Im using ubunutu 16.04. I install fail2ban and everything works wells. I try an ssh false login attempt, and it bans my ip as it should do. So well everything is nice at this point. But i need to implement some apache rules, so i proceed to edit jail.local.
I search the rules that i whish to enable, and change them to enabled = true . I finish, save. Reboot (sudo service fail2ban restart). And i proceed to check:
sudo fail2ban-client status
But i receive: Unable to contact server. Is it running?
I check the rules with
sudo iptables -S
And i receive:
-P INPUT ACCEPT
-P FORWARD ACCEPT
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -j DROP
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -j DROP
Notice theres nothing, even the SSH rule which is working when I do a fresh install disappears. I dont know what else can I do
Ive followed the following tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-an-apache-server-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-14-04
Fail2ban LOG
2017-02-17 14:10:38,917 fail2ban.server [31044]: INFO Stopping all jails
2017-02-17 14:10:39,197 fail2ban.actions[31044]: WARNING [ssh] Unban 116.31.116.52
2017-02-17 14:10:39,204 fail2ban.actions[31044]: WARNING [ssh] Unban 80.242.71.53
2017-02-17 14:10:39,211 fail2ban.jail [31044]: INFO Jail 'ssh' stopped
2017-02-17 14:10:39,212 fail2ban.server [31044]: INFO Exiting Fail2ban
syslog
Feb 17 14:10:38 vps374063 systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Start/stop fail2ban...
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 fail2ban[31145]: Stopping authentication failure monitor: fail2ban.
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start/stop fail2ban...
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 fail2ban[31168]: Starting authentication failure monitor: fail2banERROR No file(s) found for glob /var/log/apache/error.log
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 fail2ban[31168]: ERROR Failed during configuration: Have not found any log file for apache-noscript jail
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 fail2ban[31168]: failed!
Feb 17 14:10:39 vps374063 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start/stop fail2ban.
jail.conf
# Fail2Ban configuration file.
#
# This file was composed for Debian systems from the original one
# provided now under /usr/share/doc/fail2ban/examples/jail.conf
# for additional examples.
#
# Comments: use '#' for comment lines and ';' for inline comments
#
# To avoid merges during upgrades DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE
# and rather provide your changes in /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
#
# The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be overridden
# in each jail afterwards.
[DEFAULT]
# "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host. Fail2ban will not
# ban a host which matches an address in this list. Several addresses can be
# defined using space separator.
ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8
# External command that will take an tagged arguments to ignore, e.g. <ip>,
# and return true if the IP is to be ignored. False otherwise.
#
# ignorecommand = /path/to/command <ip>
ignorecommand =
# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
bantime = 600
# A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime"
# seconds.
findtime = 600
maxretry = 3
# "backend" specifies the backend used to get files modification.
# Available options are "pyinotify", "gamin", "polling" and "auto".
# This option can be overridden in each jail as well.
#
# pyinotify: requires pyinotify (a file alteration monitor) to be installed.
# If pyinotify is not installed, Fail2ban will use auto.
# gamin: requires Gamin (a file alteration monitor) to be installed.
# If Gamin is not installed, Fail2ban will use auto.
# polling: uses a polling algorithm which does not require external libraries.
# auto: will try to use the following backends, in order:
# pyinotify, gamin, polling.
backend = auto
# "usedns" specifies if jails should trust hostnames in logs,
# warn when reverse DNS lookups are performed, or ignore all hostnames in logs
#
# yes: if a hostname is encountered, a reverse DNS lookup will be performed.
# warn: if a hostname is encountered, a reverse DNS lookup will be performed,
# but it will be logged as a warning.
# no: if a hostname is encountered, will not be used for banning,
# but it will be logged as info.
usedns = warn
#
# Destination email address used solely for the interpolations in
# jail.{conf,local} configuration files.
destemail = root@localhost
#
# Name of the sender for mta actions
sendername = Fail2Ban
# Email address of the sender
sender = fail2ban@localhost
#
# ACTIONS
#
# Default banning action (e.g. iptables, iptables-new,
# iptables-multiport, shorewall, etc) It is used to define
# action_* variables. Can be overridden globally or per
# section within jail.local file
banaction = iptables-multiport
# email action. Since 0.8.1 upstream fail2ban uses sendmail
# MTA for the mailing. Change mta configuration parameter to mail
# if you want to revert to conventional 'mail'.
mta = sendmail
# Default protocol
protocol = tcp
# Specify chain where jumps would need to be added in iptables-* actions
chain = INPUT
#
# Action shortcuts. To be used to define action parameter
# The simplest action to take: ban only
action_ = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
# ban & send an e-mail with whois report to the destemail.
action_mw = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
%(mta)s-whois[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s", sendername="%(sendername)s"]
# ban & send an e-mail with whois report and relevant log lines
# to the destemail.
action_mwl = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
%(mta)s-whois-lines[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", logpath=%(logpath)s, chain="%(chain)s", sendername="%(sendername)s"]
# Choose default action. To change, just override value of 'action' with the
# interpolation to the chosen action shortcut (e.g. action_mw, action_mwl, etc) in jail.local
# globally (section [DEFAULT]) or per specific section
action = %(action_)s
#
# JAILS
#
# Next jails corresponds to the standard configuration in Fail2ban 0.6 which
# was shipped in Debian. Enable any defined here jail by including
#
# [SECTION_NAME]
# enabled = true
#
# in /etc/fail2ban/jail.local.
#
# Optionally you may override any other parameter (e.g. banaction,
# action, port, logpath, etc) in that section within jail.local
[ssh]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 5
[dropbear]
enabled = false
port = ssh
filter = dropbear
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 6
# Generic filter for pam. Has to be used with action which bans all ports
# such as iptables-allports, shorewall
[pam-generic]
enabled = false
# pam-generic filter can be customized to monitor specific subset of 'tty's
filter = pam-generic
# port actually must be irrelevant but lets leave it all for some possible uses
port = all
banaction = iptables-allports
port = anyport
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 6
[xinetd-fail]
enabled = false
filter = xinetd-fail
port = all
banaction = iptables-multiport-log
logpath = /var/log/daemon.log
maxretry = 2
[ssh-ddos]
enabled = false
port = ssh
filter = sshd-ddos
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 6
# Here we use blackhole routes for not requiring any additional kernel support
# to store large volumes of banned IPs
[ssh-route]
enabled = false
filter = sshd
action = route
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
maxretry = 6
# Here we use a combination of Netfilter/Iptables and IPsets
# for storing large volumes of banned IPs
#
# IPset comes in two versions. See ipset -V for which one to use
# requires the ipset package and kernel support.
[ssh-iptables-ipset4]
enabled = false
port = ssh
filter = sshd
banaction = iptables-ipset-proto4
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
maxretry = 6
[ssh-iptables-ipset6]
enabled = false
port = ssh
filter = sshd
banaction = iptables-ipset-proto6
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
maxretry = 6
#
# HTTP servers
#
[apache]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = apache-auth
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 6
# default action is now multiport, so apache-multiport jail was left
# for compatibility with previous (<0.7.6-2) releases
[apache-multiport]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = apache-auth
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 6
[apache-noscript]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = apache-noscript
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 6
[apache-overflows]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = apache-overflows
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2
[apache-modsecurity]
enabled = false
filter = apache-modsecurity
port = http,https
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2
[apache-nohome]
enabled = false
filter = apache-nohome
port = http,https
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2
# Ban attackers that try to use PHP's URL-fopen() functionality
# through GET/POST variables. - Experimental, with more than a year
# of usage in production environments.
[php-url-fopen]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = php-url-fopen
logpath = /var/www/*/logs/access_log
# A simple PHP-fastcgi jail which works with lighttpd.
# If you run a lighttpd server, then you probably will
# find these kinds of messages in your error_log:
# ALERT – tried to register forbidden variable ‘GLOBALS’
# through GET variables (attacker '1.2.3.4', file '/var/www/default/htdocs/index.php')
[lighttpd-fastcgi]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = lighttpd-fastcgi
logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
# Same as above for mod_auth
# It catches wrong authentifications
[lighttpd-auth]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = suhosin
logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
[nginx-http-auth]
enabled = false
filter = nginx-http-auth
port = http,https
logpath = /var/log/nginx/error.log
# Monitor roundcube server
[roundcube-auth]
enabled = false
filter = roundcube-auth
port = http,https
logpath = /var/log/roundcube/userlogins
[sogo-auth]
enabled = false
filter = sogo-auth
port = http, https
# without proxy this would be:
# port = 20000
logpath = /var/log/sogo/sogo.log
#
# FTP servers
#
[vsftpd]
enabled = false
port = ftp,ftp-data,ftps,ftps-data
filter = vsftpd
logpath = /var/log/vsftpd.log
# or overwrite it in jails.local to be
# logpath = /var/log/auth.log
# if you want to rely on PAM failed login attempts
# vsftpd's failregex should match both of those formats
maxretry = 6
[proftpd]
enabled = false
port = ftp,ftp-data,ftps,ftps-data
filter = proftpd
logpath = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
maxretry = 6
[pure-ftpd]
enabled = false
port = ftp,ftp-data,ftps,ftps-data
filter = pure-ftpd
logpath = /var/log/syslog
maxretry = 6
[wuftpd]
enabled = false
port = ftp,ftp-data,ftps,ftps-data
filter = wuftpd
logpath = /var/log/syslog
maxretry = 6
#
# Mail servers
#
[postfix]
enabled = false
port = smtp,ssmtp,submission
filter = postfix
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
[couriersmtp]
enabled = false
port = smtp,ssmtp,submission
filter = couriersmtp
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
#
# Mail servers authenticators: might be used for smtp,ftp,imap servers, so
# all relevant ports get banned
#
[courierauth]
enabled = false
port = smtp,ssmtp,submission,imap2,imap3,imaps,pop3,pop3s
filter = courierlogin
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
[sasl]
enabled = false
port = smtp,ssmtp,submission,imap2,imap3,imaps,pop3,pop3s
filter = postfix-sasl
# You might consider monitoring /var/log/mail.warn instead if you are
# running postfix since it would provide the same log lines at the
# "warn" level but overall at the smaller filesize.
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
[dovecot]
enabled = false
port = smtp,ssmtp,submission,imap2,imap3,imaps,pop3,pop3s
filter = dovecot
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
# To log wrong MySQL access attempts add to /etc/my.cnf:
# log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
# log-warning = 2
[mysqld-auth]
enabled = false
filter = mysqld-auth
port = 3306
logpath = /var/log/mysqld.log
# DNS Servers
# These jails block attacks against named (bind9). By default, logging is off
# with bind9 installation. You will need something like this:
#
# logging {
# channel security_file {
# file "/var/log/named/security.log" versions 3 size 30m;
# severity dynamic;
# print-time yes;
# };
# category security {
# security_file;
# };
# };
#
# in your named.conf to provide proper logging
# !!! WARNING !!!
# Since UDP is connection-less protocol, spoofing of IP and imitation
# of illegal actions is way too simple. Thus enabling of this filter
# might provide an easy way for implementing a DoS against a chosen
# victim. See
# http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/690-fail2ban-+-dns-fail.html
# Please DO NOT USE this jail unless you know what you are doing.
#[named-refused-udp]
#
#enabled = false
#port = domain,953
#protocol = udp
#filter = named-refused
#logpath = /var/log/named/security.log
[named-refused-tcp]
enabled = false
port = domain,953
protocol = tcp
filter = named-refused
logpath = /var/log/named/security.log
[freeswitch]
enabled = false
filter = freeswitch
logpath = /var/log/freeswitch.log
maxretry = 10
action = iptables-multiport[name=freeswitch-tcp, port="5060,5061,5080,5081", protocol=tcp]
iptables-multiport[name=freeswitch-udp, port="5060,5061,5080,5081", protocol=udp]
[ejabberd-auth]
enabled = false
filter = ejabberd-auth
port = xmpp-client
protocol = tcp
logpath = /var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log
# Multiple jails, 1 per protocol, are necessary ATM:
# see https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/37
[asterisk-tcp]
enabled = false
filter = asterisk
port = 5060,5061
protocol = tcp
logpath = /var/log/asterisk/messages
[asterisk-udp]
enabled = false
filter = asterisk
port = 5060,5061
protocol = udp
logpath = /var/log/asterisk/messages
# Jail for more extended banning of persistent abusers
# !!! WARNING !!!
# Make sure that your loglevel specified in fail2ban.conf/.local
# is not at DEBUG level -- which might then cause fail2ban to fall into
# an infinite loop constantly feeding itself with non-informative lines
[recidive]
enabled = false
filter = recidive
logpath = /var/log/fail2ban.log
action = iptables-allports[name=recidive]
sendmail-whois-lines[name=recidive, logpath=/var/log/fail2ban.log]
bantime = 604800 ; 1 week
findtime = 86400 ; 1 day
maxretry = 5
# See the IMPORTANT note in action.d/blocklist_de.conf for when to
# use this action
#
# Report block via blocklist.de fail2ban reporting service API
# See action.d/blocklist_de.conf for more information
[ssh-blocklist]
enabled = false
filter = sshd
action = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest="%(destemail)s", sender="%(sender)s", sendername="%(sendername)s"]
blocklist_de[email="%(sender)s", apikey="xxxxxx", service="%(filter)s"]
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
maxretry = 20
# consider low maxretry and a long bantime
# nobody except your own Nagios server should ever probe nrpe
[nagios]
enabled = false
filter = nagios
action = iptables[name=Nagios, port=5666, protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=Nagios, dest="%(destemail)s", sender="%(sender)s", sendername="%(sendername)s"]
logpath = /var/log/messages ; nrpe.cfg may define a different log_facility
maxretry = 1
