backup page when site is broken

[Alex Glaros]

how would I redirect to a plain static web page that displays "This Web2py app is temporarily down while we install updates"? Could I redirect to another site? Is there code to sense when site is broken then automatically redirects users?

I use pythonanywhere.com, redirect through a SSL service and my routes.py looks like:

#!/usr/bin/python

# -*- codingf-8 -*-

routers = dict(

    # base router

    BASE=dict(

        default_application='myDomain',

        domains={'www.myDomain':'myDomain'}

    ),

)

thanks,

Alex Glaros

[Dave S]

What's your front-end?  With nginx, I think I'd set it to server the 404 or Under Construction page from a static file.  You can also tweak your routes.py to do a similar thing, but the front end will be faster.

The Disable button on /admin/sites didn't seem to do anything on my home setup, W10 with 2.14.6 (yes, I know) and Rocket.  So I'm not sure what automatic provisions for site maintenance are supposed to be there.

/dps