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I connected to my Azure Website (reserved) via FTP this evening and uploaded an app_offline.htm file (tried HTML as well) but it isn't causing the application to stop as an app_offline.htm file would in a normal hosting environment.

Is it possible to do this on Azure Websites?

The site is a DotNetNuke site, but I doubt that has anything to do with it (as all of my other sites are based on DNN in normal hosting)

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    Well, it looks like after I stopped the service, then brought it back up, the app_offline file is now in effect...
    – Chris Hammond
    Commented Jul 20, 2012 at 5:11
  • Chris - I have experienced this as well. Looks like the file monitors don't work as expected.
    – Mitchel Sellers
    Commented Jul 20, 2012 at 17:56
  • You can post a feature request on mygreatwindowsazureidea.com/forums/… if current feature is not working as expected.
    – Ming Xu - MSFT
    Commented Jul 23, 2012 at 8:16

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Since stopping the service and bringing it back up worked, you should be able to "touch" the web.config file to get the same effect without going offline for a brief period of time.

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  • I tried this out, in DNN by resetting the app (which just touches the web.config) and also by renaming the web.config via FTP, didn't seem to have any effect.
    – Chris Hammond
    Commented Jul 21, 2012 at 9:00
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I am glad to report that app_offline.htm files now appear to work with Azure sites. I was just able to successfully upload an app_offline.htm file to the /site/wwwroot/ of my site, and disable the application while performing an upgrade for DotNetNuke.

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