When users log in the platform can display a notification of a planned maintenance window to all users. Users can acknowledge the popup and request that the platform does not display it again, and this preference is stored in cookies.
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To display the additional maintenance information, the user can click on the ? Help "?" button in the top left-hand corner of the popup. This will go to open a link that the administrator can configure.The platform also displays a maintenance notice link at the bottom of the screen.
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By default, the maintenance window in the UI will have a status of scheduled, in progress, or finished. The platform determines this status automatically from the dates set by the administrator.
To customize the maintenance states, change the UI labels for "
maintenance.status".
For example, to change the "scheduled" label to "planned", modify the label text as follows:"maintenance.status.not_started" : "planned".
For details of how to create custom UI labels, see Abiquo UI client language configuration.
To configure and activate maintenance notices for a maintenance window:
Go to Configuration → Dashboard
Set the properties as described in the following table.
Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
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Enable maintenance mode | Boolean | yes | This attribute is used to enable Enable this feature | true |
Maintenance start time | String | yes | This attribute is used to specify the The start of the maintenance period in Javascript date-time format: | 2018-10-19T11:00:00.000+0200 |
Maintenance end time | String | yes | This attribute is used to specify the The end of the maintenance period in Javascript date-time format: | 2018-12-03T12:00:00.000+0200 |
Additional maintenance info URL | String | no | This attribute is used to add Add a link in the maintenance popup to add display additional information about the maintenance. The link is reached by clicking the "?" symbol To reach the link, click the ? help button in the top left-hand corner of the popup. | https://wiki.abiquo.com/display/doc/Configuration+View |
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