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jmanya_44531
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Jun 08, 2014

iRule with iFile to show a maintenance page has crashed my APP

Hello friends, Please, hope you could help me this time again. I deployed an iRule to show a simple .jpg image containing a website maintenance message. The iRule is as follows: when HTTP_REQU...
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Arie
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Jun 09, 2014

You used HTTP status code 200, which is defined as "OK" and is allowed to be cached. It can also wreak havoc on SEO.

 

You won't be able to affect the clients (or proxies) that have already cached the item until the cache expires.

 

For future maintenance pages you'll want to use HTTP status code 503 (Service Unavailable).