CentOS possible problem with fail2ban
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:21 pm
CentOS 7.x may have possible problem with fail2ban
Problem from fail2ban side - https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/1692
Topic on github -> https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1086
One of quick fix ->
and after installation
PS: First found - dpeca, my respects ;-)
PS2: bug in Fail2Ban v0.9.6, on 0.9.5 all right
when i start vestacp installation on my fresh centos 7 vps in middle of installation when we proceed to installing fail2ban and starting service, fail2ban cannot start and show error:
Job for fail2ban.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
and vestacp installation stops.
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tailf /var/log/messages
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost fail2ban-client: ERROR There is no directory /var/run/fail2ban to contain the socket file /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock.
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state.
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: fail2ban.service failed.
Feb 17 19:40:27 localhost systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.Topic on github -> https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1086
One of quick fix ->
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mkdir -p /var/run/fail2banand after installation
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sed -i "s/\[Service\]/\[Service\]\nExecStartPre = \/bin\/mkdir -p \/var\/run\/fail2ban/g" /usr/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service
systemctl daemon-reloadPS2: bug in Fail2Ban v0.9.6, on 0.9.5 all right