Configure the Administration Console Session Timeouts

To configure the timeout of the Administration Console, you need to manually edit the web.config file. The default session timeout for the Administration Console is 120 minutes. Timeout specifies the time, in integer minutes, after which the cookie expires.

If the SlidingExpiration attribute in the web.config file is true, then the timeout attribute is a sliding value, expiring at the specified number of minutes after the time that the last request was received.

To prevent compromised performance, and to avoid multiple browser warnings for users who have cookie warnings turned on, the cookie is updated when more than half of the specified time has elapsed. This might cause a loss of precision.

  1. Open C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Interface\Web.Config in a text editor.
  2. There are 2 values that need to be changed (the highlight is to illustrate what needs to change):
    1. <forms name="loginForm" loginUrl="pages/sign_in.aspx" path="/" slidingExpiration="true" timeout="x">
    2. <sessionState timeout="y"></sessionState>

      3. Where x is the session timeout in minutes and y is how long the session data is stored. The general rule of thumb is y = 2x.

  3. Save the file.
  4. Apply the settings by typing iisreset.exe at the command line.