Specifying a URL for Web Requests

The Web Requests tab allows you to specify a URL which will open when a user enters the IP address of the RAS Secure Client Gateway server in a web browser.

Note: The Web Requests tab is only available if the gateway mode is set to normal. See Set the Gateway Mode and Forwarding Settings for more info.

Generally speaking, you can enter any URL on the Web Requests tab. As a result, when end users enter the gateway's IP address or FQDN in a web browser, they will be redirected to the URL specified on this tab. Real-world scenarios of using the URL redirection are as follows:

• End users enter the gateway's FQDN or IP address in a web browser and get redirected to the HTML5 Client login page. For this to happen, the Web Requests tab must specify the actual HTML5 URL, which is the default value. You can see the actual URL on the HTML5 tab or you can simply click the Default button which will populate the field with it.
• When using HTML5 Client themes, you can specify a URL of a particular theme, such as https://server.company.com/RASHTML5Gateway/?theme=MyTheme. This way, when a user enters the server IP address or FQDN, they will be redirected to the specified theme page. For more info about themes, please see Configuring HTML5 Client Themes.
• If you disabled the HTML5 connectivity on the gateway, you can specify a URL of a completely different page on another web server to which users will be redirected instead of trying to open the HTML5 Client login page.

Note: You can disable the redirection feature altogether by keeping the Default URL field empty. This may be useful when you enable the Forward requests to HTTP Server option (on the Properties tab) and need to redirect all traffic to your HTTP server.