sudo service fail2ban restart
tail -f /var/log/fail2ban.log
fail2ban-client set nginx-wp-login banip 185.39.10.73
sudo fail2ban-client status nginx-wp-login
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fail2ban WordPress Nginx
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| # /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nginx-wp-login.conf | |
| [Definition] | |
| failregex = ^<HOST> .* "POST /wp-login.php | |
| ^<HOST> .* "POST /wp/wp-login.php | |
| ^<HOST> .* "POST .*xmlrpc.php | |
| ignoreregex = |
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| # /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx-wp-login.conf | |
| [nginx-wp-login] | |
| enabled = true | |
| port = http,https | |
| filter = nginx-wp-login | |
| action = iptables-multiport[name=nginx-wp-login, port="http,https", protocol=tcp] | |
| logpath = /var/log/nginx/access.log | |
| /var/www/some_site/access_log | |
| maxretry = 8 | |
| findtime = 600 |
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