====== Systems - Media Server - Secure the Server - Install fail2ban ======

**Fail2ban** is an intrusion prevention software framework.

  * It bans IP addresses conducting too many failed login attempts.

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===== Update the system: =====

<code bash>
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
</code>

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===== Install Fail2Ban =====

<code bash>
sudo apt install fail2ban
</code>

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<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  For now, only the sshd service is monitored.

  * See [[Ubuntu:Fail2Ban|Fail2Ban]] for optionally monitoring other services.

</WRAP>

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===== References =====

[[Ubuntu:Fail2Ban|Fail2Ban]]