How To Install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-iptables in Fedora 36. sshguard-iptables is Configuration for iptables backend of SSHGuard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36.

What is sshguard-iptables

Sshguard-iptables provides a configuration file for SSHGuard to use iptables as the firewall backend.

We can use yum or dnf to install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sshguard-iptables.

Install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sshguard-iptables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sshguard-iptables

Install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sshguard-iptables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sshguard-iptables

How To Uninstall sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sshguard-iptables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sshguard-iptables

sshguard-iptables Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sshguard.conf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-iptables on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).