1. What is the nature and description of the request?

 AAP deployed on OCP as an operator does not have an option to stop the necessary services to perform some of the maintenance activities.

Scenario:
AAP 2.5 is managed by Openshift operator. The external Postgresdb is provided by a dedicated database server. Can not shut down AAP 2.5 application (including gateway, controller, hub, and eda) to allow maintenance of the external Postgresdb.

1. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

To perform maintenance activities

1. How would you like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)

By having an option to put AAP in maintenance mode.

1. List any affected known dependencies: Doc, UI etc..

AAP operator