Correct way to setup maintenance page in nginx

[Quintin Par]

Hi all,

I tried using this method with `try_files`. Didn’t work. Also the HTTP
status code(503) is not being set.

    location / {
        try_files /var/www/during_build.html @maintenance;
            proxy_pass  http://localhost:82;
    }

    location @maintenance {
          return 503;
    }

This method outside of `location` directive

 error_page 503 /var/www/during_build.html;

 ## System Maintenance (Service Unavailable)
 if (-f  /var/www/during_build.html) {
     return 503;
 }

Is also not working. Nginx just returns 503 without the custom page.

What is the correct way to show system down pages?


-Quintin
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