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NAME

       fail2ban-client - configure and control the server

SYNOPSIS

       fail2ban-client [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

DESCRIPTION

       Fail2Ban  v1.0.2  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)

COMMAND

              BASIC

       start  starts the server and the jails

       restart
              restarts the server

       restart [--unban] [--if-exists] <JAIL>
              restarts the jail <JAIL> (alias for 'reload --restart ... <JAIL>')

       reload [--restart] [--unban] [--all]
              reloads the configuration without restarting of the server, the option  '--restart'
              activates  completely  restarting of affected jails, thereby can unban IP addresses
              (if option '--unban' specified)

       reload [--restart] [--unban] [--if-exists] <JAIL>
              reloads the jail <JAIL>, or restarts it (if option '--restart' specified)

       stop   stops all jails and terminate the server

       unban --all
              unbans all IP addresses (in all jails and database)

       unban <IP> ... <IP>
              unbans <IP> (in all jails and database)

       banned return jails with banned IPs as dictionary

       banned <IP> ... <IP>]
              return list(s) of jails where given IP(s) are banned

       status gets the current status of the server

       ping   tests if the server is alive

       echo   for internal usage, returns back and outputs a given string

       help   return this output

       version
              return the server version

              LOGGING

       set loglevel <LEVEL>
              sets logging level to <LEVEL>.  Levels: CRITICAL,  ERROR,  WARNING,  NOTICE,  INFO,
              DEBUG, TRACEDEBUG, HEAVYDEBUG or corresponding numeric value (50-5)

       get loglevel
              gets the logging level

       set logtarget <TARGET>
              sets logging target to <TARGET>.  Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG, SYSTEMD-JOURNAL or
              a file

       get logtarget
              gets logging target

       set syslogsocket auto|<SOCKET>
              sets the syslog socket path to auto or <SOCKET>. Only used if logtarget is SYSLOG

       get syslogsocket
              gets syslog socket path

       flushlogs
              flushes the logtarget if a file and reopens it. For log rotation.

              DATABASE

       set dbfile <FILE>
              set the location of fail2ban persistent datastore. Set to "None" to disable

       get dbfile
              get the location of fail2ban persistent datastore

       set dbmaxmatches <INT>
              sets the max number of matches stored in database per ticket

       get dbmaxmatches
              gets the max number of matches stored in database per ticket

       set dbpurgeage <SECONDS>
              sets the max age in <SECONDS> that history of bans will be kept

       get dbpurgeage
              gets the max age in seconds that history of bans will be kept

              JAIL CONTROL

       add <JAIL> <BACKEND>
              creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>

       start <JAIL>
              starts the jail <JAIL>

       stop <JAIL>
              stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is removed

       status <JAIL> [FLAVOR]
              gets the current status of <JAIL>, with optional flavor or extended info

              JAIL CONFIGURATION

       set <JAIL> idle on|off
              sets the idle state of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> ignoreself true|false
              allows the ignoring of own IP addresses

       set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP>
              adds <IP> to the ignore list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP>
              removes <IP> from the ignore list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> ignorecommand <VALUE>
              sets ignorecommand of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> ignorecache <VALUE>
              sets ignorecache of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE> ['tail']
              adds <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>, optionally starting at the 'tail'  of
              the file (default 'head').

       set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE>
              removes <FILE> from the monitoring list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> logencoding <ENCODING>
              sets the <ENCODING> of the log files for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addjournalmatch <MATCH>
              adds <MATCH> to the journal filter of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> deljournalmatch <MATCH>
              removes <MATCH> from the journal filter of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX>
              adds the regular expression <REGEX> which must match failures for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX>
              removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for failregex

       set <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX>
              adds  the  regular  expression  <REGEX>  which  should match pattern to exclude for
              <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX>
              removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for ignoreregex

       set <JAIL> findtime <TIME>
              sets the number of seconds <TIME> for which the filter will look back for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> bantime <TIME>
              sets the number of seconds <TIME> a host will be banned for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> datepattern <PATTERN>
              sets the <PATTERN> used to match date/times for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> usedns <VALUE>
              sets the usedns mode for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> attempt <IP> [<failure1> ... <failureN>]
              manually notify about <IP> failure

       set <JAIL> banip <IP> ... <IP>
              manually Ban <IP> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> unbanip [--report-absent] <IP> ... <IP>
              manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY>
              sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> maxmatches <INT>
              sets the max number of matches stored in memory per ticket in <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> maxlines <LINES>
              sets the number of <LINES> to buffer for regex search for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addaction <ACT>[ <PYTHONFILE> <JSONKWARGS>]
              adds a new action named <ACT> for <JAIL>. Optionally for a Python based  action,  a
              <PYTHONFILE> and <JSONKWARGS> can be specified, else will be a Command Action

       set <JAIL> delaction <ACT>
              removes the action <ACT> from <JAIL>

              COMMAND ACTION CONFIGURATION

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> actionstart <CMD>
              sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> actionstop <CMD> sets the stop command <CMD> of the
              action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> actioncheck <CMD>
              sets the check command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> actionban <CMD>
              sets the ban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> actionunban <CMD>
              sets the unban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> timeout <TIMEOUT>
              sets <TIMEOUT> as the command timeout in seconds for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

              GENERAL ACTION CONFIGURATION

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> <PROPERTY> <VALUE>
              sets the <VALUE> of <PROPERTY> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> action <ACT> <METHOD>[ <JSONKWARGS>]
              calls the <METHOD> with <JSONKWARGS> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

              JAIL INFORMATION

       get <JAIL> banned
              return banned IPs of <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> banned <IP> ... <IP>]
              return 1 if IP is banned in <JAIL> otherwise 0, or a list of 1/0 for multiple IPs

       get <JAIL> logpath
              gets the list of the monitored files for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> logencoding
              gets the encoding of the log files for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> journalmatch
              gets the journal filter match for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> ignoreself
              gets the current value of the ignoring the own IP addresses

       get <JAIL> ignoreip
              gets the list of ignored IP addresses for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> ignorecommand
              gets ignorecommand of <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> failregex
              gets the list of regular expressions which matches the failures for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> ignoreregex
              gets the list of regular expressions which matches patterns to ignore for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> findtime
              gets the time for which the filter will look back for failures for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> bantime
              gets the time a host is banned for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> datepattern
              gets the pattern used to match date/times for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> usedns
              gets the usedns setting for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> banip [<SEP>|--with-time]
              gets  the  list  of  of  banned  IP  addresses for <JAIL>. Optionally the separator
              character ('<SEP>', default is space) or the  option  '--with-time'  (printing  the
              times of ban) may be specified. The IPs are ordered by end of ban.

       get <JAIL> maxretry
              gets the number of failures allowed for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> maxmatches
              gets the max number of matches stored in memory per ticket in <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> maxlines
              gets the number of lines to buffer for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actions
              gets a list of actions for <JAIL>

              COMMAND ACTION INFORMATION

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> actionstart
              gets the start command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> actionstop
              gets the stop command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> actioncheck
              gets the check command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> actionban
              gets the ban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> actionunban
              gets the unban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> timeout
              gets the command timeout in seconds for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

              GENERAL ACTION INFORMATION

       get <JAIL> actionproperties <ACT>
              gets a list of properties for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actionmethods <ACT>
              gets a list of methods for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> action <ACT> <PROPERTY>
              gets the value of <PROPERTY> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

FILES

       /etc/fail2ban/*

REPORTING BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

       fail2ban-server(1) jail.conf(5)