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I have the following error showing up in my log file:

> ManagedPoolThread #8 16:51:28 WARN  Authentication on CES Discovery service failed.
Exception: System.Net.WebException
Message: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
Source: System
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at Sitecore.CES.Client.WebClient.ExecuteRequest(String requestUri)
   at Sitecore.CES.Client.ResourceConnector`1.Request(String endpoint, Object[] parameters)
   at Sitecore.CES.Discovery.EndpointSource.GetEndpoint(String serviceName)

Little googling shows that it's somehow related to GeoIP lookup. We're not using any GeoIP lookup functionality though. Is there something I'm missing? Is there a config setting I need to disable that is ON by default and I just don't know it?

Thanks in advance!

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    I have been wondering for along time why this happened as well, but just haven't bothered to look into it.
    – Søren Kruse
    Oct 6, 2016 at 5:15

4 Answers 4

Reset to default
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This looks like it's part of the Device Detection feature within the Sitecore.CES configuration.

It's fair that you would want device detection yet not have the GeoIP feature of it enabled. Have you tried renaming the following two configuration files to disable them and see if that works?

  • App_Config/Include/CES/Sitecore.CES.GeoIp.config
  • App_Config/Include/CES/Sitecore.CES.GeoIp.LegacyLocation.config

If you don't want device detection at all, it can be changed by patching the following setting in Sitecore.CES.DeviceDetection.config:

<setting name="DeviceDetection.Enabled" value="true" />
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  • Great - did you disable DeviceDetection completely or just disable the GeoIP files?
    – Kasaku
    Oct 6, 2016 at 8:20
  • Disabled device detection altogether.
    – LonghornTaco
    Oct 6, 2016 at 14:22
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    Note that in Sitecore 9+ the setting is found here \App_Config\Sitecore\DeviceDetection.Client\Sitecore.CES.DeviceDetection.config
    – Matthew Dresser
    Jun 19, 2020 at 15:08
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Ensure that the following setting in the Sitecore.Analytics.config file is set to false

<setting name="Analytics.PerformLookup" value="false" />
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  • I don't know where I saw this before, but I lost the reference and I spent hours trying to find it again because I KNEW there was another setting that I had to patch but couldn't for the life of me remember what it was. Thanks so much, Phil! I'd upvote this again if I could.
    – Zachary Kniebel
    Nov 10, 2016 at 3:31
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In Sitecore v10+ you can find the

setting name="Analytics.PerformLookup" value="true" in

\App_Config\Sitecore\Marketing.Tracking\Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.config

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The Analytics.PerformLookup setting is deprecated since Sitecore 10.1.0 and is replaced by GeoIp.PerformLookup. See below patch file to disable this:

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/"  >
  <sitecore>
    <settings>
      <setting name="GeoIp.PerformLookup">
        <patch:attribute name="value" value="false" />
      </setting>     
    </settings>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>
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