# ownCloud Administrators Manual

# Maintenance

This section discusses the different stages of maintenance.

Parameter | Format | Description
Single User | ‘singleuser’ => false, | When set to true, the ownCloud instance will be unavailable for all users not in the admin group. This is useful when performing maintenance.
Maintenance | “maintenance” => false, | Enable maintenance mode to disable ownCloud. When performing upgrades, ownCloud automatically enters maintenance mode. When enabled, users who are already logged-in are kicked out of ownCloud instantly.