diff --git a/awx/main/middleware.py b/awx/main/middleware.py
index b553ffed87..b09d5405f5 100644
--- a/awx/main/middleware.py
+++ b/awx/main/middleware.py
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
# Copyright (c) 2014 AnsibleWorks, Inc.
# All Rights Reserved.
+import json
+import logging
+import threading
+import uuid
+import urllib2
+
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, AnonymousUser
from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
from django.db import IntegrityError
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
from django.utils.functional import curry
-from awx.main.models import ActivityStream, AuthToken
-import json
-import threading
-import uuid
-import urllib2
-import logging
+from awx import __version__ as version
+from awx.main.models import ActivityStream, AuthToken, Instance
+
+
logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.middleware')
+
class ActivityStreamMiddleware(threading.local):
def __init__(self):
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ class ActivityStreamMiddleware(threading.local):
self.instance_ids.append(instance.id)
-class HAMiddlware(object):
+class HAMiddleware(object):
"""A middleware class that checks to see whether the request is being
served on a secondary instance, and redirects the request back to the
primary instance if so.
@@ -72,3 +79,23 @@ class HAMiddlware(object):
"""Process the request, and redirect if this is a request on a
secondary node.
"""
+ # Is this the primary node? If so, we can just return None and be done;
+ # we just want normal behavior in this case.
+ if Instance.objects.my_role() == 'primary':
+ return None
+
+ # Get the primary instance.
+ primary = Instance.objects.primary()
+
+ # If this is a request to /, then we return a special landing page that
+ # informs the user that they are on the secondary instance and will
+ # be redirected.
+ if request.path == '/':
+ return TemplateResponse(request, 'ha/redirect.html', {
+ 'primary': primary,
+ 'redirect_seconds': 30,
+ 'version': version,
+ })
+
+ # Redirect to the base page of the primary instance.
+ return HttpResponseRedirect('http://%s/' % primary.ip_address)
diff --git a/awx/templates/ha/redirect.html b/awx/templates/ha/redirect.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..244575756f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/templates/ha/redirect.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+
+ Ansible Tower: Secondary
+
+
+
+ Ansible Tower
+ This Ansible Tower server (version {{ version }}) is in secondary
+ mode. The current master is {{ primary.ip_address }}.
+
+ This page will redirect in {{ redirect_seconds }} seconds.
+
+