How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban.noarch Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "fail2ban.noarch" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fail2ban.noarch on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                fail2ban.noarch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fail2ban.noarch" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fail2ban.noarch on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                fail2ban.noarch
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fail2ban.noarch package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : fail2ban
Arch : noarch
Version : 0.11.1
Release : 10.el7
Size : 0.0
Repo : installed
From repo : epel
Summary : Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
URL : http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Fail2Ban scans log files and bans IP addresses that makes too many
: password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP
: address. These rules can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read
: multiple log files such as sshd or Apache web server ones.
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: Fail2Ban is able to reduce the rate of incorrect authentications
: attempts however it cannot eliminate the risk that weak
: authentication presents. Configure services to use only two factor
: or public/private authentication mechanisms if you really want to
: protect services.
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: This is a meta-package that will install the default
: configuration. Other sub-packages are available to install
: support for other actions and configurations.