NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v1.1.1 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 to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues