fail2ban-server - start the server

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  REPORTING BUGS  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

fail2ban-server − start the server

SYNOPSIS

fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Fail2Ban v1.0.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

OPTIONS

−c, −−conf <DIR>

configuration directory

−s, −−socket <FILE>

socket path

−p, −−pidfile <FILE>

pidfile path

−−pname <NAME>

name of the process (main thread) to identify instance (default fail2ban−server)

−−loglevel <LEVEL>

logging level

−−logtarget <TARGET>

logging target, use file−name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.

	−−syslogsocket auto|<FILE>
	−d

dump configuration. For debugging

−−dp, −−dump−pretty

dump the configuration using more human readable representation

−t, −−test

test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)

	−i		interactive mode
	−v		increase verbosity
	−q		decrease verbosity
	−x		force execution of the server (remove socket file)
	−b		start server in background (default)
	−f		start server in foreground

−−async

start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don’t read configuration)

−−timeout

timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don’t read configuration)

−−str2sec <STRING>

convert time abbreviation format to seconds

−h, −−help

display this help message

−V, −−version

print the version (−V returns machine−readable short format)

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues

SEE ALSO

fail2ban-client(1)

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