NAME

fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS

   fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Fail2Ban v0.10.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

OPTIONS

   -c <DIR>
          configuration directory

   -s <FILE>
          socket path

   -p <FILE>
          pidfile path

   --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

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .

Copyright © 2004-2008 Cyril Jaquier, 2008- Fail2Ban Contributors Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors. Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).

SEE ALSO

fail2ban-client(1)

fail2ban-server v0.10.2 January 2018 FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)