[JIRA] Created: (SSPCPP-515) Make /Status handler report SessionCache

[pbrears@idp.protectnetwork.org (JIRA)]

Make /Status handler report SessionCache
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                 Key: SSPCPP-515
                 URL: https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-515
             Project: Shibboleth SP - C++
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Session Cache
    Affects Versions: 2.5.0
         Environment: shib on IIS in Windows 2008 R2 with ODBC plugin talking to MSSQL
            Reporter: pbrears at idp.protectnetwork.org
            Assignee: Scott Cantor


In V2.5 if the ODBC connector can't talk to the database at service start-up it backs off and uses mem:
(I think in 2.4.x it didn't back off and just gave #500 errors?)

CRIT Shibboleth.Config : failed to instantiate StorageService (db): ODBC StorageService failed to connect to database.
INFO Shibboleth.Config : no StorageService plugin(s) installed, using (mem) in-memory instance

This is good in that the server starts and works; however if the app relies on ODBC for reliability (say due to non sticky LB) then it's likely to result in a unreliable app. 

The /Shibboleth.sso/Status reports the following even when it's using memory when it was told to use the db.
<SessionCache><OK/></SessionCache> 

It would be great if the status handler would report it was faulty. (Or report the type in use mem/db/etc and allow the monitoring system polling the status page to alert that all wasn't well.



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