Steps to adjust adminUI session idle timeout

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On

Issue/Introduction

How to adjust adminUI session idle timeout.

Environment

Release: 12.8.x
Component: SMAUI

Resolution

By default , the value is set to 30 minutes.

For this example, the session timeout will be increased to 2 hours.

1. Stop SiteMinder Administrative UI
2. Go to:
   <AdminUI_Install_direcotry>\standalone\deployments\iam_siteminder.ear\user_console.war\WEB-INF\WEB.xml
   (<AdminUI_Install_direcotry>/standalone/deployments/iam_siteminder.ear/user_console.war/WEB-INF/WEB.xml on Unix/Linux platform)
3. Change the below session timeout value from 30 to 120.
   <session-config>
   <!-- 30 minutes -->
   <session-timeout>120</session-timeout>
   
   
4. Delete following directories
   
   <AdminUI_Install_direcotry>\standalone\data
   <AdminUI_Install_direcotry>\standalone\tmp
   
   
5. Start SiteMinder Administrative UI