FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)                        User Commands                        FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

NAME
       fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS
       fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       Fail2Ban  v0.10.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corre‐
       sponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

OPTIONS
       -c <DIR>
              configuration directory

       -s <FILE>
              socket path

       -p <FILE>
              pidfile path

       --loglevel <LEVEL>
              logging level

       --logtarget <TARGET>
              logging target, use file-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.

       --syslogsocket auto|<FILE>

       -d     dump configuration. For debugging

       --dp, --dump-pretty
              dump the configuration using more human readable representation

       -t, --test
              test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)

       -i     interactive mode

       -v     increase verbosity

       -q     decrease verbosity

       -x     force execution of the server (remove socket file)

       -b     start server in background (default)

       -f     start server in foreground

       --async
              start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)

       --timeout
              timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)

       --str2sec <STRING>
              convert time abbreviation format to seconds

       -h, --help
              display this help message

       -V, --version
              print the version

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004-2008 Cyril Jaquier, 2008- Fail2Ban Contributors
       Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors.  Licensed under the GNU  Gen‐
       eral Public License v2 (GPL).

SEE ALSO
       fail2ban-client(1)

fail2ban-server v0.10.2                    January 2018                        FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

Usage: fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

Fail2Ban v0.10.2 reads log file that contains password failure report
and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

Options:
    -c <DIR>                configuration directory
    -s <FILE>               socket path
    -p <FILE>               pidfile path
    --loglevel <LEVEL>      logging level
    --logtarget <TARGET>    logging target, use file-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
    --syslogsocket auto|<FILE>
    -d                      dump configuration. For debugging
    --dp, --dump-pretty     dump the configuration using more human readable representation
    -t, --test              test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)
    -i                      interactive mode
    -v                      increase verbosity
    -q                      decrease verbosity
    -x                      force execution of the server (remove socket file)
    -b                      start server in background (default)
    -f                      start server in foreground
    --async                 start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
    --timeout               timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
    --str2sec <STRING>      convert time abbreviation format to seconds
    -h, --help              display this help message
    -V, --version           print the version

Report bugs to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues