Use of MySQL for session storage

MySQL configuration

Remark: we advice to create a specific user/password in MySQL for LemonLDAP::NG, with rights on ist database.

Database creation



For example, create the database "lemonldapng" :

# mysqladmin create lemonldapng

Session table



If you want to use Apache::Session::MySQL, you can create the database like this:

CREATE TABLE sessions (
    id char(32),
    a_session blob
    );

LemonLDAP::NG configuration

Go to the Manager and go in General Parameters > Session Storage. Then change Apache::Session module to "Apache::Session::MySQL" and in Apache::Session parameters configure the following options: You can also set the session module in perl scripts: 
globalStorage  => "Apache::Session::MySQL",
  globalStorageOptions => {
      DataSource       => "dbi:mysql:database=lemonldapng;host=127.0.0.1",
      UserName         => "db_user",
      Password         => "db_password",
      TableName        => "sessions",
      LockDataSource   => "dbi:mysql:database=lemonldapng;host=127.0.0.1",
      LockUserName     => "db_user",
      LockPassword     => "db_password",
  },