django-under-maintenance

Django middleware to put your application under maitenance. It works on a applicaton level, so your django aplication need to be running.

Installation

• Install django-under-maintenance

• Add to your middleware classes

   MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ( 
       'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',    
       'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',    
       'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',    
       'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware', 
       ....
       'django_maintenance.maintenance.DjangoMaintenance',
   )
  

• Add the app:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        ...,
        'django_maintenance',
    )
  

Commands

• manage.py maintenance (on|off) - will (enable|dsable) maintenance mode.