With client-to-agent redirection, Horizon Client opens a remote desktop or published application to handle a URL link that a user clicks on the client. If a remote desktop is opened, the default application for the protocol in the URL processes the URL. If a published application is opened, the published application processes the URL.

To use client-to-agent redirection, perform the following configuration tasks in the order shown.

  1. Install the browser extensions for the clients and browsers that you intend to use with the URL Content Redirection feature.
    Client Browser Instructions
    Linux Firefox Install and Enable the VMware Horizon URL Redirection Extension for Firefox on Linux
    Linux Chrome Install and Enable the VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper for Chrome on Linux
    Windows Chrome Install and Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper Extension for Chrome on Windows
    Windows Microsoft Edge (Chromium) Install the URL Content Redirection Helper Extension for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) on Windows
    Mac Chrome Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper for Chrome on a Mac
    Mac Microsoft Edge (Chromium) Install and Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper Extension for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) on a Mac
    Note: For Internet Explorer, VMware Horizon View URL Filtering Plugin is installed by default with Horizon Client. See Installing Horizon Client for Windows with the URL Content Redirection Feature Enabled.
  2. Install the URL Content Redirection feature on the client machine.
    1. For Windows clients, install Horizon Client for Windows with the URL Content Redirection feature enabled. See Installing Horizon Client for Windows with the URL Content Redirection Feature Enabled.
    2. For Mac and Linux clients, install Horizon Client. The URL Content Redirection feature is enabled by default when you install Horizon Client for Mac and Horizon Client for Linux. No additional steps are required to enable the URL Content Redirection feature on these clients.
  3. Use the vdmutil command-line utility on a Connection Server instance to create a URL Content Redirection setting that indicates, for each protocol, how Horizon Client should redirect the URLs. See Create a Local URL Content Redirection Setting or Create a Global URL Content Redirection Setting.
  4. Use the vdmutil command-line utility on a Connection Server instance to assign the URL Content Redirection setting to Active Directory users or groups. See Assign a URL Content Redirection Setting to a User or Group.
  5. Verify the URL content redirection setting. See Test a URL Content Redirection Setting.
Important: You can use group policy settings to configure client-to-agent redirection rules, but using the vdmutil command-line utility is the preferred method. For information about using group policy settings, see Using Group Policy Settings to Configure Client-to-Agent Redirection. For Mac and Linux clients, you must use vdmutil to configure client-to-agent redirection. Because macOS and Linux do not support GPOs, you cannot use group policy settings to configure client-to-agent configuration if you have Mac or Linux clients.