Stop an Application - Heroku

Just a quick post on how to stop an app on Heroku:

root@chris-VirtualBox:~/site# heroku maintenance:on
Maintenance mode enabled.

This will display a static page to all visitors but still allows for migrations etc:

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Heroku - Application Offline for Maintenance

To re-enable the app simply use the following:

root@chris-VirtualBox:~/site# heroku maintenance:off
Maintenance mode disabled.