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Session store

The Connect2id server has a built-in store for the end-user sessions with the OpenID provider. Its configuration properties are located in

WEB-INF/sessionStore.properties

Any property in the configuration file can be overridden with a Java system property, e.g. by setting the optional -D argument at JVM startup:

-DsessionStore.maxLifetime=-1

The external configuration guide has tips for setting system properties from environment variables, local files and other locations.

sessionStore.apiAccessToken

The access token for the subject session store web API. It is of type Bearer and non-expiring. Must contain at least 32 random alphanumeric characters to make brute force guessing impractical. If not specified the web API will be disabled.

sessionStore.apiAccessToken = ztucZS1ZyFKgh0tUEruUtiSTXhnexmd6

sessionStore.maxLifetime

The default maximum session lifetime, in minutes. Applied to newly created subject sessions where the max_life value has been omitted. A negative value implies no time limit. Must not be zero.

The maximum session lifetime is used in conjunction with the maximum authentication lifetime and the maximum idle time to determine when a session should expire (whichever time event occurs first).

To set the default maximum session lifetime to 14 days (20160 minutes):

sessionStore.maxLifetime = 20160

sessionStore.authLifetime

The default maximum authentication lifetime, in minutes. Applied to newly created subject sessions where the auth_life value has been omitted. A negative value implies no time limit. Must not be zero.

The maximum authentication lifetime is used in conjunction with the maximum lifetime and the maximum idle time to determine when a session should expire (whichever time event occurs first).

To set the default maximum authentication lifetime to 24 hours (1440 minutes):

sessionStore.authLifetime = 1440

sessionStore.maxIdleTime

The default maximum session idle time, in minutes. Applied to newly created subject sessions where the max_idle value has been omitted. A negative value implies no time limit. Must not be zero.

The maximum idle time is used in conjunction with the maximum lifetime and the maximum authentication lifetime to determine when a session should expire (whichever time event occurs first).

To set the default maximum idle time to 24 hours (1440 minutes):

sessionStore.maxIdleTime = 1440

sessionStore.quotaPerSubject

The maximum number of concurrent sessions a subject may have across browsers and devices. Should typically be set to not more than ten concurrent sessions.

To set the maximum number of concurrent session to five:

sessionStore.quotaPerSubject = 5

sessionStore.onQuotaExhaustion

The login behaviour when a subject exhausts their session quota.

Policy values:

  • DENY_LOGIN – The login request must be rejected.
  • CLOSE_OLD_SESSION – The next expiring session for the subject must be closed and the new login request must be allowed to proceed.

To set the policy to CLOSE_OLD_SESSION:

sessionStore.onQuotaExhaustion = CLOSE_OLD_SESSION

sessionStore.acceptLegacySIDs

Set to true to accept legacy session identifiers (SID) without HMAC protection. Required to enable import of sessions from Connect2id server versions 5x and older. Defaults to false.

sessionStore.acceptLegacySIDs = false

sessionStore.purgeInterval

This setting was removed in Connect2id server v6.4.

The purge internal for expired sessions, in minutes. Should typically be set between five and ten minutes.

To set a ten minute purge interval:

sessionStore.purgeInterval = 10