Session support allows a Web application developer to maintain state information across multiple user visits to the application. In this IBM® Redpaper™ publication, we discuss HTTP session support in WebSphere® Application Server V7 and how to configure it. We also discuss the support for stateful session bean failover.

This paper is the stand-alone version of chapter 12 of WebSphere Application Server V7 Administration and Configuration Guide, SG24-7615.

HTTP session management

Session manager configuration

Session identifiers

Local sessions

General properties for session management

Session affinity

Persistent session management

Invalidating sessions

Session security

Session performance considerations

Stateful session bean failover