We use this in the server section

if (-f /srv/www/maintenance.html) { rewrite ^/(.*)$ /maintenance.html last; break; }

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Phillip B Oldham <phi...@theactivitypeople.co.uk <mailto:phi...@theactivitypeople.co.uk>> wrote:

I seem to remember there was a plugin for nginx would bypass all requests and issue a single "down for maintenance" response, until a certain file was removed/renamed.

I can't find it on the wiki though. Was I imagining the plugin? --

*Phillip B Oldham* The Activity People phi...@theactivitypeople.co.uk <mailto:phi...@theactivitypeople.co.uk>

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