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FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)               User Commands              FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

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)

Fail2Ban v1.1.0                   April 2024                FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)