fail2ban-server(1)

1FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)               User Commands              FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)
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NAME

6       fail2ban-server - start the server
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SYNOPSIS

9       fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Fail2Ban  v0.11.1  reads log file that contains password failure report
13       and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
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OPTIONS

16       -c <DIR>
17              configuration directory
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19       -s <FILE>
20              socket path
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22       -p <FILE>
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25       --loglevel <LEVEL>
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28       --logtarget <TARGET>
29              logging target, use  file-name  or  stdout,  stderr,  syslog  or
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32       --syslogsocket auto|<FILE>
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34       -d     dump configuration. For debugging
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36       --dp, --dump-pretty
37              dump the configuration using more human readable representation
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39       -t, --test
40              test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)
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42       -i     interactive mode
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44       -v     increase verbosity
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46       -q     decrease verbosity
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48       -x     force execution of the server (remove socket file)
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50       -b     start server in background (default)
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52       -f     start server in foreground
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54       --async
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58       --timeout
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62       --str2sec <STRING>
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65       -h, --help
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68       -V, --version
69              print the version (-V returns machine-readable short format)
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REPORTING BUGS

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