Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Supported Web Containers
• 1.2 Installation and Deployment Road Map
  • 1.2.1 Choose your Cluster Node Isolation
  • 1.2.2 Choose your Locking Mode
  • 1.2.3 Choose How to Scope Sessions and Session Attributes
  • 1.2.4 Choose When to Clean Up Expired HTTP Sessions
  • 1.2.5 Choose the Installation Method

2 Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Server

• 2.1 Overview of the Coherence*Web SPI
  • 2.1.1 Coherence*Web SPI Configurations
• 2.2 Configuring And Deploying Coherence*Web on WebLogic Server—Main Steps
  • 2.2.1 Download Oracle Coherence
  • 2.2.2 Configure Coherence*Web
  • 2.2.3 Configure the Session Cookies
  • 2.2.4 Start a Cache Server
  • 2.2.5 Configure Cluster Nodes (WebLogic Server 10.3.3 and Later)
    • 2.2.5.1 Configuring Application Server-Scoped Cluster Nodes
    • 2.2.5.2 Configuring EAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
    • 2.2.5.3 Configuring WAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
  • 2.2.6 Configure Cluster Nodes (WebLogic Server 10.3.2 and Earlier)
    • 2.2.6.1 Configuring Application Server-Scoped Cluster Nodes
    • 2.2.6.2 Configuring EAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
    • 2.2.6.3 Configuring WAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
• 2.3 Scoping the Session Cookie Path
• 2.4 Securing Coherence*Web Deployments
• 2.5 Enabling Coherence*Web SPI for ColdFusion Applications

3 Installing Coherence*Web on Other Application Servers

• 3.1 Installing Coherence*Web Using the WebInstaller
  • 3.1.1 Application Server-Specific Installation Instructions
    • 3.1.1.1 Installing on Oracle WebLogic 10.x
    • 3.1.1.2 Installing on Caucho Resin 3.1.x
  • 3.1.2 General Instructions for Installing Coherence*Web Session Management Module
  • 3.1.3 Coherence*Web WebInstaller Ant Task
    • 3.1.3.1 Using the WebInstaller Ant task
    • 3.1.3.2 Configuring the WebInstaller Ant Task
    • 3.1.3.3 WebInstaller Ant Task Examples
  • 3.1.4 Testing HTTP Session Management
  • 3.1.5 How the Coherence*Web Installer Instruments a Java EE Application
  • 3.1.6 Installing Coherence*Web into Applications using Java EE Security
• 3.2 Enabling Coherence*Web for ColdFusion Applications

4 Coherence*Web Session Management Features

• 4.1 Session Models
  • 4.1.1 Traditional Model
  • 4.1.2 Monolithic Model
  • 4.1.3 Split Model
  • 4.1.4 Session Model Recommendations
• 4.2 Session and Session Attribute Scoping
  • 4.2.1 Session Scoping
    • 4.2.1.1 Preventing Web Applications from Sharing Session Data
    • 4.2.1.2 Working with Multiple Cache Configurations
    • 4.2.1.3 Keeping Session Cookies Separate
  • 4.2.2 Session Attribute Scoping
    • 4.2.2.1 Sharing Session Information Between Multiple Applications
• 4.3 Cluster Node Isolation
  • 4.3.1 Application Server-Scoped Cluster Nodes
  • 4.3.2 EAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
  • 4.3.3 WAR-Scoped Cluster Nodes
• 4.4 Session Locking Modes
  • 4.4.1 Optimistic Locking
    • 4.4.1.1 Last Write Wins Locking
  • 4.4.2 Member Locking
  • 4.4.3 Application Locking
  • 4.4.4 Thread Locking
  • 4.4.5 Troubleshooting Locking in HTTP Sessions
  • 4.4.6 Enabling Sticky Session Optimizations
• 4.5 Deployment Topologies
  • 4.5.1 In-Process
  • 4.5.2 Out-of-Process
  • 4.5.3 Out-of-Process with Coherence*Extend
• 4.6 Managing and Monitoring Applications with JMX
• 4.7 Running Performance Reports
  • 4.7.1 Web Session Storage Report
  • 4.7.2 Web Session Overflow Report
  • 4.7.3 Web Report
  • 4.7.4 Web Service Report
• 4.8 Cleaning Up Expired HTTP Sessions
  • 4.8.1 Understanding the Session Reaper
  • 4.8.2 Configuring the Session Reaper
  • 4.8.3 Getting Session Reaper Performance Statistics
• 4.9 Accessing Sessions with Lazy Acquisition
• 4.10 Overriding the Distribution of HTTP Sessions and Attributes
  • 4.10.1 Implementing a Session Distribution Controller
  • 4.10.2 Registering a Session Distribution Controller Implementation
• 4.11 Configuring Coherence*Web with Coherence*Extend
  • 4.11.1 Configure the Cache for Proxy and Storage JVMs
  • 4.11.2 Configuring the Cache for Web Tier JVMs
• 4.12 Configuring Coherence*Web for JSF and MyFaces

5 Using Coherence*Web on WebLogic Portal

• 5.1 Using Coherence*Web with WebLogic Portal—Main Steps
  • 5.1.1 Download Any Required Patch (optional)
  • 5.1.2 Modify the Session Configuration (optional)
  • 5.1.3 Start a Cache Server
  • 5.1.4 Locate the Coherence JAR File
  • 5.1.5 Enable a P13N (Personalization) Cache Provider (optional)
  • 5.1.6 Reference the SPI in the Portal Application
  • 5.1.7 Enable Coherence*Web Sessions
  • 5.1.8 Create and Deploy the Application

A Coherence*Web Context Parameters

B Capacity Planning

C Session Cache Configuration File

Index