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  • 1.  Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 02:32 PM

    Hi

    Use Case : providing visibility over current total number of pdweb valid session.

    If one wants to display the current count of valid pdweb session, can we assume that simply computing the difference between pdweb.sescache 'add' and 'del' counter would do the trick and provide accurate enough results ?

    You can assume that DSC is not in use. Just plain old replicated WebSEAL instances.

    Thanks



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    Sylvain Gilbert
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  • 2.  RE: Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 04:50 PM

    Sylvain,

     

    If you also include the inactive and lifetime timeout counts (i.e. active = add – del – inactive_timeout – lifetime_timeout) it should give you a reasonable accurate idea of the number of active sessions. 

     

    Thanks.

     

     

    Scott A. Exton
    Senior Software Engineer
    Chief Programmer - IBM Security Verify Access
    IBM Master Inventor

     

     






  • 3.  RE: Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 05:04 PM

    Thanks for the quick response.

    May I ask why we would not include LRU in the proposed computation ? The answer would help us have a more holistic view on all session cache counters.



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    Sylvain Gilbert
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  • 4.  RE: Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 05:10 PM

    Sylvain,

     

    An LRU event will increment both the deleted and LRU count.  The 'deleted' count is not however incremented on a session timeout event.

     

    Thanks.

     

     

    Scott A. Exton
    Senior Software Engineer
    Chief Programmer - IBM Security Verify Access
    IBM Master Inventor

     

     




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  • 5.  RE: Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 08:42 PM
    To end the discussion, one last question on this topic.
    Do the pdweb sescache metrics report only events for authenticated sessions, or both unauth and authenticated session ?
    You can assume that a single session cache is configured.

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    Sylvain Gilbert
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  • 6.  RE: Total pdweb session count

    Posted 03/22/22 10:54 PM

    Sylvain,

     

    To my understanding the metrics which are reported will incorporate both the authenticated and unauthenticated sessions.

     

    Thanks.

     

     

    Scott A. Exton
    Senior Software Engineer
    Chief Programmer - IBM Security Verify Access
    IBM Master Inventor

     

     




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