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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/fail2ban/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/fail2ban/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1ad994 --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/fail2ban/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<!-- +title: "Fail2ban monitoring with Netdata" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/fail2ban/README.md +sidebar_label: "Fail2ban" +--> + +# Fail2ban monitoring with Netdata + +Monitors the fail2ban log file to show all bans for all active jails. + +## Requirements + +- fail2ban.log file MUST BE readable by Netdata (A good idea is to add **create 0640 root netdata** to fail2ban conf at logrotate.d) + +It produces one chart with multiple lines (one line per jail) + +## Configuration + +Edit the `python.d/fail2ban.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config +directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`. + +```bash +cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different +sudo ./edit-config python.d/fail2ban.conf +``` + +Sample: + +```yaml +local: + log_path: '/var/log/fail2ban.log' + conf_path: '/etc/fail2ban/jail.local' + exclude: 'dropbear apache' +``` + +If no configuration is given, module will attempt to read log file at `/var/log/fail2ban.log` and conf file at `/etc/fail2ban/jail.local`. +If conf file is not found default jail is `ssh`. + +--- + +[](<>) |