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fail2ban instructions fail with error on Ubuntu 20.04, fail2ban v0.11.1
Following the current instructions:
Edit /etc/fail2ban/jail.local and put this inside:
[DEFAULT]
destemail = [email protected]
sendername = Fail2Ban
[sshd]
enabled = true
port = 22
[sshd-ddos]
enabled = true
port = 22
Results in the following error being logged:
May 05 04:51:01 sunny fail2ban-server[108985]: 2022-05-05 04:51:01,389 fail2ban.configreader [108985]: ERROR Found no accessible config files for 'filter.d/sshd-ddos' under /etc/fail2ban
May 05 04:51:01 sunny fail2ban-server[108985]: 2022-05-05 04:51:01,389 fail2ban.jailreader [108985]: ERROR Unable to read the filter 'sshd-ddos'
May 05 04:51:01 sunny fail2ban-server[108985]: 2022-05-05 04:51:01,389 fail2ban.jailsreader [108985]: ERROR Errors in jail 'sshd-ddos'. Skipping...
The config I used ended up being:
[DEFAULT]
destemail = [email protected]
sendername = Fail2Ban
[sshd]
enabled = true
mode = aggressive
aggressive mode includes ddos mode