# Maintenance & Backups

# Maintenance & Backups

Nord Forge includes platform maintenance and backup functionality.

## Maintenance mode

When maintenance mode is enabled, normal users can be blocked from logging in while `network_admin` users retain administrative access.

## Backups

The admin area includes backup listing, creation and download routes.

In production, also maintain external backups of:

- Forge database
- Product/release storage
- Environment configuration
- Reverse proxy configuration
- Any published site assets

Do not rely on a single local backup copy.