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maintenance mode, block users except for admin

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Hi, When deploying a new version of the model on the production instance we would like to be able to use some kind of maintenance mode. After deployment (mendix running already) the application should still be inaccessible for regular users (a maintenance page would be nice) except for an admin user(s) who can access the application in order to finalize new functional setup (e.g. add values to a list of values entity used by new functionality). After the admin is finished the application can be opened for all users again. What would be the best way to handle this? Application is using IIS7 and users access the application using SSO.

asked 2012-07-12

Brian Golsteijn

3 answers

Samet Kaya · Answer 1 · 2012-07-12

We did this by adding a microflow which retrieves all users except the ones with a admin role and set the active boolean on false.

We created another one that activates all inactive users. Before a deployment we deactive the users and do the the deployment. After deployment the admin logs in and do his stuff and after that activate all users again. Simple is that.

Michel Weststrate · Answer 2 · 2012-07-12

You could add a check to the home microflow for all roles, except MxAdmin, that inspects some instance maintenance mode variable/setting that can be altered by the Admin. If enabled, just show a default home page, probably with a customized redirect to a maintenance page.

Sebastiaan van den Broek · Answer 3 · 2012-07-12

If you absolutely must shut down the entire system to regular users, you could implement your own login mechanism. For an example on how to do this, check out the License Pool Manager module in the appstore. This will involve java coding though, and you can't show a maintenance page. Michel's idea is probably acceptable too and much easier to implement.