Merge pull request #260 from lirantal/lirantal-enhancements-express-c…

…ookie-parameters

Enhancements express cookie parameters

config/env/all.js

@@ -8,8 +8,29 @@ module.exports = {
 	},
 	port: process.env.PORT || 3000,
 	templateEngine: 'swig',
+	// The secret should be set to a non-guessable string that
+	// is used to compute a session hash
 	sessionSecret: 'MEAN',
+	// The name of the MongoDB collection to store sessions in
 	sessionCollection: 'sessions',
+	// The session cookie settings
+	sessionCookie: { 
+		path: '/',
+		httpOnly: true,
+		// If secure is set to true then it will cause the cookie to be set
+		// only when SSL-enabled (HTTPS) is used, and otherwise it won't
+		// set a cookie. 'true' is recommended yet it requires the above
+		// mentioned pre-requisite.
+		secure: false,
+		// Only set the maxAge to null if the cookie shouldn't be expired
+		// at all. The cookie will expunge when the browser is closed.
+		maxAge: null,
+		// To set the cookie in a specific domain uncomment the following 
+		// setting:
+		// domain: 'yourdomain.com'
+	},
+	// The session cookie name
+	sessionName: 'connect.sid',
 	log: {
 		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
 		format: 'combined',
@@ -48,4 +69,4 @@ module.exports = {
 			'public/modules/*/tests/*.js'
 		]
 	}
-};
+};

config/express.js

@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ module.exports = function(db) {
 		store: new mongoStore({
 			db: db.connection.db,
 			collection: config.sessionCollection
-		})
+		}),
+		cookie: config.sessionCookie,
+		name: config.sessionName
 	}));
 
 	// use passport session