Changing session cookie name and added a way for clients to know what the name is #11413 (#11679)

* Changing session cookie name and added a way for clients to know what the key name is
* Adding session information to docs
* Fixing how awxkit gets the session id header

awx/api/generics.py

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class LoggedLoginView(auth_views.LoginView):
             current_user = smart_text(JSONRenderer().render(current_user.data))
             current_user = urllib.parse.quote('%s' % current_user, '')
             ret.set_cookie('current_user', current_user, secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None)
+            ret.setdefault('X-API-Session-Cookie-Name', getattr(settings, 'SESSION_COOKIE_NAME', 'awx_sessionid'))
 
             return ret
         else:

awx/settings/defaults.py

@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 # Note: This setting may be overridden by database settings.
 SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 1800
 
+# Name of the cookie that contains the session information.
+# Note: Changing this value may require changes to any clients.
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = 'awx_sessionid'
+
 # Maximum number of per-user valid, concurrent sessions.
 # -1 is unlimited
 # Note: This setting may be overridden by database settings.

awx/sso/views.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class CompleteView(BaseRedirectView):
             current_user = smart_text(JSONRenderer().render(current_user.data))
             current_user = urllib.parse.quote('%s' % current_user, '')
             response.set_cookie('current_user', current_user, secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None)
+            response.setdefault('X-API-Session-Cookie-Name', getattr(settings, 'SESSION_COOKIE_NAME', 'awx_sessionid'))
         return response