How to configure and track User session details in Release Automation

Products

• CA Release Automation - Release Operations Center (Nolio)

Issue/Introduction

How to configure and track user session in CA Release Automation

Environment

Release : 6.7

Component : CA RELEASE AUTOMATION ADMINISTRATION

Resolution

The Release Automation do already have implementation of capturing the user session details in logs. Please follow instruction as per document "Enable Session Id logging" to configure the same.

Note: Post configured the restart of the Nolio Automation Center (NAC) a.k.a. Data Management Server (DMS) service restart is required to let change take effect.

The user session details are recorded in NAC logs nolio_requests.log. The important line to look to track the session details are mentioned below.

Login Page requested by user

2021-10-18T09:16:35.180+05:30 …. [ URL: : http://TEST-NAC-SERVER:8080/datamanagement/login.jsp][ SESSION ID: 5d36d1b9298068790a730221dcf6b593db6da8*******][ USER NAME: anonymousUser][ REMOTE HOST: ****][ REMOTE ADDRESS: ****]….[ DURATION: 13 ms ]

Successful authentication for user. User name is identifiable for mentioned session-id

2021-10-18T09:16:38.969+05:30 …. [ URL: : http://TEST-NAC-SERVER:8080/datamanagement/index.jsp][ SESSION ID: 5d36d1b9298068790a730221dcf6b593db6da8*******][ USER NAME: testuser][ REMOTE HOST: ****][ REMOTE ADDRESS: ****] ……… [ DURATION: 3 ms ]

Successful logout for user

 2021-10-18T09:34:47.361+05:30 ….. [ URL: : http://TEST-NAC-SERVER:8080/datamanagement/logout.jsp][ SESSION ID: 5d36d1b9298068790a730221dcf6b593db6da8*******][ USER NAME: testuser][ REMOTE HOST: ****][ REMOTE ADDRESS: ****] ……. [ DURATION: 19 ms ]