We use this in the server section<br><br> if (-f /srv/www/maintenance.html) {<br> rewrite ^/(.*)$ /maintenance.html last;<br> break;<br> }<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Phillip B Oldham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phill@theactivitypeople.co.uk">phill@theactivitypeople.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">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.<br>
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I can't find it on the wiki though. Was I imagining the plugin?<br>
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<p><b>Phillip B Oldham</b><br>
The Activity People<br>
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