Ansible Role: Fail2ban for Ubuntu

Installs and configures Fail2ban for Ubuntu machines

Requirements

None.

Installation

ansible-galaxy install jasonheecs.ubuntu-fail2ban

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

fail2ban_loglevel: INFO
fail2ban_logtarget: /var/log/fail2ban.log
fail2ban_socket: /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock

fail2ban_ignoreip: 127.0.0.1/8
fail2ban_bantime: 600
fail2ban_maxretry: 6

fail2ban_backend: polling

fail2ban_destemail: root@localhost
fail2ban_banaction: iptables-multiport
fail2ban_mta: sendmail
fail2ban_protocol: tcp
fail2ban_chain: INPUT

fail2ban_action: action_

fail2ban_services:
  - name: ssh
    port: ssh
    filter: sshd
    logpath: /var/log/auth.log

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  roles:
    - { role: jasonheecs.ubuntu-fail2ban }

License

MIT

Author Information

Jason Hee