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Web Server Inactivity Timer

Pages under most menu options, such as Administration, timeout after a certain period of inactivity. Pages under the Status and Dashboard menu options do not timeout.

Configuration File

<TRAVERSE_HOME>/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml (UNIX)
<TRAVERSE_HOME>\ apps\tomcat\conf\web.xml (Windows)

If the above Windows directory and file do not exist, the configuration file is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Traverse\Tomcat\conf\web.xml

Restart This Component After Changing the Configuration File

Description

In order to change the web inactivity timer, edit the following section in the above configuration file:

<session-config>
<session-timeout>60</session-timeout>
</session-config>

The timeout is specified in minutes. A value of -2 will disable the timeout completely. Once updated, you will need to restart the Web Application.