Maintenance mode allows new or updated software
to run by automatically allowing the incoming
software changes in the computer ruleset, while
continuing to block any software that has a block
rule. Generally, use the following steps to
configure maintenance mode:
Procedure
- Create a
Computer
object. - Create and configure an
ApplicationControlComputerExtension
object to turn on maintenance mode. Optionally, set a duration to turn off maintenance mode automatically. Add theApplicationControlComputerExtension
object to theComputer
object. - Use a
ComputerApi
object to turn on maintenance mode on the computer. - Use the
ComputerApi
object to verify maintenance mode is on.
What to do next
If you did not set maintenance mode to turn off
automatically:
-
Create a
Computer
object. -
Create and configure an
ApplicationControlComputerExtension
object to turn off maintenance mode and add it to theComputer
object. -
Use a
ComputerApi
object to turn off maintenance mode.
For more information about maintenance mode, see
the Turn on maintenance mode when making planned
changes.
The following example enables
maintenance mode for 10 minutes during a scheduled
upgrade.
# Create and configure an ApplicationControlComputerExtesnion object application_control = api.ApplicationControlComputerExtension() application_control.maintenance_mode_status = "on" application_control.maintenance_mode_duration = duration # Add the ApplicationControlComputerExtension to a Computer object computer = api.Computer() computer.application_control = application_control # Update the computer computers_api = api.ComputersApi(api.ApiClient(configuration)) return computers_api.modify_computer(computer_id, computer, api_version)
Also
see the Modify a Computer operation in the API
Reference.