Introduction:
The user session in CA WCC times out in 30 minutes of inactivity, by default. However, the timeout value is configurable.
Can the user session timeout in CA WCC be increased?
Environment:
CA Workload Control Center r11.3.5, r11.3.6 and r11.4 SPx
Answer:
Yes, the user session timeout value can be increased. The following steps need to be taken to increase the session timeout.
Step 1:
Change the Session timeout in WCC webservers' configuration files:
# cd $CA_WCC_INSTALL_LOCATION/tomcat_32/conf/
<session-config>
<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>
For example, the following updates the user session to timeout in 90 minutes: <session-config>
<session-timeout>90</session-timeout>
</session-config>
Note: On Windows OS file locations are:
%CA_WCC_INSTALL_LOCATION%\tomcat\conf\web.xml and %CA_WCC_INSTALL_LOCATION%\tomcat_32\conf\web.xml
Step 2:
Change the Settings in CA WCC GUI
1. Log on to WCC UI as an admin user (example: ejmcommander).
2. Go to Configuration tab
3. Navigate to View/Modify Preferences and select ‘Configuration’ from drop-down menu.
4. Update the 'Session Timeout’ value with desired timeout value (in minutes).
Example: WCC 11.3.5 Configuration updated with 90 minutes session timeout.
5. Restart the CA WCC services