VPS Guide: Your Go-To for VPS, Ubuntu & Command Line Success

Configure Fail2ban Ban Time on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Adjust Fail2ban ban duration on Ubuntu—install with

apt install fail2ban

then edit /etc/fail2ban/jail local with

nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.local

[sshd]\nenabled = true\nport = 22\nfilter = sshd\nlogpath = /var/log/auth.log\nmaxretry = 5\nbantime = 604800\nfindtime = 600

Restart with

systemctl restart fail2ban

—this bans IPs for 7 days (604800s) after 5 failed attempts in 10 minutes (600s) Open SSH with

ufw allow 22

On Hetzner verify with

fail2ban-client status sshd

—expect banned IPs listed This long ban protects phpMyAdmin and FTP ensuring uptime against persistent attackers