Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Omnissa Horizon Connection Server

Attempts by Omnissa Horizon Clients to connect to Horizon Connection Servers over HTTP are silently redirected to HTTPS. In some deployments, you might want to prevent users from entering http:// in their Web browsers and force them to use HTTPS. To prevent HTTP redirection for Horizon Clients, you must configure the locked.properties file on the Horizon Connection Server.

Note: This procedure has no effect if you off-load SSL to an intermediate device. With SSL off-loading in place, the HTTP port on the Horizon Connection Server provides service to clients.

Procedure

For versions 2412 and later, follow these steps:

1. Create or edit the locked.properties file in the gateway configuration folder on the Horizon Connection Server computer.

   For example: install_directory\Omnissa\Horizon\Server\sslgateway\conf\locked.properties

   The properties in the locked.properties file are case sensitive.

2. Add the following line to the locked.properties file:

   disableRedirection=true

3. Restart the Horizon Connection Server service to make your changes take effect.

For versions 2406 and earlier, follow these steps:

1. Create or edit the locked.properties file in the gateway configuration folder on the Horizon Connection Server computer.

   For example: install_directory\Omnissa\Horizon\Server\sslgateway\conf\locked.properties

   The properties in the locked.properties file are case sensitive.

2. Add the following lines to the locked.properties file:

   frontMappingHttpDisabled.1=5:*:missing
   frontMappingHttpDisabled.2=3:/error/*:file:docroot
   

3. Restart the Horizon Connection Server service to make your changes take effect.