Configuring Connection And Session Persistence; Configuring The Session Timeout - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - GATEWAY GUIDE Manual

1.7.3 Configuring Connection and Session Persistence

The Access Gateway establishes three types of connections:
Access Gateway to browser
Access Gateway to Web server
Browser to Web server
The Access Gateway to the browser connections and the Access Gateway to the Web server
connections involve setting up a TCP connection for an HTTP request. HTTP connections usually
service only one request and response sequence, and the TCP connection is opened and closed
during the sequence. A persistent connection allows multiple requests to be serviced before the
connection is closed and saves a significant amount of processing time. To configure this type of
persistence, see the following:
Access Gateway to Browser: Click Devices > Access Gateways > Edit > [Name of Reverse
Proxy] > TCP Listen Options and configure the Enable Persistent Connections option.
Access Gateway to Web Server: Click Devices > Access Gateways > Edit > [Name of
Reverse Proxy] > [Name of Proxy Service] > Web Servers > TCP Connect Options and
configure the Enable Persistent Connections option.
The persistence of the browser to Web server connection is always enabled and is not configurable.
This feature allows a browser to use the same Web server after an initial connection has been
established. Most Web applications are designed to expect this type of behavior.

1.7.4 Configuring the Session Timeout

When a user logs in and authenticates to the Identity Server, the Identity Server establishes a session
for the user and sets an inactivity timeout for the session. If the user's session becomes inactive and
reaches this time limit, the session becomes invalid. If the user tries to access a resource from an
invalid session, the user is prompted to log in again.
The session timeout is a global value, affecting all users who authenticate to the Identity Server and
all resources protected by Access Manager. The default value for the session timeout is 60 minutes.
To modify this value:
1 In the Administration Console, click Devices > Identity Servers > Edit.
2 For the Session timeout option, use the up-arrow button to increase the timeout and the down-
arrow button to decrease the timeout.
3 Click OK, then update the Identity Server.
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