FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v1.0.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

OPTIONS

-c, --conf <DIR>
    configuration directory

-s, --socket <FILE>
    socket path

-p, --pidfile <FILE>
    pidfile path

--pname <NAME>
    name of the process (main thread) to identify instance (default fail2ban-server)

--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 (-V returns machine-readable short format)

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

SEE ALSO
fail2ban-client(1)