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Configure Fail2ban with UFW on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Integrate Fail2ban with UFW on Ubuntu—install both with

apt install fail2ban ufw

then edit /etc/fail2ban/action d/ufw conf with

nano /etc/fail2ban/action.d/ufw.conf

[Definition]\nactionstart =\nactionstop =\nactioncheck =\nactionban = ufw insert 1 deny from \nactionunban = ufw delete deny from

Update /etc/fail2ban/jail local:

[sshd]\nenabled = true\nport = 22\naction = ufw\nlogpath = /var/log/auth.log\nmaxretry = 5

Restart with

systemctl restart fail2ban

On Linode test with SSH attempts—check

ufw status

for \"DENY\" rules and

fail2ban-client status sshd

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