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Hey Friends!

Is there a way to reset the REST session count or change the limit for ArubaOS Switch?

I just started to play around with python and the REST API and after a few tries I'm getting Error 503

Thanks,

Sven

Idle timeout seems to be defaulted to 120 seconds

Hi,

The sessions limit is set to 5 simultaneous sessions, and it can't be changed.

In order to reset your sessions on the switch, you can do a :

1. no rest-interface

2. rest-interface

Resetting the Rest Interface will also reset your REST sessions.

Or as you said, you call also play with the session timeout.

Thanks!

Can I have more sesssion if I reuse the session/authentication cookie or is this a total of max 5 sessions?

it is max 5 sessions (or cookie)

but you can reuse session (and it is recommanded...)

When you open a session, you get a cookie from the switch.

So reuse it for all your requests in your script, and don't forget to close your session once you're done.

If you're using Python, don't forget to use the try/except/finally blocks in your script - it will avoid to use a new session each time you relaunch your switch because your previous test failed.

Is there an equivalent for Aruba CX? I am troubleshooting an issue and the session keeps reaching the max which is frustrating. I guess the code isn't closing the session properly and so it's an infinite loop of frustration while debugging.

Hi,

Yes, you can use the following command :

switch-cx# https-server session close all

It will close all the sessions already opened through HTTPS. 

Thanks for this solution which worked fine for me!

But my error was bit different so I'm going to add it here:

Switch: 2x Aruba 3810M-24G-1-slot Switch (JL071A) in a stack

Firmware. KB.16.11.0008

I've disabled and re-enable the webinterface with these commands:

no web-management
web-management

After this the web management was unaccessible even after rebooting - the error was always:

503 Service Unavailable The server is currently busy. Please try again later

But the hint was the message when disableling the web management:

So I've resetted the REST interface with your commands

no rest-interface
rest-interface

and the web interface was immediatly fine.

So thanks again!

a good idea it is also to always close the session for avoid this issue :)

no web-managementweb-management

no rest-interfacerest-interface

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@dregoriuss wrote:

Idle timeout seems to be defaulted to 120 seconds

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It is no 300seconds by default ?

You can use rest/v4/session-idle-timeout for change this (the max value is 7200)