Configuring Client-to-Agent Redirection

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.

• For Linux and Mac clients, you must perform the tasks in the order shown in the following procedure.
• For Windows and Chrome clients, you can perform the tasks in any order.

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
   Windows	Firefox	Install and Enable the URL Content Redirection Extension for Firefox 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
   Chrome	Chrome	Install and Enable the VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper for Chrome on a Chrome Client

   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, Linux, and Chrome clients, install Horizon Client. The URL Content Redirection feature is enabled by default when you install Horizon Client for Mac, Horizon Client for Linux, and Horizon Client on Chrome. 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 broker 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 in Horizon 8 or Create a Global URL Content Redirection Setting Horizon 8.
4. Use the vdmutil command-line utility on a connection broker 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 in Horizon 8.
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 for Windows clients, but using the vdmutil command-line utility is the preferred method. For information about using group policy settings, see Configure Windows Client-to-Agent Redirection Using Group Policy Settings. For non-Windows clients, you must use vdmutil to configure client-to-agent redirection. Because only Windows operating systems support GPOs, you cannot use group policy settings to configure client-to-agent configuration for non-Windows clients.

Note: For Chrome clients that are enrolled Chromebook devices, you can also use the Google Admin console to configure client-to-agent redirection rules. For details, see the "Client Features" topic in the Horizon Client for Chrome Guide.