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This module installs, configures and manages the Fail2ban service.

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released Jan 10th 2018
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise >= 3.2.0
  • Puppet >= 3.2.0
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This module has been deprecated by its author since May 15th 2020.

The author has suggested puppet-fail2ban as its replacement.

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Documentation

dhoppe/fail2ban — version 1.3.5 Jan 10th 2018

Warning: This module is deprecated and has been transferred to VoxPupuli.

fail2ban

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Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
  3. Setup - The basics of getting started with fail2ban
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  7. Jails available
  8. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

This module installs, configures and manages the Fail2ban service.

Module Description

This module handles installing, configuring and running Fail2ban across a range of operating systems and distributions.

Setup

What fail2ban affects

  • fail2ban package.
  • fail2ban configuration file.
  • fail2ban service.

Setup Requirements

Beginning with fail2ban

Install fail2ban with the default parameters (No configuration files will be changed).

    class { 'fail2ban': }

Install fail2ban with the recommended parameters.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_template => "fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf.erb",
    }

Config file template

You'll find an example on examples folder for each operating system. Previous example show how to enable config for every supported operating system, using ${::lsbdistcodename} fact.

You can also manually specify a different configuration template. To do it, instead of the one using ${::lsbdistcodename} fact, use your desired configuration template:

  class { 'fail2ban':
    config_file_template => "fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf.erb"
  }

Or using Hiera:

fail2ban::config_file_template: "fail2ban/%{::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf.erb"

Usage

Update the fail2ban package.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      package_ensure => 'latest',
    }

Remove the fail2ban package.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      package_ensure => 'absent',
    }

Purge the fail2ban package (All configuration files will be removed).

    class { 'fail2ban':
      package_ensure => 'purged',
    }

Deploy the configuration files from source directory.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_dir_source => "puppet:///modules/fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban",
    }

Deploy the configuration files from source directory (Unmanaged configuration files will be removed).

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_dir_purge  => true,
      config_dir_source => "puppet:///modules/fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from source.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_source => "puppet:///modules/fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from string.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_string => '# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY PUPPET',
    }

Deploy the configuration file from template.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_template => "fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf.erb",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from custom template (Additional parameters can be defined).

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_template     => "fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf.erb",
      config_file_options_hash => {
        'key' => 'value',
      },
    }

Deploy additional configuration files from source, string or template.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      config_file_hash => {
        'jail.2nd.conf' => {
          config_file_path   => '/etc/fail2ban/jail.2nd.conf',
          config_file_source => "puppet:///modules/fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.2nd.conf",
        },
        'jail.3rd.conf' => {
          config_file_path   => '/etc/fail2ban/jail.3rd.conf',
          config_file_string => '# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY PUPPET',
        },
        'jail.4th.conf' => {
          config_file_path     => '/etc/fail2ban/jail.4th.conf',
          config_file_template => "fail2ban/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/fail2ban/jail.4th.conf.erb",
        },
      },
    }

Disable the fail2ban service.

    class { 'fail2ban':
      service_ensure => 'stopped',
    }

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

  • fail2ban: Main class, includes all other classes.

Private Classes

  • fail2ban::install: Handles the packages.
  • fail2ban::config: Handles the configuration file.
  • fail2ban::service: Handles the service.

Parameters

package_ensure

Determines if the package should be installed. Valid values are 'present', 'latest', 'absent' and 'purged'. Defaults to 'present'.

package_name

Determines the name of package to manage. Defaults to 'fail2ban'.

package_list

Determines if additional packages should be managed. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_dir_ensure

Determines if the configuration directory should be present. Valid values are 'absent' and 'directory'. Defaults to 'directory'.

config_dir_path

Determines if the configuration directory should be managed. Defaults to '/etc/fail2ban'

config_dir_purge

Determines if unmanaged configuration files should be removed. Valid values are 'true' and 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

config_dir_recurse

Determines if the configuration directory should be recursively managed. Valid values are 'true' and 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

config_dir_source

Determines the source of a configuration directory. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_ensure

Determines if the configuration file should be present. Valid values are 'absent' and 'present'. Defaults to 'present'.

config_file_path

Determines if the configuration file should be managed. Defaults to '/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf'

config_file_owner

Determines which user should own the configuration file. Defaults to 'root'.

config_file_group

Determines which group should own the configuration file. Defaults to 'root'.

config_file_mode

Determines the desired permissions mode of the configuration file. Defaults to '0644'.

config_file_source

Determines the source of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_string

Determines the content of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_template

Determines the content of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_notify

Determines if the service should be restarted after configuration changes. Defaults to 'Service[fail2ban]'.

config_file_require

Determines which package a configuration file depends on. Defaults to 'Package[fail2ban]'.

config_file_hash

Determines which configuration files should be managed via fail2ban::define. Defaults to '{}'.

config_file_options_hash

Determines which parameters should be passed to an ERB template. Defaults to '{}'.

service_ensure

Determines if the service should be running or not. Valid values are 'running' and 'stopped'. Defaults to 'running'.

service_name

Determines the name of service to manage. Defaults to 'fail2ban'.

service_enable

Determines if the service should be enabled at boot. Valid values are 'true' and 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

action

Determines how banned ip addresses should be reported. Defaults to 'action_mb'.

bantime

Determines how many seconds ip addresses will be banned. Defaults to '432000'.

email

Determines which email address should be notified about restricted hosts and suspicious logins. Defaults to "fail2ban@${::domain}".

jails

Determines which services should be protected by Fail2ban. Defaults to '['ssh', 'ssh-ddos']'.

maxretry

Determines the number of failed login attempts needed to block a host. Defaults to '3'.

whitelist

Determines which ip addresses will not be reported. Defaults to '['127.0.0.1/8', '192.168.56.0/24']'.

custom_jails

Determines which custom jails should be included (see Custom jails.

Jails available

Pre-defined jails

RedHat

  • 3proxy
  • apache-auth
  • apache-badbots
  • apache-botsearch
  • apache-fakegooglebot
  • apache-modsecurity
  • apache-nohome
  • apache-noscript
  • apache-overflows
  • apache-shellshock
  • assp
  • asterisk
  • counter-strike
  • courier-auth
  • courier-smtp
  • cyrus-imap
  • directadmin
  • dovecot
  • dropbear
  • drupal-auth
  • ejabberd-auth
  • exim
  • exim-spam
  • freeswitch
  • froxlor-auth
  • groupoffice
  • gssftpd
  • guacamole
  • horde
  • kerio
  • lighttpd-auth
  • monit
  • mysqld-auth
  • nagios
  • named-refused
  • nginx-botsearch
  • nginx-http-auth
  • nsd
  • openwebmail
  • oracleims
  • pam-generic
  • pass2allow-ftp
  • perdition
  • php-url-fopen
  • portsentry
  • postfix
  • postfix-rbl
  • postfix-sasl
  • proftpd
  • pure-ftpd
  • qmail-rbl
  • recidive
  • roundcube-auth
  • selinux-ssh
  • sendmail-auth
  • sendmail-reject
  • sieve
  • sogo-auth
  • solid-pop3d
  • squid
  • squirrelmail
  • sshd
  • sshd-ddos
  • stunnel
  • suhosin
  • tine20
  • uwimap-auth
  • vsftpd
  • webmin-auth
  • wuftpd
  • xinetd-fail

Debian

  • apache
  • apache-modsecurity
  • apache-multiport
  • apache-nohome
  • apache-noscript
  • apache-overflows
  • asterisk-tcp
  • asterisk-udp
  • courierauth
  • couriersmtp
  • dovecot
  • dropbear
  • ejabberd-auth
  • freeswitch
  • lighttpd-auth
  • lighttpd-fastcgi
  • mysqld-auth
  • nagios
  • named-refused-tcp
  • nginx-http-auth
  • pam-generic
  • php-url-fopen
  • postfix
  • proftpd
  • pure-ftpd
  • recidive
  • roundcube-auth
  • sasl
  • sogo-auth
  • ssh
  • ssh-blocklist
  • ssh-ddos
  • ssh-iptables-ipset4
  • ssh-iptables-ipset6
  • ssh-route
  • vsftpd
  • wuftpd
  • xinetd-fail

Custom jails

Users can add their own jails by using this YAML definition:

---
  fail2ban::custom_jails:
    'nginx-wp-login':
      filter_failregex: '<HOST>.*] "POST /wp-login.php'
      port: 'http,https'
      logpath: '/var/log/nginx/access.log'
      maxretry: 3
      findtime: 120
      bantime: 1200
    'nginx-login':
      filter_failregex: '^<HOST> -.*POST /sessions HTTP/1\.." 200'
      action: 'iptables-multiport[name=NoLoginFailures, port="http,https"]'
      logpath: '/var/log/nginx*/*access*.log'
      maxretry: 6
      bantime: 600

Limitations

This module has been tested on:

  • Debian 6/7/8
  • Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04
  • RedHat 5/6/7
  • CentOS 5/6/7

Development

Bug Report

If you find a bug, have trouble following the documentation or have a question about this module - please create an issue.

Pull Request

If you are able to patch the bug or add the feature yourself - please make a pull request.

Contributors

The list of contributors can be found at: https://github.com/dhoppe/puppet-fail2ban/graphs/contributors