# Updated Guide – Perplexity Crawlers & AWS WAF Setup

**URL:** https://community.perplexity.ai/t/updated-guide-perplexity-crawlers-aws-waf-setup/1022
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [August 14, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/updated-guide-perplexity-crawlers-aws-waf-setup/1022 "2025-08-14T23:41:26Z")
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### Author: ![Kesku](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/kesku/32/898_2.png) [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/updated-guide-perplexity-crawlers-aws-waf-setup/1022/1 "2025-08-14T23:41:26Z")

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**Hey everyone!**

We’ve published **updated instructions** for website owners on allowing Perplexity’s crawlers and configuring **AWS WAF** correctly.

**What’s inside:**

- How **PerplexityBot** and **Perplexity-User** work (and when they’re used)
- Exact **user-agent strings** & **published IP ranges**
- Recommended **robots.txt** settings
- **AWS WAF rules** – allowlisting tips, CIDR updates, and common pitfalls

If you manage a site or API and want Perplexity to **surface your content reliably** , this guide will help you get set up quickly.

**Read the guide:** [https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots)