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<session-config>
	<session-timeout>1440<timeout>600</session-timeout>
</session-config>

Update <session-timeout> to the value you need, e.g. to 1440 720 (minutes i.e. 1 day12 hours).

Java and JVM Options

Download and install Java from java.com. Java JDK 1.8 is required (and version 1.8.0_74 or greater is recommended). The following JVM (Java Virtual Machine) options should be set to control (amongst other things) the amount of memory reserved for Tomcat and therefore made available for PhixFlow. The options are:

Option

Recommended Setting

Syntax

Initial Memory Pool

1024Mb on 32bit architecture. 40% of physical memory on x64 architecture. Consult your sys admin for recommended settings on virtual servers.

-Xms1024m

Max Memory Pool

As much as possible. 1024Mb on 32bit architecture. 75% of physical memory on x64 architecture. Consult your sys admin for recommended settings on virtual servers.

-Xmx1024m

Garbage Collector Diagnostics

Enabled

-verbose:gc

Disable direct GUI access

Some JDBC (database) drivers generate warning messages direct to the screen if running under a GUI (graphical user interface).

These messages are confusing at best for a background service such as the PhixFlow web application server, and should be disabled.

This setting tells Java to behave as though there were no GUI present.

-Djava.awt.headless=true


To set JVM options:

Windows

  • Run the Tomcat Monitor
  • Open the Tomcat Monitor system tray Configure … menu
  • Select the Java tab
  • Set the Initial memory Pool (see table above)
  • Set the Max Memory Pool (see table above)
  • Add the following lines to the Java Options scrollable field:
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-XX:MaxPermSize=150m
-verbose:gc
-Djava.awt.headless=true

Unix/Linux

If you have installed the scripts in tomcat login scripts, these option will already be set however for clarity, these options are defined in the JAVA_OPTS environment variable set in the tomcat user’s shell startup file (e.g. .profile / .bash_profile / .cshrc in the user’s home directory – the actual startup file is determined by the user’s default shell settings).

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JAVA_OPTS='-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=150m -verbose:gc -Djava.awt.headless=true'

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