This section describes the HTTP session settings in the Web container. HTTP sessions are unique web sessions that have their state data written to a persistent store.
Use the Admin Console to set the HTTP session timeout value. The session timeout value represents the duration for which an HTTP session is valid.
In the Admin Console, go to Configuration> Web Container > Session Properties. In the Session Timeout field, enter the number of seconds that a session is valid.
For detailed instructions on setting the session timeout value, Click Help in the Admin Console.
The session manager provides the means to configure how sessions are created and destroyed, where session state is stored, and the maximum number of sessions.
To change the session manager settings in the Admin Console, go to Configuration> Web Container > Manager Properties.
In the Manager Properties tab, set the following properties:
Reap Interval value. The Reap Interval field is the number of seconds before the inactive session data is deleted from the store.
Max Sessions value. The Max Sessions field is the maximum number of sessions allowed.
Set the Session Filename value. The Session Filename field is the file that contains the session data.
Session ID Generator Classname value.
The Session ID Generator Classname field allows you to specify a custom class for generating unique session IDs. Only one session ID generator class per server instance is permitted, and all instances in a cluster must use the same session ID generator to prevent session key collision.
Custom session ID generator classes must implement the com.sun.enterprise.util.uuid.UuidGenerator interface:
package com.sun.enterprise.util.uuid; public interface UuidGenerator { public String generateUuid(); public String generateUuid(Object obj); //obj is the session object }
The class must be in the Application Server classpath.
For detailed instructions on setting the manager properties, Click Help in the Admin Console.
To specify where the session store data will be saved, in the Admin Console, go to Configuration > Web Container > Store Properties.
Set the Reap Interval field
The Reap Interval field is the number of seconds before the inactive session data is deleted from the store.
Specify the directory where session data will be stored.
For detailed instructions on setting the session store properties, Click Help in the Admin Console.
By default, the web container returns an HTTP response header with an attribute whose name is "Server" and value is the version of the Application Server Software. For example, on Application Server 9 Platform Edition, the value is: "Server: Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 9.0 FCS". Run the asadmin version command to view the version of your installation. If you want to override this value, define a Java Property named product.name in the server's configuration and initialize it to the value of your choice. This value determines what is returned by the server in the HTTP response. To change the property: