Can I as administrator set Jira into "maintenance mode" to install or uprgrade a plugin?

[Ulrich Nack]

Is there a way to set JIRA into a "maintenance mode" during upgrade of a plugin to avoid users can use JIRA - like foreground indexing?

Best regards
Uli

[Paul Pasler · Accepted solution]

This is what Atlassian suggests:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Preventing+users+from+accessing+JIRA+during+backups

Also there have been answers for this topic:

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/59399

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/23084

Maybe some of these helps