CA Privileged Identity Manager Enterprise - To extend the (idle) timeout for the Privileged Identity Manager user web session.

Products

• CA Virtual Privilege Manager
• CA Privileged Identity Management Endpoint (PIM)
• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

QUESTION:

How do we extend the (idle) timeout for the Privileged Identity Manager user web session?

ANSWER:

For the Privileged Identity Manager Enterprise web interface on windows, here an example below reflecting time out for 2 hours.

1. Stop Jboss.
 
2. Go to "C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\deploy\IdentityMinder.ear\user_console.war\WEB-INF" and open the "web.xml" file in edit mode.
 
3. Change the below session timeout value from 30 to 120 (The default is 30 minutes):
    <session-config>
      <!--  minutes -->
      <session-timeout>120</session-timeout>
    </session-config>
 
4. Start Jboss.
 
5. Log in to Privileged Identity Manager Enterprise web interface and check the timeout for the Privileged Identity Manager Enterprise user session.

Environment

Release: ACP1M005900-12.9-Privileged Identity Manager
Component: