NAME

fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS

fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Fail2Ban v1.1.0 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

SEE ALSO

fail2ban-client(1)