instructions

fail2ban-master/files/fail2ban.service.in

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+[Unit]
+Description=Fail2Ban Service
+Documentation=man:fail2ban(1)
+After=network.target iptables.service firewalld.service ip6tables.service ipset.service nftables.service
+PartOf=iptables.service firewalld.service ip6tables.service ipset.service nftables.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment="PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1"
+RuntimeDirectory=fail2ban
+StateDirectory=fail2ban
+ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf start
+# if should be logged in systemd journal, use following line or set logtarget to sysout in fail2ban.local
+# ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=sysout start
+ExecStop=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client stop
+ExecReload=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client reload
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartPreventExitStatus=0 255
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target