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Where do you store sessions?
Structure of a session The session can be stored on the server, or on the client. If it’s on the client, it will be stored by the browser, most likely in cookies and if it is stored on the server, the session ids are created and managed by the server.
Is session ID stored in database?
A session ID is stored in a cookie. By saving a user’s session ID, IP and agent server-side (your database for example) you can compare the data saved in the database with the client.
Can ElastiCache store session data?
For scalable web applications, these files must be located on shared storage so that all backends can access the same sessions. AWS provides a shared filesystem called Elastic File System (EFS) which you might be temped to use to store session data.
How do I store session data on a server securely?
Encrypt your session IDs and session data in the database, using a key set in a config file on the server somewhere. The benefit of this is that the attacker would need access to both the database (e.g. via SQL injection) and the filesystem at the same time in order to decrypt the session IDs and session data.
Why do we store sessions in a database?
One of the most common reasons for wanting to change the default behavior is to store sessions in a database rather than the filesystem. The top reasons for this desire are: The application needs to be able to run on multiple servers without server affinity (methods that direct requests from the same client to the same server).
What’s the difference between session store and memory?
Session can either be memory, some database, simple files, or any other place you can come up with to store session data. If you project uses some database, you can configure your session store to use the same database, to avoid having another database on server just for the purpose of session store.
How is session data persisted in SQL Server?
The tool creates a database called ASPState and adds certain stored procedures for managing session to it. The tool also creates required tables in the “tempdb” database. If you restart the SQL server, the session data is not persisted.