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.TH FAIL2BAN-SERVER "1" "November 2022" "Fail2Ban v1.0.3.dev1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-server \- start the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-server
[\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v1.0.3.dev1 reads log file that contains password failure report
and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-conf\fR <DIR>
configuration directory
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR <FILE>
socket path
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR <FILE>
pidfile path
.TP
\fB\-\-pname\fR <NAME>
name of the process (main thread) to identify instance (default fail2ban\-server)
.TP
\fB\-\-loglevel\fR <LEVEL>
logging level
.TP
\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <TARGET>
logging target, use file\-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
.HP
\fB\-\-syslogsocket\fR auto|<FILE>
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
dump configuration. For debugging
.TP
\fB\-\-dp\fR, \fB\-\-dump\-pretty\fR
dump the configuration using more human readable representation
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)
.TP
\fB\-i\fR
interactive mode
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
increase verbosity
.TP
\fB\-q\fR
decrease verbosity
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
force execution of the server (remove socket file)
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
start server in background (default)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
start server in foreground
.TP
\fB\-\-async\fR
start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
.TP
\fB\-\-timeout\fR
timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
.TP
\fB\-\-str2sec\fR <STRING>
convert time abbreviation format to seconds
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print the version (\fB\-V\fR returns machine\-readable short format)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.br 
fail2ban-client(1)