Hi all, I''m new to rails and this is my first post to this list so apologies if I''m little slow on a few things. I have a standard database app with multiple users and a limited access admin controller. Occasionally, I need to run some very processor-intensive queries on the database that slow the app to a crawl. During this time, I would like to lock out users from accessing the app. Specifically, I want to redirect users accessing any controller other than the admin controller to a page that says "check back later". Currently, I just edit my .htaccess file when I do this. However, I want to be be able to run an action from my admin controller that does this for me. I tried setting a global variable (with a dollar sign) in my admin controller but none of the other controllers seem to be able to see it. I can''t store the variable in the database either, since the busy database is the reason I wanted to lock users out in the first place. I''m also considering just having the action run a shell script but I''m not really sure how to do this. If anyone has any ideas, I''d be much obliged. -- Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Andrew Fong wrote:> I have a standard database app with multiple users and a limited > access admin controller. Occasionally, I need to run some very > processor-intensive queries on the database that slow the app to a > crawl. During this time, I would like to lock out users from accessing > the app. Specifically, I want to redirect users accessing any > controller other than the admin controller to a page that says "check > back later". > > Currently, I just edit my .htaccess file when I do this. However, I > want to be be able to run an action from my admin controller that does > this for me.it sounds like you want a filter at the top of the application controller that checks whether a "redirect all non-admin users" flag is set and, if so, checks whether the request is coming from a logged in user who has the admin bit. the filter should redirect to the temporary page, and shouldn''t run for the login controller (which you''ll need to go to manually, but will let you log in so admin users can bypass the filter. you might look at how acts_as_authenticated handles login filters to provide some guidance on doing one yourself. -faisal --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Andrew Fong wrote:> Hi all, > > I''m new to rails and this is my first post to this list so apologies > if I''m little slow on a few things. > > I have a standard database app with multiple users and a limited > access admin controller. Occasionally, I need to run some very > processor-intensive queries on the database that slow the app to a > crawl. During this time, I would like to lock out users from accessing > the app. Specifically, I want to redirect users accessing any > controller other than the admin controller to a page that says "check > back later". > > Currently, I just edit my .htaccess file when I do this. However, I > want to be be able to run an action from my admin controller that does > this for me. > > I tried setting a global variable (with a dollar sign) in my admin > controller but none of the other controllers seem to be able to see > it. I can''t store the variable in the database either, since the busy > database is the reason I wanted to lock users out in the first place. > I''m also considering just having the action run a shell script but I''m > not really sure how to do this. > > If anyone has any ideas, I''d be much obliged.Capistrano has (or had?) a way to disable your web access altogether by creating a maintenance.html file. With Apache configured correctly all requests are being served this file when it exists. When the file is removed the application becomas accessible once more. You should be able to do something similar. -- Cheers, - Jacob Atzen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---