StoreFront 1.2 – Increasing The Web Session Timeout
Introduction
This article provides the steps to increase the Session Timeout on a Citrix StoreFront web site. To increase the Session Timeout on a Citrix StoreFront 1.2 web site perform the following steps :-
1. Edit The web.config file for your AppStore
- Logon to the StoreFront server as an Administrative account
- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\{Your App Store}Web
E.G. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\My-App-StoreWeb
- Edit the web.config file in Notepad
- Search for the line below :-
<sessionState timeout=”20″/>
- Modify the value to the amount of time you want the session timeout to be in Minutes
E.G. <sessionState timeout=”120″/>
- Save and Exit the web.config file
2. Edit The web.config file for Authentication
- Next navigate to the folderC:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\Authentication
- Edit the web.config file in Notepad
- Search the web.config file for maxLifetime
- The first line found should be as shown below :-
defaultLifetime=”01:00:00″ maxLifetime=”01:00:00″>
- Change the maxLifetime value to the amount of time set for the sessionState timeout previously
E.G. defaultLifetime=”01:00:00″ maxLifetime=”02:00:00″>
- Search the web.config file for the next instance of maxLifetime
- The next line found should be as shown below :-
defaultLifetime=”01:00:00″ maxLifetime=”20:00:00″ />
- If you require the Session Time out to be greater than twenty hoursthen change the maxLifetime value accordingly, otherwise leave as configured.
- Search the web.config file for the next instance of maxLifetime
- The next line found should be as shown below :-
<relyingParties signingId=”_” defaultLifetime=”01:00:00″ maxLifetime=”01:00:00″ />
- Change the maxLifetime value to the amount of time set for the sessionState timeout previously
E.G. <relyingParties signingId=”_” defaultLifetime=”01:00:00″ maxLifetime=”02:00:00″ />
- Save and Exit the web.config file
3. Restart IIS For The Changes To Take Effect
- Open a Command Prompt and execute IISRESET
4. Ensure Changes Are Made To All StoreFront Servers In The Servers Group
- Repeat the steps on all StoreFront servers in the Servers Group