session-manager

Specifies session manager information.

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Note –

In Sun Java System Web Server 6.1, you cannot define a session manager either for a single sign-on session or for a virtual server. You must define session managers at the level of web applications.

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Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the session-manager element. The left column lists the subelement name, the middle column indicates the requirement rule, and the right column describes what the element does.

Table 6–12 session-manager Subelements

Element	Required	Description
manager-properties	zero or one	Specifies session manager properties.
store-properties	zero or one	Specifies session persistence (storage) properties.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the session-manager element. The left column lists the attribute name, the middle column indicates the default value, and the right column describes what the attribute does.

Table 6–13 session-manager Attributes

Attribute	Default Value	Description
persistence-type	memory	(optional) Specifies the session persistence mechanism. Allowed values are memory, file, s1ws60, and mmap. Setting the value of persistence type to memory is equivalent to using Sun Java System Web Server’s IWSSessionManager without any store. Setting the value of persistence type to file is equivalent to using Sun Java System Web Server’s IWSSessionManager with FileStore.