Change the Default Timeout Period for vRealize Log Insight Web Sessions

By default, to keep your environment secure, vRealize Log Insight Web sessions expire in 30 minutes. You can increase or decrease the timeout duration.

Note: The change in the timeout period is applicable only for newly created sessions.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the vRealize Log Insight web user interface as a Super Admin user, or a user associated with a role that has the relevant permissions. See Create and Modify Roles for more information. The URL format of the web user interface is https://log-insight-host, where log-insight-host is the IP address or host name of the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance.

Procedure

1. Expand the main menu and navigate to Configuration > General.
2. In the Browser Session pane, specify a timeout value in minutes.
   The value -1 deactivates session timeouts.
3. Click Save.