How to Change the Session Timeout in Liferay?

To change the Session timeout in liferay for logged-in users, you have a couple of options:

1. Override web.xml in Deployed Liferay Portal Web App:
   • Locate the web.xml file in your deployed Liferay Portal web application (usually found at LIFERAY_HOME/tomcat/webapps/WEB-INF/web.xml).
   • Update the session timeout value within the <session-config> element. For example, if you want an 8-hour session timeout, set it to 480 minutes
     <session-config>
<session-timeout>480</session-timeout>
</session-config>
   • Save the changes.
2. Modify the portal-ext.properties File:
   • You can manually adjust the session timeout property by adding the following line to your portal-ext.properties file:
     session.timeout=X
     Replace X with the desired timeout value in minutes.
   • Additionally, there is a session timeout portal property that can be set in portal-ext.properties, but it’s usually overridden by the value set in web.xml.

Remember to restart your Liferay server after making any changes to apply the new session timeout settings.