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install fail2ban on amazon linux 2
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| # run as root or sudo everything below | |
| # install epel | |
| amazon-linux-extras install epel -y | |
| # install fail2ban | |
| yum -y install fail2ban | |
| # configure fail2ban (just adding enabled=true in the sshd section) | |
| cp /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf /etc/fail2ban/jail.local | |
| sed -i "s/^\[sshd\]/[sshd]\nenabled=true/" /etc/fail2ban/jail.local | |
| # profit | |
| systemctl restart fail2ban |
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Thanks for this!
It may be good to add
To ensure it starts up on reboot 😄