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Last updated: 12 Jan 2022

Switch an app off temporarily

In the event of a security incident an app may need to be switched off until it can be patched.

Before you begin you will need to identify:

  • which machine class the application runs on
  • how many machines of that class there are

See the SSH into machines docs for more information

  1. SSH into the first machine:
   gds govuk connect -e production ssh <machine_class>:<box_number>
  1. Disable puppet on the machine to prevent it automatically restarting the app (provide a better reason if you can):
      sudo govuk_puppet --test --disable "Disabling puppet to prevent app restarting (by $USER)"
  1. Stop the application service on the relevant machine
      sudo <app_name> stop
  1. Repeat for other machines in the class until all have been disabled.

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