WSadmin set sessionManagement (cookiePath) for WebModule doesn't work.

[Geert Pante]

Hi All,

I tried to configure session management for a Web Module as described in the InfoCenter.

Basically, all I need to do is set the cookiePath. So I do this:
webModuleDeployment="..." AdminConfig.create('WebModuleConfig', webModuleDeployment, [['sessionManagement', [['defaultCookieSettings', [['path','/CookiePath']]]]]] AdminConfig.save()
This is saved correctly in ../deployment.xml:
<configs xmi:type="appcfg:WebModuleConfig" xmi:id="WebModuleConfig_1319459331915"> <sessionManagement xmi:id="SessionManager_1319459331916" enable="true"> <defaultCookieSettings xmi:id="Cookie_1319459961422" path="/AdderWAR/blibloe"/> </sessionManagement> </configs>
However, after synchronizing and restarting the application server, the cookiepath is not used. If I open the sessionManagement in the web console, and save it without changes, the following gets saved:
<sessionManagement xmi:id="SessionManager_1319459331916" enable="true" enableUrlRewriting="false" enableCookies="true" enableSSLTracking="false" enableProtocolSwitchRewriting="false" sessionPersistenceMode="NONE" enableSecurityIntegration="false" allowSerializedSessionAccess="false"> <defaultCookieSettings xmi:id="Cookie_1319459961422" path="/AdderWAR/blibloe"/> <sessionDatabasePersistence xmi:id="SessionDatabasePersistence_1319461511298"/> <tuningParams xmi:id="TuningParams_1319459640078" maxInMemorySessionCount="1000" allowOverflow="true" invalidationTimeout="30"> <invalidationSchedule xmi:id="InvalidationSchedule_1319460493544"/> </tuningParams> <sessionDRSPersistence xmi:id="DRSSettings_1319460860142"/> </sessionManagement>
And now the settings get applied correctly.

I saw there is a warning that you also need to set the tuningParams via wsadmin to get the sessionManagement to work, but that doesn't help:
webModuleDeployment="..." AdminConfig.create('WebModuleConfig', webModuleDeployment, [['sessionManagement', [['defaultCookieSettings', [['path','/CookiePath']]],['tuningParams',[['invalidationTimeout','30']]]]]] AdminConfig.save()
The tuningParams got saved this time, but the cookiePath still didn't get applied :-(

Does anybody know what the required parameters are to set in wsadmin to get the sessionManagement to work?
Greets, Geert.

[YouHeng Hu]

Hi Geert,

I had the same issue using jython scripts to deploy applications. By comparing the deployment.xml generated from WAS admin console and the one generated from jython script, I found out the config id of the sessionMgr must be added to targetMappings to make the cookie path working.

You may find the sample code in <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.nd.doc%2Finfo%2Fae%2Fae%2Ftxml_webmodules.html> useful.

HTH

Youheng

[Geert Pante]

Hi,

I did read the sample code in the infocenter, but indeed I missed the part about the targetMappings.
Didn't notice it in the XML either.

So it should be :
config = AdminConfig.create('WebModuleConfig', webModuleDeployment, [['sessionManagement', [['defaultCookieSettings', [['path','/CookiePath']]]]]] targetMappings = AdminConfig.showAttribute(appDeploy, 'targetMappings') targetMappings = targetMappings[1:len(targetMappings)-1].split(" ") for target in targetMappings: if target.find('DeploymentTargetMapping') != -1: AdminConfig.modify(target,[['config', config]])

I'll try that when I have the opportunity to work with WebSphere again.

Thanks, Geert.