fail2ban role¶

Install and configure fail2ban.

Usage¶

Configure all depending roles.

fail2ban_packages:
  - name: fail2ban # default: fail2ban
fail2ban_enabled: true # default: false
fail2ban_sshd_enabled: "false" # default: "true"
fail2ban_ignoreip: 84.75.180.227
fail2ban_bantime: 10m # default: 1d

Include it in your playbook.

- hosts: fail2ban
  roles:
  - role: fail2ban

Docs¶

Show status¶

Run fail2ban-client status sshd to get the status of the fail2ban service.

Show status for alls hosts.

ansible all -i inventories/mint_system -a "sudo fail2ban-client status sshd"

Stop fail2ban service¶

To stop the fail2ban service run:

fail2ban-client stop