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Getting Started with Operations Hub
- Getting Started with Operations Hub
  This topic describes how to work with Operations Hub using the latest (HMI powered designer) and the classic version.
- Installing Operations Hub
- Post-Installation Tasks
  - Setting Up Operations Hub
    - Log in to Operations Hub (Classic)
      Use your credentials to login and access the Operations Hub homepage.
    - Install Site Administration Addon
      You must install the addon to access the Site Administration Console.
    - Configure MQTT Broker Settings
      If you want to use an MQTT broker to connect to devices, you must configure the settings.
    - Display Asset Locations on a Map
      Enable Google Maps for your applications to display asset locations.
    - Configure Session Timeouts
      With Operations Hub, you can configure how soon a login session expires when a session is idle.
  - Setting Up Operations Hub for Kiosk Mode
  - Mapping Proficy Authentication Groups
    Mapping to Proficy Authentication groups helps with user management, access control, and security within Operations Hub.
  - Certificate Management
  - Integrating with Historian
- Uninstalling Operations Hub
- Deploy Operations Hub Using AWS Marketplace
  You can deploy Operations Hub using a pre-configured Amazon Machine Image (AMI) available through the AWS Marketplace.
- Getting Started with Proficy Historian
- Getting Started with the Relational Database Connector
- Getting Started with OPC UA
- Get Started with Proficy Plant Applications
  This topic guides you through how to get started integrating Proficy Plant Applications and Proficy Operations Hub.
- Data Binding to Widgets/Plug-ins (Classic)
  This topic describes the options you can use to bind values to widgets/plug-ins.
- HMI
- Get Started with Proficy Batch
  This topic describes how to get started with batch execution process.
- About Dataflow Editor
  A lightweight flow-based programming tool.
- Enable Windows Auto-login in an Active Directory Environment
  This topic describes how to enable Windows Auto-login in an Active Directory Environment.
- High Availability
- Use GraphQL Data in Operations Hub
  This topic covers configuring a data source and query, and binding the values to widgets, using one of two supported approaches.
User Guide

Configure Session Timeouts

With Operations Hub, you can configure how soon a login session expires when a session is idle.

Before doing so, consider which application sessions you need to configure. The Designer, the End-app, and Proficy Authentication (formerly UAA) each can have its session timeout configured independently.

Operations Hub Session Timeouts

Access the web.xml file from these locations, and update the configuration as follows, for End-app and Designer session timeouts respectively:

C:\Program Files\GE\Operations Hub\iqp-tomcat\webapps\app\WEB-INF
C:\Program Files\GE\Operations Hub\iqp-tomcat\webapps\site\WEB-INF

<session-config>
	<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>

A session is tracked by a cookie, wherein the cookie age must be longer than the session timeout. Therefore, if the timeout is increased, make sure the cookie’s max-age (configured in the same web.xml) is not shorter than the session timeout as shown here:

<session-config>
	<session-timeout>2</session-timeout>
	<cookie-config> <max-age>120</max-age> </cookie-config>
</session-config>

session-timeout and cookie-config/max-age are in different units of measurement (see note below).

Additionally, if you set either of the session timeouts greater than one hour in web.xml, you also need to add a system environment variable SESSION_DESTROY_TIMEOUT with value session_timeout_in_millisec + 10 minutes in millisec. For example, if you set a session timeout to two hours, then set it to 130 * 60 * 1000 = 7800000.

Note:

Restart IQP tomcat service whenever you reconfigure any of the settings/parameters mentioned above.
session-timeout is measured in minutes, whereas cookie-config/max-age is measured in seconds.
Any manual configuration changes, including changes for timeouts, are overwritten on upgrade.

For details on configuring session timeouts in Proficy Authentication, refer to the Session Timeout in Proficy Authentication section in the Configuration Hub Help.