WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Task overview: Managing HTTP sessions

Why and when to perform this task

IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a service for managing HTTP sessions: Session Manager. The key activities for session management are summarized below.

Before you begin these steps, make sure you are familiar with the programming model for accessing HTTP session support in the applications following the Servlet 2.4 API.

Steps for this task

  1. Plan your approach to session management, which could include session tracking and session recovery.
  2. Create or modify your own applications to use session support to maintain sessions on behalf of Web applications.
  3. Assemble your application.
  4. Deploy your application.
  5. Ensure the administrator appropriately configures session management in the administrative domain.
  6. Adjust configuration settings and perform other tuning activities for optimal use of sessions in your environment.



Sub-topics
Sessions
Migrating HTTP sessions
Developing session management in servlets
Assembling so that session data can be shared
Session security support
Session management support
Configuring session management by level
Session tracking options
Configuring session tracking
Configuring session tracking for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) devices
Distributed sessions
Session recovery support
Configuring for database session persistence
Memory-to-memory replication
Memory-to-memory session partitioning
Clustered session support
Configuring memory-to-memory replication for the peer-to-peer mode (default memory-to-memory replication)
Configuring memory-to-memory replication for the client/server mode
Tuning session management
Best practices for using HTTP Sessions
Managing HTTP sessions: Resources for learning

Related reference
HTTP session manager troubleshooting tips
Problems creating or using HTTP sessions

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