How to Enable Maintenance Mode in Laravel | Custom 503 Page & Secret Bypass Key | SoftwareBhai Tech

How to Enable Maintenance Mode in Laravel | Custom 503 Page & Secret Bypass Key | SoftwareBhai Tech

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to properly use Laravel’s Maintenance Mode to keep your site offline during updates without affecting your workflow.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• How to enable maintenance mode in Laravel

• How to disable maintenance mode

• How to customize the 503 error page

• How to set a secret bypass key for developers

• Best practices for deploying Laravel projects safely

Technologies Used:

• Laravel (Latest Version)

• Blade Templates (for custom 503 page)

• Artisan Commands

Artisan Commands Used:

php artisan down
php artisan down --secret="your-secret-key"
php artisan up