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

[Scott Cantor (JIRA)]

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Scott Cantor commented on SSPCPP-515:
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I don't think 2.4 was any different, but it's possible, I'll check.

I don't think there's any clean way for the status handler to know (it could with an API change of course, but that's not happening soon). Probably it's more doable to add an option to "fail fast" and not get the cache created in this case.

> Make /Status handler report SessionCache
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 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
>              Labels: Session
>
> 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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