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Rocky Linux 9 - nginx - how to use fail2ban?

 #install

sudo dnf install epel-release –y

sudo dnf install fail2ban –y

systemctl status fail2ban.service



#configuration

/etc/fail2ban

cp jail.conf jail.local

in nginx section enable: enabled  = true



#system restart

sudo systemctl enable fail2ban

activating fail2ban: sudo systemctl enable fail2ban



#start

start: systemctl start fail2ban





#checking status

check client status: fail2ban-client status

detail status: fail2ban-client status nginx-http-auth



#how to unban an ip address? 

fail2ban-client set nginx-http-auth unbanip 188.22.34.13



#want more log files?

fail2ban log file: /var/log/fail2ban.log





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see also

- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-an-nginx-server-with-fail2ban-on-rocky-linux-9

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Rocky Linux 9 - nginx - how to use fail2ban?