FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1) User Commands FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)
NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v1.1.0 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 via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .
SEE ALSO
fail2ban-client(1)
Fail2Ban v1.1.0 April 2024 FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)
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