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More information regarding Tomcat Session Replication can be found at http://tomcat.apache.org
Session Replication Caveats
There are several caveats to using Session Replication with Yellowfin (or any Java web application). The two main downsides of Session Replication are processing overhead, and memory usage.
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It should be considered if this overhead is worth the added fail-safe functionality that it brings. If Session Replication is not used, and a node fails, a user’s session will be destroyed, but they'll be able to log in to another node to continue their work.
Modifications to web.xml
The text “<distributable/>” needs to be added to the web.xml file on each node underneath the “<webapp>” line. For example:
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<web-app>
<distributable/>
<!-- System Event and Debug classes -->
<listener>
<listener-class>com.hof.servlet.SysSessionListener</listener-class>
</listener>
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Modifications to server.xml
Changes need to be made to the server.xml file in the Yellowfin/appserver/conf directory.
Add the additional XML entry within the “<host>” XML block.
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<Cluster className="org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster"/> |
The IP address “228.0.0.4” is a multicast address that session replication messages will be received on. This does not need to be modified, but a linuxLinux/unix Unix server may need to register a valid multicast route to receive broadcasts on this address. This can be done by running the following command on the console:
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sudo route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 224.0.0.0 dev eth0 |
This syntax may be different for different flavours of linux / unixLinux or Unnis. This example uses “eth0” as the network device that will be used for this route.
Modifications to ROOT.xml
Remove the lines from the ROOT.xml in the Yellowfin/appserver/conf/Catalina/localhost directory:
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<Manager className="org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager" debug="0" distributable="false" saveOnRestart="false">
<Store className="org.apache.catalina.session.FileStore" />
</Manager>
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These lines were previously added to suppress session serialisation serialization to disk in Yellowfin.
Additional Information
The Session Replication functionality in Tomcat may change in different versions or subversions. If the process outlined here is not working, check the Tomcat website for updated documentation for the version of Tomcat that Yellowfin is running on.
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