML" ApplicationName="ServerFTA" />

<Association Identifier="https" ProgId="ServerFTAHTML" ApplicationName="ServerFTA" />

</DefaultAssociations>
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