How to set timeout value for Content service?

Question

We are using DXA 1.5 and we have a requirement that we need to set timeout value for the content service so that if the content is not being retrieve say within 30 seconds we need to throw 502 error page. I have checked the cd_storage_config file for content service but couldn't see any appropriate attribute. Are there any setting available we can set for service timeout from DXA config.

Thanks, Indra

Answer 1

As per best of my knowledge, there is no configuration available in the DXA framework to configure timeout of any request. You may do it using standard http request time out setting(code may vary for .Net and Java). To handle it in your application code you can create your own controller and write code to handle(throw 502 error) it. You can do timeout setting in DXA .Net in web configuration file using:

<system.web>
  <httpRuntime executionTimeout="30" /> 
</system.web> 

or if you want to set if for any specific controller action:

<location path="ControllerName/ActionName">
    <system.web>
        <httpRuntime executionTimeout="30"/>
    </system.web>
</location>

In Controller code:

HttpContext.Server.ScriptTimeout = 30;

Answer 2

You could try adding the following configuration to Web.Config under appSettings:

<appSettings>
    ... other content service related config here ...
    <add key="service-timeout" value="30" />
</appSettings>

This should set the timeout for all the Content Delivery microservices to 30 seconds.

Answer 3

you can set the timeout value in cd_storage_conf.xml by adding the Transaction tag

   </Storages>
   <Transaction Timeout="240000" MonitorInterval="5000" />
</Global>