Hello! After install ISPConfig with the autoinstaller, fail2ban does not start. This is the log: Code: # systemctl status fail2ban × fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-05-31 23:25:38 UTC; 2s ago Docs: man:fail2ban(1) Process: 19721 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server -xf start (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Main PID: 19721 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) CPU: 259ms May 31 23:25:38 bizu systemd[1]: Started Fail2Ban Service. May 31 23:25:38 bizu fail2ban-server[19721]: 2023-05-31 23:25:38,807 fail2ban [19721]: ERROR Failed during configuration: Have not found any log file for sshd jail May 31 23:25:38 bizu fail2ban-server[19721]: 2023-05-31 23:25:38,813 fail2ban [19721]: ERROR Async configuration of server failed May 31 23:25:38 bizu systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION May 31 23:25:38 bizu systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. To solve this, I updated the /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf file: Code: #backend = auto backend = systemd My question is whether this is correct and whether it could be added to be automatically updated by the autoinstaller. Thank you!
As far as I can see, this is not an issue with the auto-installer but with your base system image. Your system does not seem to write log files, which it normally should do. probably the person that set up this base system image uninstalled rsyslog. Try: ap install rsyslog and change back the fail2ban settings.
Thank you, Till! I installed rsyslog, changed back fail2ban settings, and it worked! The base system was installed following this tutorial: https://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-22-04-minimal-server/
