Site24x7
Site24x7 •
Since 2009
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What is Site24x7?
Site24x7, part of Zoho's ManageEngine suite, is a comprehensive monitoring platform that goes beyond simple uptime monitoring. Their bot performs website monitoring, real user monitoring, and synthetic transaction monitoring from over 100 global locations. Site24x7 also provides application performance monitoring (APM), server monitoring, and cloud monitoring in a unified platform. The bot can simulate complex user interactions, monitor APIs, and check website functionality. For enterprises needing all-in-one monitoring solutions, Site24x7's bot provides deep insights into entire IT infrastructure performance.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Site24x7/1.0; +https://www.site24x7.com/)
How to Control Site24x7
Block Completely
To prevent Site24x7 from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block Site24x7
User-agent: Site24x7
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: Site24x7
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /public/
Set Crawl Delay
To slow down the crawl rate (note: not all bots respect this directive):
User-agent: Site24x7
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify Site24x7
Verification Method:
Verify from Site24x7's monitoring locations
Verify from Site24x7's monitoring locations
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect Site24x7 in your application:
Basic Pattern
/Site24x7/i
Strict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(compatible; Site24x7/1\.0; \+https\://www\.site24x7\.com/\)$/
Flexible Pattern
/Site24x7[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*Site24x7.*Site24x7/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for Site24x7
function detect_site24x7() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/Site24x7/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('Site24x7 detected from IP: ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
// Set cache headers
header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
header('X-Robots-Tag: noarchive');
// Optional: Serve cached version
if (file_exists('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html')) {
readfile('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for Site24x7
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_site24x7():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'Site24x7'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class Site24x7Middleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for Site24x7
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect Site24x7
function detectSite24x7(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /Site24x7/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('Site24x7 detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'Site24x7';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectSite24x7);
# Apache .htaccess rules for Site24x7
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Site24x7 [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Site24x7 [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Site24x7" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /Site24x7/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for Site24x7
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_site24x7 {
default 0;
~*Site24x7 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_site24x7) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_site24x7) {
root /var/www/cached;
try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @backend;
}
try_files $uri @backend;
}
# Add headers for bot requests
location @backend {
if ($is_site24x7) {
add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600";
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noarchive";
}
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
Should You Block This Bot?
Recommendations based on your website type:
| Site Type | Recommendation | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce | Optional | Evaluate based on bandwidth usage vs. benefits |
| Blog/News | Allow | Increases content reach and discoverability |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Selective | Allow for public docs, block for internal docs |
| Corporate Site | Limit | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: Site24x7
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&page=
Allow: /products/
Allow: /categories/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Publishing/Blog Configuration
User-agent: Site24x7
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: Site24x7
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
Site24x7
Robots.txt Name
Site24x7
Category
monitoring
Respects robots.txt
May not respect
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