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.