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Bot Access Profile Guide
The Bot Access Profile enables you to block or whitelist known bots to your site.
This means blocking or permitting bots for the specific zones where the Bot Access Profile is set.
Note: you can block bots, however, bot whitelisting is only available on dedicated servers as it can lead to very significant traffic spikes in the event that whitelisted bots do not follow best practice guidelines and the rules outlined in robots.txt, this can result in downtime and increased service investment.
To move to a dedicated setup please contact the Affino team.
Set up the Bot Access Profile
Control > Security > Bot Access Profiles > (Add/Edit)
This screen allows you to either block or whitelist known bots you wish to grant/deny access to your site.
Note: bot whitelisting is only available on dedicated servers
Fields
- Name: Enter the name of the bot you wish to whitelist (or block)
- Description: Enter a description of bot and why you wish to whitelist (or block) it
- URL: Enter bot URL browser string, this can be wildcard string, e.g. %GoogleBot%, Bing%
- Access Type: Block or Whitelist
Select to block or whitelist a known bot - Zone Options: Apply To All Zones, Apply To All Except Selected Zones or Only Apply To Selected Zones
Select whether Bot Access can apply to All or Selected Zones - Zones: Select to which Zone this Bot Access Profile applies
- Live: Select to enable Bot Management
Bot Access Profiles Listing
Control > Security > Bot Access Profiles
The Bot Access Profiles listing shows all of the profiles that have been created, together with some key values.
Fields
- Delete: check the tickbox and the click on the Action button to delete the profile
- Edit: click to edit the profile
- Name: the name of the profile
- User Agent: the blocked or whitelisted URL
- Access Type: Whitelist or Blocked
- Zone: the zones where the profile is applied/not applied (if Apply To All Zones is selected no znes will be shown)
- No. Of Triggers: the number of times this bot hs been blocked or whitelisted
- Most Recent Trigger: the last time the bot was blocked or whitelisted
- Created: Date and Time the profile was created
- Created By: the internal user that created the profile
Search Filters
- Name
- User Agent
- Access Type
- Zone
Bot Access Logs
Control > Security > Bot Access Logs
Use this screen to check whether an IP Address or Browser String has been blocked by the Bot Protection Application and for what reason (Access Type).
Note: the past 30 days of data is stored.
Fields
- IP Address
- Type
- Browser
- Access Type
- First Access
- Last Access
- No. Of Accesses
Search Filters
- IP Address
- Browser String
- Bot Trigger Type
- Access Date
- Access Type
- List View
- Min No. Blocks
Example setup
Here is an example setup for a bot that you wish to whitelist:
If you have a bot from Facebook that is frequently visiting your site, so much so that it ends up being blocked, you can add it to a Bot Access Profile so that its not blocked and it can continue visiting your site.
After it has been whitelisted the bot will appear as "Allowed".
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