Maintenance page while docker takes time to rebuilt

[djnoah]

Hi there,
Is there a slick way to get a maintenance splash page in place while the docker is rebuilding?
The host is an ubuntu 22.04 server ?
Should I just install nginx and splash a page that way.
I wish the discourse docker could still be running while the rebuild process is occuring. But I see that it rips down the current docker closer to the start of the build process.
Cheers

[Moin]

Add an offline page to display when Discourse is rebuilding or starting up

This guide is intended for advanced users, who are already using nginx outside the docker container. By following this guide you make your setup more complicated and will loose some speed benefits like HTTP2 if you’re not running Ubuntu 16.04 or later. Proceed with caution! When Discourse is rebuilding or starting up, your users will usually either see an error message from their browser… [image] …or a not-so-nice 502 error message from Nginx: [image] If you’re a perfectionist l…

[merefield (Robert)]

@djnoah

I wish the discourse docker could still be running while the rebuild process is occuring. But I see that it rips down the current docker closer to the start of the build process.

You rarely need to upgrade from the terminal. Use the Upgrade page (Admin → Upgrade) and there is virtually zero downtime.

For the rare occasions when you need to upgrade from the terminal, see @Moin 's link

[djnoah]

Thank you for all the great information. Our team is really enjoying discourse. Kudos to all the developers that contributed to this project.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@djnoah

Should I just install nginx and splash a page that way.

If that’s something you can “just” do, then you can set up that nginx as a reverse proxy that will display the splash page if discourse is down.

@djnoah

wish the discourse docker could still be running while the rebuild process is occuring

You can do a two container install that does just that. This gives you downtime of just a minute while the new container starts up.

Which way is “easier” is a matter of opinion.