Hi,

We are using a webserver and application server for our portal.
When my JBoss application is down on the application server, a maintenance page is shown to the user when the user tries to access the portal. When the JBoss application on the application server is up, the webserver redirects the request to the JBoss application server.
Now, while the JBoss application is up and I replace the contents of index.html page in apache with the maintenance page contents, still the webserver redirects the request to the JBoss application server and the contents of index.html are not shown to the user.
I am not able to find out any configurations for this automatic redirection in webserver. By automatic, I mean if the JBoss application is up, then redirect the request to the application server, else show maintenance page. Can anyone please help me on this?

What I want to do is show maintenance page even when my JBoss application is up.

Thanks in advance,
Sanket

Hi,

I guess apache runs as a reverse proxy for the backend application server.
Check for a .htaccess in apache DocumentRoot (or through the various *.conf files) for proxy and rewrite directives.
If you want apache to stop proxying and display its index page as a maintenance page, just comment out these directives. Don't forget to do a backup of the file(s) you editing.

Regards

hi bathory,
please help me to setup a maintainance redirection pages when jboss app server is down.
When my JBoss application is down on the application server, a maintenance page shud be shown . how to start . how do i do it . i know nothing of it .please help.

Please do not hijack others threads.
You should start your own thread describing your problem, what you've done so far to solve it and some useful data like distro, config file(s), logs etc.
In the meantime have a look at this post to help you going.

Regards