[Koha] how to avoid high cpu uses due to web crawlers

[vinod mishra]

Thanks that is the ultimate solution, looking for any other effective
solution too if faced in future. Creating robots.txt file seems easy but
finding which crawler is hitting is difficult with IP

On Wed, 10 Jan, 2024, 13:16 Nirmit Krishnatray, <nirmit at edutech.com> wrote:

> Hi  sir,
>
> Try to block the ip that is hitting on your server.
>
> Best Regards
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of vinod
> mishra
> Sent: 10 January 2024 12:52
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> Subject: [Koha] how to avoid high cpu uses due to web crawlers
>
> Hello
>
> I found that an IP 47.76.35.19 is hitting my opac continuously, due to
> which CPU use is very high, and it makes the entire Koha opac and staff
> client very slow.
>
> I tried following the links but could not resolve the issue.
>
> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4042#c3
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Tuning_Guide
>
> I am also not able to locate the file .htaccess in mu ubuntu 18.04 with
> koha 20.04 Can anyone how to resolve this?
>
> With Regards,
>
> Vinod Kumar Mishra,
> (Ph.D, MLISC, MA, B.Sc, DCA)
> Assistant Librarian,
> Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
> NIT Rourkela,
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> India.
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