[Unit] Description=Fail2ban Service After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client -x start ExecStop=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client stop ExecReload=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client reload PIDFile=/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target