Setting the Session Termination Option

About this task

Administrators control how long Webspace sessions remain running on the Webspace Server through the Webspace Admin Console's Host Options dialog. Select the Immediately option if you want the Webspace sessions and all running processes to be terminated as soon as the session disconnects. Select the After _ minutes option to specify the number of minutes that a session will remain running after a client has disconnected from the session. Figure the number of minutes (n) and enter (n+1) in the edit field that a session should remain running after the client disconnects. This extra minute allows the application to shut itself down gracefully instead of getting terminated immediately. The After 1-minute option is the default setting.

If you select the After 1-minute option, a shutdown message appears in the event log and the processes stop gracefully. With the Immediately option, running processes get terminated without notice, and stop immediately.

The Sessions tab in the main windows of the Webspace Admin Console displays the number of clients connected to a session. Disconnected sessions have 0 connected clients.

Procedure

  1. From the Webspace Admin Console, on the server list, select the desired server.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Host Options. The Host Options dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Session Shutdown tab.
  4. In the Disconnected sessions terminate area, select one of the following disconnected session termination options:
    • Immediately
    • After _ minutes. In the edit box, type the number of minutes plus one that sessions should remain running after their clients disconnect. For example, if you want to leave it running 2 minutes, enter 3 minutes in this edit field.
  5. Click OK.