Disable Frontend in Magento 2

Disable the frontend in Magento 2 for using only the Admin and the API routes.

This was forked from abelbm/magento2-disable-frontend

1. Install Disable Frontend

Manual Installation

Install Disable Frontend for Magento2

• Download the extension
• Unzip the file
• Create a folder {Magento root}/app/code/FocusriteNovation/DisableFrontend
• Copy the content from the unzip folder

Using Composer

$ composer require focusrite-novation/magento2-disablefrontend

2. Enable Disable Frontend

$ php bin/magento module:enable FocusriteNovation_DisableFrontend
$ php bin/magento setup:upgrade
$ php bin/magento cache:flush
$ php bin/magento setup:di:compile

3. Change the frontend redirect

Stores > Configuration > Advanced > Admin > Disable Frontend