MongoDB session backend

Apache::Session::MongoDB is a faster shareable session backend.

Use an up-to-date version of Apache::Session::MongoDB, at least 1.8.1.

Setup

Install and launch a MongoDB server. Install Apache::Session::MongoDB Perl module (version ⩾ 0.15 required). You also need a recent version of Perl MongoDB client (version ⩾ 1.00 required).

In the manager: set Apache::Session::MongoDB in General parameters » Sessions » Session storage » Apache::Session module and add the following parameters (case sensitive):

Optional parameters
Name Comment Example
host MongoDB server URI 127.0.0.1:27017
db_name Session database (default: sessions) llconfdb
collection Collection (default: sessions) sessions
auth_mechanism Authentication mechanism PLAIN
auth_mechanism_properties
connect_timeout Connection timeout 10000
ssl Boolean or hash ref (default: 0) 1
username Username to use to connect lluser
password Password llpassword

Advanced connection parameters (Replica Sets, timeouts...) may be specified in the host parameter. Refer to the perl MongoDB documentation for details

Security

Restrict network access to the MongoDB server. For remote servers, you can use SOAP session backend in cunjunction to increase security for remote server that access through an unsecure network