How to install fail2ban on Amazon Linux

Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

License: GPLv2+ Vendor: Fedora Project http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/

Availability

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Distro	Channel	noarch	Version
Amazon Linux 2	Base		0.11.2

Description

Fail2Ban scans log files and bans IP addresses that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address. These rules can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read multiple log files such as sshd or Apache web server ones. Fail2Ban is able to reduce the rate of incorrect authentications attempts however it cannot eliminate the risk that weak authentication presents. Configure services to use only two factor or public/private authentication mechanisms if you really want to protect services. This is a meta-package that will install the default configuration. Other sub-packages are available to install support for other actions and configurations.

Built for Amazon Linux.

Install

Base Amazon Linux 2

fail2ban on Amazon Linux 2

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install fail2ban

Frequently asked questions

How do I install fail2ban on Amazon Linux?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the fail2ban package with your system package manager.

Which Amazon Linux versions is fail2ban available for?

fail2ban is available for Amazon Linux 2.