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Change login session duration

To increase the number of minutes a session lasts do the following.

Warning!
This change affects all instances on a server!

First, update the tomcat configuraion

sudo nano /usr/share/tomcat/conf/web.xml

Second, find the following config and adjust acordingly
The attribute is defined in minutes.

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

Third, restart tomcat

ts restart-webserver

Fourth, update the policies on the instance.
Update sessionLifetimeMinutes and sessionLifetimeMaximum.