Network Management

Orion External websites are blank and showing 'refused to connect'

Some external websites are blank in the Orion Web Consoles due to the X-Frame-Options HTTP response header on those websites.

First published date

11/8/2018 9:33 PM

Last published date

2/8/2023 8:15 AM

Overview

When adding an external website to the Orion Web Console, some sites do not render and are blank or showing 'Refuse to connect'

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

The target website uses X-Frame-Options HTTP that prevents to embed the website content

Resolution

Due to security concerns, some websites use the X-Frame-Options HTTP response header to prevent the content from being embedded in other websites.

If you control the website, you can request a change to the X-Frame-Options response header.

You can also install a browser plugin that ignores the X-Frame-Options response headers.

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