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Used to view and change session settings. #### Form #### Fields
Timeout | the maximum number of minutes that a session can exist without being accessed before it is invalidated. 30 minutes is the default for iServer. -1 is used to maintain all sessions while the server is running. Setting this value too large or to -1 may impact performance and memory requirements.
Interval | used to schedule to session manager to remove invalid sessions every n minutes. 5 minutes is the default for iServer. -1 can be used to never remove invalid sessions. Using this value is will increase memory requirements and may have a negative impact on performance. The number must be at least 1 minute. Setting this value too large or too small may impact performance and memory requirements.
Source | the mechanism used to maintain a session's identifier on the client. Cookie results in a cookie being automatically created on the client's browser to maintain the session identifier. URL indicates that the session identifier will be manually maintained by appending it to all the links. Response.encodeUrl() will need to be used in servlet generated pages. Cookie is the default for iServer. URL should be used when cookies are not supported or allowed by the client.
Name | the name of the session identifier. iwsSessionID is the default for iServer.
Comment | any comments for the session cookie. iServer Session Cookie is the default for iServer. Used only when Source is set to Cookie.
Domain | the domain of the session cookie. Used only when Source is set to Cookie.
Path | the path of the session cookie. %base_uri% will be replaced by the requested uri. Used only when Source is set to Cookie.
Maximum Age | the maximum number of seconds that a session cookie exists. -1 is used to maintain the session cookie while the browser is running. -1 is the default for iServer. Used only when Source is set to Cookie.
Secure | whether the session cookie should only be sent by the client to the server using a secure protocol. Yes send to cookie using a secure protocol. No do not send the cookie using a secure protocol. No is the default for iServer. This parameter should only be set to Yes when the server first sends the session cookie to the client using a secure protocol. Used only when Source is set to Cookie.
#### Actions
SAVE | Used to save changes made and to return the Control Panel form.
CANCEL | Used to discard changes made and to return the Control Panel form.
HELP | Used to display online help for this form.
#### Notes Changes made will not be used until the iServer is restarted.