Configure session tracking

Review the Session tracking options to plan the approach to session management. To configure session tracking, complete the following:

1. Go to the appropriate level of Session Management.

2. Specify the session tracking mechanism to pass the session ID between the browser and the servlet:

   • To track sessions with cookies, click Enable Cookies.

     To change the cookie settings, click Modify.

   • To track sessions with URL rewriting, click Enable URL Rewriting.

     To enable protocol switch rewriting, click Enable protocol switch rewriting.

   • To track sessions with SSL information, click Enable SSL ID tracking.

3. Click Apply.

4. Click Save.

5. Define the Distributed environment settings to specify how to save a session in a distributed environment.

Subtopics

• Session tracking options
  HTTP session support also involves session tracking. Use cookies, URL rewriting, or SSL information for session tracking.

• Serializing access to session data
  The Servlet API supports concurrent access to a session in a given server instance. WebSphere Application Server provides an option to prevent the concurrent access to a session in a given server instance so that concurrent modification of a session does not occur in a given server instance.

• Cookie settings
  Use this page to configure cookie settings for session management.

• Session management custom properties
  We can specify additional settings for session management through setting custom properties.

Related concepts

Sessions

Session management settings

Session tracking options