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title: Managing sessions
description: For information about IG sessions, see Sessions. Change IG session properties in the following ways:
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# Managing sessions

For information about IG sessions, see [Sessions](../gateway-guide/about.html#about-sessions). Change IG session properties in the following ways:

| Mode                                                         | To change the session properties                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Stateless sessions in standalone mode and web container mode | Configure the [JwtSession](../reference/JwtSession.html) object in the route that processes a request, or in its ascending configuration.For example, define the `cookie` property to configure the IG session name.```json
{
  "name": "JwtSession",
  "type": "JwtSession",
    "config": {
      "cookie": {
        "name": "MY_SESSIONID"
    }
  }
}
``` |
| Stateful sessions in standalone mode                         | Change the `session` property in `admin.json`, and restart IG.For example, add the following lines to `admin.json` to configure the IG session name:```json
"session": {
    "cookie": {
      "name": "MY_SESSIONID"
    }
  }
```                                                                                                                            |
| Stateful session in web container mode                       | Change the configuration for the session cookie in the container, and restart IG.For example, add the following lines in Tomcat's `/path/to/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml` to configure the IG session name:```xml
<session-config>
  <cookie-config>
    <name>MY_SESSIONID</name>
...
```                                                              |