Setting sessiontimeout in Liferay 6.1

Question

I want to reduce the session timeout from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. I went through the guidelines of Liferay communtiy like setting following properties in to portal-ext.properties file.

session.timeout=5

session.timeout.warning=0

session.timeout.auto.extend=true

But this is not working. Can any body help me please.

try with this "Liferay\bundles\liferay-portal-6.0.6\tomcat-6.0.29\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml " 30 — Laxman Rana, Jul 08 '13 at 10:25
One point I need to mention here. web.xml properties also override with portal-ext.properties file. — Md Shareef, Jul 08 '13 at 10:44
I tried with with .../ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml 5 but not working its taking 30 min only for sessiontimeout. — Md Shareef, Jul 08 '13 at 10:47
try with this session.timeout=5 session.timeout.warning=0 session.timeout.auto.extend=false..and restart server — Laxman Rana, Jul 08 '13 at 11:20
@Lucky boy I tried with the properties which you have mentioned above and I commented out the code in web.xml but still the session is not expiring. — Md Shareef, Jul 08 '13 at 12:14
:- "We need to set session-timeout properties in portal-ext.properties and web.xml as well Because This value is always overridden by the value set in web.xml." — Laxman Rana, Jul 09 '13 at 05:32
you mean to say i need to set the session-timeout value in both portal-ext.properties and web.xml is it correct. — Md Shareef, Jul 10 '13 at 04:50
refer this link" https://www.liferay.com/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/12518399" — Laxman Rana, Jul 10 '13 at 05:13
@LuckyBoy Thanks Dude. I tried with changing session-timeout in portal-ext.properties and ../webaps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml Its is working now. — Md Shareef, Jul 10 '13 at 09:24
if you don't have any problem i am converting this comments into answer so that it will be helpful to other community members — Laxman Rana, Jul 10 '13 at 09:26

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '13 at 09:31

Session Time out can be set in portal-ext.properties and web.xml

i.e

portal-ext.properties

session.timeout=5
session.timeout.warning=0
session.timeout.auto.extend=false

web.xml

<session-config>
<session-timeout>5</session-timeout>
</session-config>

HTH

kolobok · Answer 2 · 2014-03-19T14:35:08.917

I found the solution in this thread: https://www.liferay.com/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/35735320

Change tomcat-{version}\conf\web.xml and tomcat-{version}\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml by setting session-timeout to 2 or even comment them out.

In your case change from

<session-config>
    <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>

to

<session-config>
    <session-timeout>5</session-timeout>
</session-config>

Also, as I noticed, the value of 0 disables timeout.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '13 at 10:35

You should change the default timeout for the portal (Liferay) and the application server (tomcat for example).

The portal timeout is in [tomcat]/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml:

<session-config>
  <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>

The tomcat timeout is in [tomcat]/conf/web.xml:

<session-config>
  <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>

After a restart, you can check the Liferay Control Panel, in Server / Server Administration: choose Properties > Portal Properties, and search for "session.timeout".

You should see your new timeout value.

Hope this helps, Philippe

Setting sessiontimeout in Liferay 6.1

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