# Fail2Ban configuration file # # Author: Cyril Jaquier # # $Revision$ # [Definition] # Option: actionstart # Notes.: command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban. # Values: CMD # actionstart = printf %%b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: started From: Fail2Ban <<sender>> To: <dest>\n Hi,\n The jail <name> has been started successfully.\n Regards,\n Fail2Ban" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f <sender> <dest> # Option: actionstop # Notes.: command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban # Values: CMD # actionstop = printf %%b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped From: Fail2Ban <<sender>> To: <dest>\n Hi,\n The jail <name> has been stopped.\n Regards,\n Fail2Ban" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f <sender> <dest> # Option: actioncheck # Notes.: command executed once before each actionban command # Values: CMD # actioncheck = # Option: actionban # Notes.: command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the # command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights. # Tags: <ip> IP address # <failures> number of failures # <time> unix timestamp of the ban time # Values: CMD # actionban = printf %%b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> From: Fail2Ban <<sender>> To: <dest>\n Hi,\n The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after <failures> attempts against <name>.\n\n Here are more information about <ip>:\n `/usr/bin/whois <ip>`\n\n Lines containing IP:<ip> in <logpath>\n `/bin/grep '\<<ip>\>' <logpath>`\n\n Regards,\n Fail2Ban" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f <sender> <dest> # Option: actionunban # Notes.: command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the # command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights. # Tags: <ip> IP address # <failures> number of failures # <time> unix timestamp of the ban time # Values: CMD # actionunban = [Init] # Defaut name of the chain # name = default # Destination/Addressee of the mail # dest = root # Sender of the mail # sender = fail2ban # Path to the log files which contain relevant lines for the abuser IP # logpath = /dev/null