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3797509 - ROBOTS.TXT implementation requirement in SAP BOBJ/BODS system

Symptom

  • You have a requirement to implement robots.txt for compliance on a SAP Data Services (BODS) installation hosted on Apache Tomcat.
  • You observed that robots.txt is absent under Tomcat ROOT, leading to an audit finding and a request to restrict web crawler access.
  • You need confirmation whether the proposed remediation is acceptable:
    • create robots.txt with “User-agent: *” and “Disallow: /”,
    • place it in Tomcat webapps/ROOT,
    • set ownership to specific group:user, 
    • set permissions to 644; 
  • Are there are alternative supported approaches?


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Environment

  • SAP Businessobjects BI Platform 4.3 / 2025
  • SAP Data Services Engine Version 4.3 / 2025
  • SAP Businessobjects IPS 4.3 / 2025
  • Apache Tomcat 9.x / any supported application server
  • All supported platforms

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 2025 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 2027 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.3

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , How To

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