Session Management

This topic provides links to documentation about VMware Tanzu GemFire Session Management. Tanzu GemFire Session Management provides fast, scalable, and reliable session replication for HTTP servers without requiring application changes.

• VMware Tanzu GemFire Session Management Extension

  This topic links to documentation about the GemFire Session Management Extension. You set up and use the extension by modifying Tomcat’s server.xml and context.xml files.

• Advantages of Using Tanzu GemFire for Session Management

  This topic describes the advantages of using VMware GemFire for HTTP Session Management. Session Management Extensions enable you to customize how you manage your session data.

• Configuring Non-Sticky Sessions

  This topic describes the configuration of non-sticky sessions.

• Common Topologies for HTTP Session Management

  This topic discusses common topologies for VMware GemFire HTTP Session Management to help you decide which topology is best for your usage. The configuration process is slightly different for each topology.

• General Information about HTTP Session Management

  This topic provides information about sticky load balancers, session expiration, additional Tanzu GemFire property changes, and serialization.

• Session State Log Files

  This topic explains how to configure session state log files in VMware GemFire. Several log files are written by different parts of the session management code.

• GemFire Session Management for AppServers

  This topic links to documentation about the GemFire Session Management for AppServers. You implement session caching with the GemFire Session Management for AppServers with a special filter, defined in the web.xml, which is configured to intercept and wrap all requests.