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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
+.TH FAIL2BAN-SERVER "1" "April 2024" "Fail2Ban v1.1.1.dev1" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+fail2ban-server \- start the server
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B fail2ban-server
+[\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Fail2Ban v1.1.1.dev1 reads log file that contains password failure report
+and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-conf\fR <DIR>
+configuration directory
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR <FILE>
+socket path
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR <FILE>
+pidfile path
+.TP
+\fB\-\-pname\fR <NAME>
+name of the process (main thread) to identify instance (default fail2ban\-server)
+.TP
+\fB\-\-loglevel\fR <LEVEL>
+logging level
+.TP
+\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <TARGET>
+logging target, use file\-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
+.HP
+\fB\-\-syslogsocket\fR auto|<FILE>
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR
+dump configuration. For debugging
+.TP
+\fB\-\-dp\fR, \fB\-\-dump\-pretty\fR
+dump the configuration using more human readable representation
+.TP
+\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
+test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR
+interactive mode
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR
+increase verbosity
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR
+decrease verbosity
+.TP
+\fB\-x\fR
+force execution of the server (remove socket file)
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR
+start server in background (default)
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR
+start server in foreground
+.TP
+\fB\-\-async\fR
+start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
+.TP
+\fB\-\-timeout\fR
+timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don't read configuration)
+.TP
+\fB\-\-str2sec\fR <STRING>
+convert time abbreviation format to seconds
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help message
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+print the version (\fB\-V\fR returns machine\-readable short format)
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.br 
+fail2ban-client(1)