I, recently, started running a Lemmy instance. I am, also, new to Linux servers.

At the advisement of some tech acquaintances, I’ve installed UnnattendedUpgrades and Fail2ban.

What would you recommend?

  • krolden
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    3 years ago

    If you get locked out by your own fail2ban rules then you’ve probably forgotten your password.

    Not to mentionyoull probably be able to get control back using your hosts console.

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      3 years ago

      sure sure it’s just fail2ban doesn’t just apply to SSH and can get your IP banned if you typo on your password on some web service… and from there you can’t SSH into the server to fix the problem ;) ;)

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        3 years ago

        Yeah if you dont configure it properly. Ive never actually know anyone get locked out by fail2ban