<h1 class="title">Sessions in Redis</h1> <p>This addon allows to store the web sessions in Redis.</p> <a name="configuration"></a> <h2>Configuration</h2> <p>The storage of sessions in Redis is activated using environment variables.</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS</code> has to be <code>1</code> or <code>true</code></li> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS_HOST</code> is the redis hostname (default is <code>localhost</code>)</li> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS_PORT</code> is the redis port (default is <code>6379</code>)</li> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS_PASSWORD</code> is the password for the AUTH command (optional)</li> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS_PREFIX</code> is the prefix for the session keys (optional)</li> <li><code>ODOO_SESSION_REDIS_EXPIRATION</code> is the time in seconds before expiration of the sessions (default is 7 days)</li> </ul> <p>The keys are set to <code>session:&lt;session id&gt;</code>. When a prefix is defined, the keys are <code>session:&lt;prefix&gt;:&lt;session id&gt;</code></p> <p>This addon must be added in the server wide addons with (<code>--load</code> option):</p> <p><code>--load=web,session_redis</code></p> <a name="limitations"></a> <h2>Limitations</h2> <ul class="simple"> <li>The server has to be restarted in order for the sessions to be stored in Redis.</li> <li>All the users will have to login again as their previous session will be dropped.</li> <li>The addon monkey-patch <code>odoo.http.Root.session_store</code> with a custom method when the Redis mode is active, so incompatibilities with other addons is possible if they do the same.</li> </ul>