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 .