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This guide is going to walk you through how to put your online store into Magento Maintenance Mode so that your customers would know your site is currently on-going. It includes instructions for both Magento 1 and Magento 2.
Put Magento 1 in Maintenance Mode
1. Enable
Step 1: Using SSH to log in to your account.
Step 2: Navigate to the file you get your Magento installed in.
Step 3: Open the index.php file with editor and enter the following lines with the following order after “ $maintenanceFile = ‘maintenance.flag’; “ :
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$allowed = array('xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx');Remember to replace “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” with the IP address that you would like to allow access to the front-end while your store is in Maintenance Mode. Also, you can add multiple IP address and separate them by comma “,”.
Step 4: Change: if (file_exists($maintenanceFile)) {
To: if (file_exists($maintenanceFile) && !in_array($ip, $allowed)) {
Step 5: Save all changes to the index.php
Step 6: Enter touch maintenance.flag into the SSH command prompt.
Now, all the authorized IPs is able to access the site normally. Other visitors will receive the following message:
2. Disable
It is very simple to disable the Mode and re-enable your Magento online store.
You just need to enter the following command to SSH command prompt:
rm maintenance.flag
Put Magento 2 in Maintenance Mode
1. Enable
Step 1: Using SSH to log-in to your account.
Step 2: Navigate to the file you get your Magento installed in.
Step 3: Enter the following command to the SSH command prompt:
bin/magento maintenance:allow-ips xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Remember to replace “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” with the IP address that you would like to allow access to the front-end while your store is in Maintenance Mode.
Step 4: To enable the Mode, enter the following command:
bin/magento maintenance:enable
Now, all the authorized IPs is able to access the site normally. Other visitors will receive the following message:
2. Disable
It is very simple to disable the Mode and re-enable your Magento online store.
You just need to enter the following command to SSH command prompt:
bin/magento maintenance:disable
*Note: You can check your Maintenance Mode status by entering the following to the SSH command prompt:
bin/magento maintenance:status
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