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Properly fail2ban configuration

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Ban IP addresses on shared hosting where Fail2ban is not available
Best practice
Developing Regex in Fail2ban
Fail2Ban and Docker
How fail2ban substitution resp. runtime interpolation works
How fail2ban works
How to ban something other as host (IP address), like user or mail, etc.
How to install fail2ban packages
How to install or upgrade fail2ban manually
How to test newer fail2ban version resp. use fail2ban standalone instance
Proper fail2ban configuration
Properly fail2ban configuration
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Troubleshooting
Upgrading to v0.10.5 Breaks WP Fail2ban and Other Jails

Best practice
How fail2ban works

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Manually install or upgrade
Test newer fail2ban version
Create standalone instance
Ban something other as host/IP, like user or e-mail
Simple Troubleshooting of Regex

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