One solution is to include , on each relevant page an area that is dedicated to "server status". This way you can change this area when the server is to about go down to give fair warning. After it is down, you will need to have another server (AKA the "Sorry Server") and redirect all requests to that server, as Mr. Galbreath recommends below.
--- "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can't without a boat-load of trouble. The simplest solution is probably > to have an auxiliary web server that would handle all incoming requests and > respond with some sort of "Down for maintenance" message. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: KL OOI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to broadcast a message > > > Hi all, > > I have an application running on Tomcat. If I want to shutdown for > maintenance. How do I broadcast a message to all the on-line user ? > Kindly provide any pointer if possible. > > Thanks. > > Regards, > KL > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ===== Mark Zawadzki Performance Engineer/DBA/Programmer extraordinaire’ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning" Robert Cringle (columnist, author, host of "Triumph of the Nerds") __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
