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Install phpMyAdmin with Fail2ban on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Secure phpMyAdmin with Fail2ban on Ubuntu—install Apache and phpMyAdmin with

apt update && apt install apache2 phpmyadmin

selecting Apache during setup (password: PhpMyAdm!n) Install Fail2ban via

apt install fail2ban

then create /etc/fail2ban/jail d/apache-phpmyadmin conf with

nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/apache-phpmyadmin.conf

[apache-phpmyadmin]\nenabled = true\nport = 80,443\nfilter = apache-auth\nlogpath = /var/log/apache2/error.log\nmaxretry = 5\nbantime = 3600

Restart with

systemctl restart fail2ban

open ports with

ufw allow 80 && ufw allow 443

On Hetzner access https://ip/phpmyadmin—Fail2ban ensures uptime by banning failed logins verified with

fail2ban-client status apache-phpmyadmin