MaintenanceUtilities is a Bukkit plugin designed to help server admins prevent players from joining their servers during maintenance.
plugins directory.config.yml file.You can enable or disable maintenance mode and edit the maintenance message by modifying the plugin configuration file.
state: disabled
Change to "enabled" to enable maintenance mode.
message: "\u00A7cThis server is under maintenance. Please check back later."
Edit the message according to your needs, but make sure to use MOTD codes for colors.