Session Management

The Session Management feature allows you to prevent concurrent login and manage user sessions.

Prevent concurrent login

There is a setting in the identity section to prevent concurrent login. It has three options:

1. Disabled

   No restriction on concurrent login. This is the default.

2. LogoutFromSameTypeDevices

   Only one session of the same type can exist. Same type means we can restrict single login with a browser, but we may still can login with a mobile application without affecting the browser session. So, for each device type, we may allow a single login.

3. LogoutFromAllDevices

   All other sessions will be logged out when a new session is created.

Manage user sessions

You can view and manage user sessions on the Users page of the Identity module.

Once you revoke a session, the user will be logged out.

IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker

The IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker is a background worker that will remove the sessions that have not been active in the past.

IdentitySessionCleanupOptions

• IsCleanupEnabled: Default value is true.
• CleanupPeriod: Default value is 1 hour.
• InactiveTimeSpan: Default value is 30 days.

How it works

This feature depends on the Dynamic Claims feature of the ABP framework. Here is how it works:

• The IdentitySessionClaimsPrincipalContributor will generate a random GUID as a sessionid to add the ClaimsPrincipal, This usually happens when logging in to get the user's claims.
• The OnSignedIn event of Identity and ProcessSignIn event of OpenIddict will get this sessionid and store it in the database (IdentitySession table).
• The Dynamic Claims system's IdentitySessionDynamicClaimsPrincipalContributor will ensure the sessionid exists or signs out.
• The IdentitySessionChecker will check the sessionid that exists and update the LastAccessed and IpAddress to the cache.
• The IdentitySessionManager is used to get one or a list of sessions and update the LastAccessed and IpAddress from the cache to the database.
• The module will remove the session when logging out.
• The IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker will remove the inactive sessions.
• Once a new session has been created, we will remove the other sessions based on the PreventConcurrentLogin setting.
• The IdentitySessionManager is used to manage/maintain the sessions. Please use this class instead of directly using the repository.