Increase the session timeout for Java Connector Web applications

Summary

Steps to increase the timeout value of the servlet engine for a Web application by editing the application's web.xml file.

Procedure

1. Navigate to the application's web.xml file and open in a text editor.
   
   

   Note:
   This is usually located in the application's \WEB-INF directory.
   

   
   Windows : <drive>:\yourWebApp\WEB-INF\web.xml
   UNIX: ../yourWebApp/WEB-INF/web.xml

   
   
   
2. Insert the following code between the tags <wep-app></wep-app>.
   
   

   Code:
   <session-config>
   	<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
   </session-config>

   
   
   

   Note:
   The value 30 is the timeout in minutes. Use a value appropriate for the Web application.

   
   
   

   Note:
   Some Web server/servlet engine combinations may impose the order of elements contained within the web.xml file. Refer to the document type descriptor (dtd) used in the application's web.xml file (eg. http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd) for the order of elements. 

   
   
3. Save and close the file.
4. Restart the Web server/servlet engine.
   
   

   Note:
   For some Web server/servlet engine combinations you may need to re-deploy the Web application.