Bushbaby
GoodBotVerifiedBOTBushbaby is an internal bot used by Cloudflare. Its purpose is to manage and renew SSL certificates for websites that use Cloudflare's services. Operated by Cloudflare.
What is Bushbaby?
Bushbaby is a web crawler operated by Cloudflare. Bushbaby is an internal bot used by Cloudflare. Its purpose is to manage and renew SSL certificates for websites that use Cloudflare's services.
Identification
bushbaby/Why it crawls your site
Bushbaby crawls websites to scan for security vulnerabilities and potential threats. It is operated by Cloudflare as part of their security infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Bushbaby
Add a Disallow rule for bushbaby/ in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block Bushbaby from crawling your entire site User-agent: bushbaby/ Disallow: / # Allow Bushbaby full access User-agent: bushbaby/ Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows bushbaby/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Cloudflare's documentation.
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From the community
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