If it is http then I'd use a cookie. Apps can decide when to give out that cookie
You could use a table and add to the table using socket commands Neil On 17 Apr 2015 05:27, "Dennis Jacobfeuerborn" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17.04.2015 00:51, Igor Cicimov wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I'm trying to find the best way to toggle maintenance mode for a site. I > >> have a regular and a maintenance backend defined an I'm using something > >> like: > >> > >> frontend: > >> acl is_maintenance always_false > >> use_backend back-maintenance if is_maintenance > >> default_backend back > >> > >> Since I saw some ACL modifying command for the unix socket I figured > >> that I could use those to switch the acl dynamically but apparently > >> while there are get/add/del/clear commands there is no actual command to > >> set an acl. > >> Is there a way to accomplish this kind of dynamic switching? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Dennis > >> > >> > > How about putting the maintenance server as backup in the pool and > removing > > the real server from the pool when due for maintenance and then putting > it > > back when finished. > > I was hoping to avoid this as I also want to switch between the > maintenance/live site based on other ACLs e.g. based on the clients IP > address or a header. In that case removing the live servers isn't really > an option. > > Regards, > Dennis > > > >
