CherryPy, a minimalist Python web framework, provides built-in support for managing sessions and cookies. It offers a session tool that allows you to handle session data conveniently.

Here's a brief overview of how CherryPy manages sessions and cookies:

Session Handling : CherryPy uses a session tool that allows you to create, read, and update session data. This tool manages sessions by storing session information in various storage options, such as RAM, file system, or databases.

Cookie Management : CherryPy uses cookies to store session identifiers or other necessary information on the client-side. These cookies contain session keys or IDs that CherryPy uses to identify and retrieve session data for each user.

Configuration : CherryPy provides configuration settings to control various aspects of session and cookie management. You can configure parameters such as session timeout, cookie attributes, storage options, etc., to suit your application's requirements.

Secure Sessions and Cookies : CherryPy supports secure session and cookie management by allowing you to configure settings like secure cookies, HTTP-only cookies, and encryption of session data to enhance security.

To use session and cookie management in CherryPy, you typically initialize the session tool and configure it within your CherryPy application. Then, you can interact with session data by setting, getting, and manipulating session variables as needed throughout your web application. Here's a simple example of how you might use sessions in CherryPy:

import cherrypy

class HelloWorld:
    @cherrypy.expose
    def index(self):
        # Initialize session tool
        cherrypy.tools.sessions.on = True

        # Access session data
        session = cherrypy.session
        if 'count' not in session:
            session['count'] = 0
        session['count'] += 1

        return f"Hello! You've visited this page {session['count']} times."

if __name__ == '__main__':
    conf = {
        '/': {
            'tools.sessions.on': True,
            # Other session/cookie configurations
        }
    }
    cherrypy.quickstart(HelloWorld(), '/', conf)​

This example demonstrates a basic CherryPy application that increments a visit counter stored in the session for each page visit.

Keep in mind that this is a simple illustration, and CherryPy offers more advanced features and configuration options for session and cookie management to suit complex application needs.