Display downtime page when publishing application

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Is it possible in ASP.NET MVC to display a downtime page when publishing a project out to a server? Right now, if I hit the page while I am publishing I get an error:

Could not load type "App.MvcApplication"

It would be awesome if we could setup a downtime page so that users know to come back at a later time, instead of thinking that the app is busted.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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You could add an app_offline.htm page to your application root, traffic will be redirected to that page until you remove or rename it.

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Jan 20 '13 at 01:02

bevacqua

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Is it possible to redirect the application automatically (without renaming or removing app_offline.htm) after deployment progress is completed? Beacuse I need to forward the request to app_offline.htm only during publish progress. Any idea? – Jack May 20 '16 at 08:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '13 at 06:45

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An alternative to doing this in the application is to have IIS sort this out for you.

Application Initialization Module gives this feature, and also allows you to run warm-up scripts.

answered Jan 20 '13 at 06:45

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