PaesslerCloudBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe PaesslerCloudBot is used by Paessler PRTG to monitor websites for availability and performance. Operated by Paessler.
What is PaesslerCloudBot?
PaesslerCloudBot is a web crawler operated by Paessler. The PaesslerCloudBot is used by Paessler PRTG to monitor websites for availability and performance.
Identification
PRTGCloudBotHow we rated this bot
Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.
What we read
- Meta Has New Web-Crawling Bots That Sneakily Get Around Robots.txt - Business Insider
- The Major Companies and Media Outlets Blocking OpenAI's Crawler GPTBot - Business Insider
- What Is a robots.txt File? (And When To Use One)
- Known Agents Review: Google Analytics for Bots | Agent Finder
- HUMAN and TollBit Empower Websites with Robust Bot Management and Content Monetization Solutions for AI Agents
Why it crawls your site
PaesslerCloudBot crawls websites to monitor website availability, performance, and analytics. It is operated by Paessler as part of their monitoring and analytics infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow PaesslerCloudBot
Add a Disallow rule for PRTGCloudBot 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 PaesslerCloudBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: PRTGCloudBot Disallow: / # Allow PaesslerCloudBot full access User-agent: PRTGCloudBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows PRTGCloudBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Paessler's documentation.
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