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Install Fail2ban on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Protect your Ubuntu VPS from brute-force attacks by installing Fail2ban—update with

apt update

then install via

apt install fail2ban -y

Start and enable it with

systemctl start fail2ban && systemctl enable fail2ban

Configure SSH protection by editing /etc/fail2ban/jail local—create it with

nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.local

and add:

[sshd]\nenabled = true\nport = 22\nfilter = sshd\nlogpath = /var/log/auth.log\nmaxretry = 5\nbantime = 3600

Restart with

systemctl restart fail2ban

and check status with

fail2ban-client status sshd

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