Wiki 2017-06-15

Unban IP addresses with fail2ban

Quick commands to remove an IP address ban with fail2ban.

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sudo fail2ban-client status

Inspect one jail:

sudo fail2ban-client status sshd

Unban an IP address from a specific jail:

sudo fail2ban-client set sshd unbanip 203.0.113.10

If you do not know which jail banned the address, check the fail2ban log:

sudo grep 203.0.113.10 /var/log/fail2ban.log

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