Directing a Web Interface 5.4’s “INSTALL” link to a direct download link for a plug-in

Problem

You would like to direct the INSTALL link that is presented by your Web Interface 5.4 server when a Citrix client isn’t detected directly to a link that downloads a specific client.

Solution

Note that this solution may not work in every environments because if your enterprise network consists of different operating systems (Windows, Macs) or browsers (IE, Safari, Mozilla) then forcing the user to download a specific client may mean that they’ll get a client that is not compatible with their operating system.

For the purpose of this example, we’ll be changing the Install link to point to the Citrix Receiver executable stored on the Web Interface server that will allow the user to Run or Download the file:

CitrixReceiverEnterprise.exe

Log onto your Web Interface server and browse to:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\XenApp\Clients

Copy the plug-in into the folder:

Browse to the following folder:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\XenApp\conf

Open the following file with notepad:

WebInterface.conf

Change the following path:

# ClientDefaultURL=http://www.citrix.com/download

To:

ClientDefaultURL=http://<yourWebServer>/Citrix/XenApp/Clients/CitrixReceiverEnterprise.exe

A restart of the services is not necessary so just refresh the Web Interface page with a workstation that does not have a plug-in installed and you’ll notice that the INSTALL link now points you directly to a link to download the Citrix Receiver client.