How to track session IDs for multiple apps in same server instance?

Question

All:
We have 2 web applications (for example: app1,app2) running in one app
server instance (weblogic 5.1). Both of those applications use the same
cookie name (defined in weblogic.properties ) to keep the HttpSessionID.
The tricky thing is that if a client logs in to app1 and then logs in to
app2 with the same web browser, (for example, IE). The app1's
HttpSessionID kept in the cookie will be overwritten by app2's
HttpSessionID because they use the same cookie name.
My question is this:
Is there a way to specify a cookie name for each application running in
an application server instance?
The only way we know of to work around the problem is that we have to
host the app1 and app2 in 2 different app server instances so we can
config app1 and app2 to use different cookie names for the
HttpSessionID. We are curious if there is a better way to do that.
BTW, We must use Cookie because of the requirement of cluster and load
balancer.
Thanks,
Ben

Answer 1

Hi Ben,
Which version of Weblogic are you using??
In 5.1 sp8 the Cookie names of the Web Apps are different by default.
Prasad Peddada <[email protected]> wrote:
Why can't you add your own cookie?
In 6.0 you can have different cookie names for different
apps.
-- Prasad
"Benjamin D. Engelsma" wrote:
All:
We have 2 web applications (for example: app1,app2)running in one app
server instance (weblogic 5.1). Both of those applicationsuse the same
cookie name (defined in weblogic.properties ) to keepthe HttpSessionID.
The tricky thing is that if a client logs in to app1and then logs in to
app2 with the same web browser, (for example, IE). The app1's
HttpSessionID kept in the cookie will be overwrittenby app2's
HttpSessionID because they use the same cookie name.
My question is this:
Is there a way to specify a cookie name for each applicationrunning in
an application server instance?
The only way we know of to work around the problem isthat we have to
host the app1 and app2 in 2 different app server instancesso we can
config app1 and app2 to use different cookie names forthe
HttpSessionID. We are curious if there is a better wayto do that.
BTW, We must use Cookie because of the requirement ofcluster and load
balancer.
Thanks,
Ben