Merge pull request #2287 from edx/zoldak/django-session-cookie

Wire in the SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST django setting for profiling

playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml

@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ EDXAPP_COMP_THEME_DIR: ""
 EDXAPP_SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_PRIVATE_KEY: ''
 EDXAPP_SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_SP_PUBLIC_CERT: ''
 
+# Session cookie setting
+# Only set this to true for client side profiling, never for production
+EDXAPP_SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST: false
+
 #-------- Everything below this line is internal to the role ------------
 
 #Use YAML references (& and *) and hash merge <<: to factor out shared settings
@@ -838,6 +842,7 @@ generic_env_config:  &edxapp_generic_env
   XBLOCK_SETTINGS: "{{ EDXAPP_XBLOCK_SETTINGS }}"
   EDXMKTG_USER_INFO_COOKIE_NAME: "{{ EDXAPP_EDXMKTG_USER_INFO_COOKIE_NAME }}"
   COMP_THEME_DIR: "{{ EDXAPP_COMP_THEME_DIR }}"
+  SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST: "{{ EDXAPP_SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST }}"
 
 lms_auth_config:
   <<: *edxapp_generic_auth

util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh

@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ if [[ -z $enable_datadog ]]; then
   enable_datadog="false"
 fi
 
+if [[ -z $enable_client_profiling ]]; then
+  enable_client_profiling="false"
+fi
+
 # Lowercase the dns name to deal with an ansible bug
 dns_name="${dns_name,,}"
 
@@ -173,6 +177,12 @@ EOF_AUTH
 
 fi
 
+if [[ $enable_client_profiling == "true" ]]; then
+    cat << EOF_PROFILING >> $extra_vars_file
+EDXAPP_SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST: True
+EOF_PROFILING
+fi
+
 if [[ $edx_internal == "true" ]]; then
     # if this isn't a public server add the github
     # user and set edx_internal to True so that