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## NAME
       fail2ban-server - start the server

## SYNOPSIS
       **fail2ban-server** [_OPTIONS_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Fail2Ban  v0.11.2  reads  log  file that contains password failure report and bans the corre‐
       sponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

## OPTIONS
### -c --conf
              configuration directory

### -s --socket
              socket path

### -p --pidfile
              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

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

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

### -i

### -v

### -q

### -x

### -b

### -f

### --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 via Debian bug tracking system _<http://www.debian.org/Bugs/_> .

## SEE ALSO
       [fail2ban-client(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fail2ban-client/1/markdown)



fail2ban-server v0.11.2                     November 2020                         [FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FAIL2BAN-SERVER/1/markdown)