Stratus Panel - Access > Controlling Access

The Webscale STRATUS admin panel provides several tools for controlling external access to a Magento environment. Restricting access may be for development purposes or to keep out unwanted visitors.

Since your Webscale STRATUS pricing is based on user sessions, it is prudent to restrict users to only those that should be visiting a Magento environment. For example, if a environment is not shipping or selling to customers in Russia, then visitors from Russia can be blocked.

STRATUS provides the following methods for controlling access:

  • [Protect Website](/docs/reference/stratus/control-panels/access-panel/protect-website/ “Configure website protection”/) — Set a sitewide username and password in order to access any part of the environment.
  • [Protect URL](/docs/reference/stratus/control-panels/access-panel/protect-url/ “Configure website URL protection”/) — Restrict access to specific URL paths in a Magento environment by setting a username and password.
  • [Restrict By IP Address](/docs/reference/stratus/control-panels/access-panel/restrict-ip/ “Configure IP restrictions”/) — Restrict access to an environment by allowing or denying specific IP addresses.
  • [Block Countries](/docs/reference/stratus/control-panels/access-panel/block-countries/ “Configure country blocking”/) — Block users who are trying to access a Magento environment based on their country location of access.
  • [Block Bots](/docs/reference/stratus/control-panels/access-panel/block-bots/ “Configure bots blocking”/) — Block unnecessary “bots” from indexing a Magento environment.
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Last modified on June 3, 2026