How to Whitelist MeirraBot
Review the configured MeirraBot IP addresses before changing your firewall, CDN, or WAF rules. The User-Agent string alone does not authenticate a caller.
Why is MeirraBot blocked?
The public MeirraBot User-Agent string can be copied by other callers. A rule based only on this string does not verify who sent a request. MeirraBot is our SEO crawler that analyses your website for technical issues, content quality, and search engine compliance. Some firewalls and CDNs block automated requests by default. If MeirraBot is blocked, we cannot perform SEO analysis on your website. Our User-Agent: MeirraBot/1.0 (+https://meirra.com/bot) Our Crawler IPs: - 107.173.130.79 - 107.172.58.185
Cloudflare
If your site uses Cloudflare: 1. Log in to your Cloudflare dashboard 2. Select your domain 3. Go to Security > WAF > Tools 4. Under IP Access Rules, click 'Add' 5. Enter 107.173.130.79 and select 'Allow' 6. Repeat for 107.172.58.185
Vercel
If your site uses Vercel: 1. Log in to your Vercel dashboard 2. Go to your project Settings 3. Navigate to the Firewall section 4. Add our crawler IPs (107.173.130.79 and 107.172.58.185) to the allow list 5. Save your changes
Other Firewalls (AWS WAF, Sucuri, Akamai, nginx, Apache)
For other firewall providers: AWS WAF: 1. Open the AWS WAF console 2. Select your Web ACL 3. Create an IP Set with our IPs: 107.173.130.79 and 107.172.58.185 4. Add a rule to allow traffic from this IP Set Sucuri: 1. Log in to your Sucuri dashboard 2. Go to Firewall > Settings > IP Allowlist 3. Add each of our crawler IPs
Crawler IP Addresses
The following addresses are listed in the current crawler configuration. This list does not establish every request path or historical source address. - 107.173.130.79 (Primary crawler) - 107.172.58.185 (Rendering service) These IPs are also listed on our bot information page at meirra.com/bot. The verification endpoint checks whether a supplied IP is in the configured list. It does not authenticate a caller or prove that a particular request came from MeirraBot. GET https://meirra.com/api/bot/verify?ip=107.173.130.79
Verify the Fix
After whitelisting MeirraBot: 1. Go to your SEO Dashboard 2. Click the 'Retry Connection' button on the warning banner 3. If the connection test succeeds, the banner will disappear 4. You can then run a new crawl to start your SEO analysis If you continue to experience issues after whitelisting, please contact us at support@meirra.com.
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