Enable Host Redirection

Use the Enable Host Redirection setting to set the load balancer name and enable HTTP host redirection capability.

Note: The host redirection feature is supported in Omnissa Horizon 8 version 2209 and later.

When an HTTP request from a load balancer host reaches the Omnissa Horizon Connection Server, the Horizon Connection Server responds with an external HTTP redirection URL. For subsequent requests, the Omnissa Horizon Client directly connects to the Horizon Connection Server using the external URL, thereby minimizing misroutes that might occur at the load balancer.

Note the following:

• You can enter multiple load balancer host names.
• Load balancer host names are also used in Origin Checking. For more information, see Knowledge Base article 85801.
• Omnissa Unified Access Gateway (UAG) has a feature that rewrites the origin header coming from the client to match the URL it is using to forward requests to the Horizon Connection Server. For more information, see "Configure Horizon Settings" in the Unified Access Gateway Deployment and Configuration Guide at the Unified Access Gateway Documentation.

Important: You must restart the server is to ensure that the load balancer hostname values take effect. If an existing Horizon Connection Server already has balancedHost set in locked.properties, that setting takes precedence when you are on the new version of Horizon 8.

Procedure

1. In Omnissa Horizon Console, select Settings > Servers.

2. On the Horizon Connection Servers tab, select a Horizon Connection Server instance and click Edit.

3. On the General tab, select the Enable Host Redirection check box.

4. Enter the load balancer name in the text box and click the plus sign ("+") to the right of the text box to add the host.

Results

The host name you entered appears below the text box. You can remove it by clicking the "x" next to the name.