What Is enterramon-bot? – Blue Raven Knowledge Base

enterramon-bot is the automated monitoring agent used by Blue Raven Pro’s Site Monitoring service (Enterramon). It periodically checks your website to collect performance, uptime, and software health data helping you stay ahead of issues like slow load times, outdated plugins, or security vulnerabilities.

This bot only monitors sites with an active Blue Raven Pro license. If you see enterramon-bot in your server logs, it means your site is enrolled in Site Monitoring.

Why Does enterramon-bot Visit My Site?

The bot performs the below:

Measurement request: A full check that records:

  • Time to First Byte (TTFB)
  • Page generation time
  • WordPress and plugin versions
  • Server IP and Cloudflare edge location

The file connects to the Blue Raven Pro Plugin to gather this information, All data is sent securely to the Enterrahost monitoring platform and displayed in your Site Monitoring dashboard.

How Does It Identify Itself?

The bot uses a clear, standard user-agent string so you can recognize it in logs or security tools:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; enterramon-bot; +https://enterrahost.com/enterramon-bot/)

You can also refer to it simply as:

enterramon-bot

Can I Block or Allow It?

Yes. The bot respects standard robots.txt rules.

To block enterramon-bot:

Add this to your robots.txt file:

User-agent: enterramon-bot 
Disallow: /

⚠️ Blocking the bot will stop Site Monitoring from working.

To allow it (recommended):

Ensure your robots.txt does not block the bot. Most sites allow it by default.

If you use Cloudflare, you can also explicitly allow the bot using a custom WAF rule:

  1. Go to Security > Security Rules > Create Rule > Custom Rule
  2. Create a new rule with:
    • Field: User Agent
    • Operator: contains
    • Value: enterramon-bot
    • Action: Skip (or block if you want to block the bot)
  3. Log matching requests: Set to Yes
  4. WAF components to skip:
    • All remaining custom rules
    • All rate limiting rules
    • All managed rules
    • All Super Bot Fight Mode Rules
  5. Deploy the rule

This ensures the bot isn’t accidentally blocked by security settings.

Cloudflare rule setup screen to bypass WAF for user agent "enterramon-bot," with options to skip security features.
Cloudflare Custom Rule to Skip for enterramon-bot

Is It Safe?

Yes. enterramon-bot:

  • Only reads public endpoints in the Blue Raven Pro Plugin
  • Never modifies your site
  • Uses secure HTTPS connections
  • Follows crawl rate limits to avoid overload

It’s designed to be lightweight, respectful, and transparent.

Need Help?

Have concerns about the bot? Contact support

View your monitoring data at Blue Raven > Tools > Site Monitoring (Pro only)

Learn more about Site Monitoring here