How To Install fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fail2ban-systemd.
Install fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-systemd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fail2ban-systemd
Install fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-systemd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fail2ban-systemd
How To Uninstall fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the fail2ban-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fail2ban-systemd
fail2ban-systemd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/00-systemd.conf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-systemd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.