How To Install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7.
What is fail2ban-systemd
This package configures Fail2Ban to use the systemd journal for its log input by default.
We can use yum or dnf to install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fail2ban-systemd.
Install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-systemd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fail2ban-systemd
Install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-systemd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fail2ban-systemd
How To Uninstall fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fail2ban-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fail2ban-systemd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-systemd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
