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fail2ban command

常用指令表
Cmd Description

service fail2ban restart

systemctl restart fail2ban

restart fail2ban service (after edit configuration)
fail2ban-client reload restart fail2ban client
fail2ban-client status get list activated jail
fail2ban-client status <JAIL>
example: fail2ban-client status wplogin
example: fail2ban-client status sshd
get <JAIL> status (the number of unsuccessful attempts and the list of banned IPs)
fail2ban-regex /var/lib/docker/containers/<CONTAINERID>/<CONTAINERID>-json.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/wplogin.conf test regex wplogin
fail2ban-regex /var/log/auth.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/sshd.conf test regex sshd
fail2ban-regex "line" "failregex" test regex
fail2ban-client set <JAIL-NAME> unbanip <IP-ADDRESS> manually unban IP
fail2ban-client  set <JAIL-NAME> banip <IP-ADDRESS> manually Ban IP
tail -f /var/log/fail2ban.log view fail2ban logs
iptables -L –line-numbers list IP blocked with line numbers
iptables -D <Jail-Name> -s <IP-ADDRESS> -j DROP
Example: Jail-Name =f2b-wplogin
Jail-Name =f2b-sshd
Unban IP
fail2ban-server -b start fail2ban server
docker inspect –format='{{.LogPath}}' $INSTANCE_ID return instance log file path
fail2ban-client get <JAIL-NAME> ignoreip
Test ignoreip for JAIL

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fail2ban-client version

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fail2ban-client -h