Magento 2 set Deploy mode

Today we discuss about Magento 2 set deploy mode. There are three deploy mode available in magento 2 Default . Developer and Production mode. These three mode have different kind of behavior. So let talk about deploy mode in details. You can set deploy mode with following command.

Set deploy mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set

Show deploy mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:show

Default Mode:

This is by default when new magento 2 installed. Following behavior default mode have.

errors logged in var/report, not displayed
static created dynamically – copied! changes not visible. cached

Developer Mode:

Developer mode is min speed. You can set developer mode with following command.

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

exceptions displayed, not logged
exception thrown if bad event subscriber.
var/report detailed
static created dynamically – symlinked???, changes visible immediately
error handler – throws exception instead of logging (notice etc.)

Production Mode

Production mode have max speed, no errors, no file generation. You can set production mode with following command.

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production

admin can’t enable/disable cache types
errors logged, not displayed
static not created dynamically, must be deployed
not need for www-data to write, pub/static can be read-only

Qaisar Satti

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