Enabling or Disabling HTTP Keep Alive (2024)

This section describeshow to change HTTP Keep-Alive settings for a single server configurationof PIA. When in production, a multi server configuration would beused to perform these steps to your managed server instance of PIA,PIA1, PIA 2, and so on.

Keep-Alive, or moreaccurately termed "Persistent Connections" is a default feature ofHTTP. Keep-Alive allows for the client (generally a web browser) andthe web server to maintain open connections between requests for specifiedperiod of time. That time period is generally less then 60 seconds.The benefit of a persistent connection is that the client and theserver do not need to perform the overhead of opening a new connectionwith every single request.

Enabling Keep-Aliveis generally recommended, but in some situations it may introduceproblems. Sporadic "The Page cannot be displayed" errors, for example,can be the result of a problem with Keep-Alive. In situations whereKeep-Alive issues are suspected, disabling the web server Keep-Aliveand performing tests will help to determine if the problem is indeedrelated to connection persistence.

To enable or disableKeep-Alive:

1. Start the PIA server.

   See Starting WebLogic.

   See Stopping WebLogic.

2. Log on to the AdministrativeConsole.

3. Navigate to the server'sHTTP settings page.

   See Also

   HTTP: The Definitive Guide

   1. In the Domain Structuretree, click Environments.

   2. Click the PIA server (oryour custom named PeopleSoft server) from the window on the right.

   3. Click the Protocols tab.

   4. Click the HTTP tab.

4. Change the Keep-Alive settings.

   • To disable Keep-Alive:Deselect EnableKeepalives and clickSave. WithKeep-Alive disabled,Duration andHTTPS Duration are not used.

   • To enable Keep-Alive: Select Enable Keepalives and update Duration and HTTPS Duration values as needed for yoursystem.

   Click Save andActivate Changes.

5. Restart WebLogic Server.