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How to block custom bots on a Plesk server?

 
apachefail2banipplesk for linuxplesk server

Question

How to block custom bots on Plesk server?

Answer

It is possible to add the required bots into Fail2ban "apache-badbot" jail:

  1. Log in to Plesk.

  2. Go to Tools & Settings > IP Address Banning (Fail2Ban) > Jails and click on Manage Filters

  3. Select apache-badbots.

  4. Edit the existing filter by adding the required custom bots in the "badbotscustom" value separated by a pipe, e.g.:

    badbots.png

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