Resolved Ubuntu 24.04 - Fail2ban not working

[khuramrr]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 24.04

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.61

18.0.61 on Ubuntu 24.04

fresh install and fail2ban doesn't work.

any solution?


systemctl status fail2ban
× fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d
└─50-ensure-log.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-05-17 09:01:44 PKT; 7min ago
Duration: 286ms
Docs: man:fail2ban(1)
Process: 200860 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/fail2ban (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 200862 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c umask 077; touch /var/log/fail2ban.log (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 200864 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server -xf start (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
Main PID: 200864 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
CPU: 222ms

May 17 09:01:44 systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service...
May 17 09:01:44 a systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service.
May 17 09:01:44 fail2ban-server[200864]: 2024-05-17 09:01:44,806 fail2ban.configreader [200864]: WARNING 'allowipv6' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto'
May 17 09:01:44 fail2ban-server[200864]: 2024-05-17 09:01:44,902 fail2ban [200864]: ERROR No module named 'asynchat'
May 17 09:01:44 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
May 17 09:01:44 systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

 

[learning_curve]

@khuramrr >> https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/...s-Plesk-support-Ubuntu-24-04-LTS-Noble-Numbat
The last item on that ^ page

 

[Kaspar@Plesk]

An Plesk update has been released that fixes the issue with Fail2ban on Ubuntu 24.04. It should now be possible to use fail2ban.