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Install and configure fail2ban on VPS servers to automatically ban IP addresses that show malicious signs like too many password failures, seeking exploits, or brute-force attacks.
Configures Fail2ban with custom filters and actions to detect port scanning activity, SSH brute force attempts, and network reconnaissance, automatically banning offending IP addresses and alerting security teams to suspicious network probing.
SSH into an Ubuntu VPS (Docker) for a read-only health/security/update report (UFW + fail2ban) and propose fixes; apply updates/restarts only with explicit confirmation. Use when the user wants a read-only VPS health/security check.
Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) server initial setup and ongoing administration skill. Covers new server hardening, user management, package management, file permissions, resource limits, log rotation, cron scheduling, and disk management. USE WHEN: - Performing initial setup of a fresh Ubuntu/Debian server (VPS, bare metal, cloud VM) - Hardening SSH, disabling root login, configuring sudo - Configuring system-level resource limits (ulimits, sysctl) for high-concurrency workloads - Managing users, groups, file permissions, and ACLs - Setting up log rotation, journald retention, swap, and NTP - Troubleshooting disk full, FD exhaustion, locale errors, or time drift DO NOT USE FOR: - Container-level administration (use docker or kubernetes skill) - Application deployment pipelines (use deployment-strategies or ci-cd skill) - Firewall/fail2ban configuration (use firewall skill) - Nginx or service configuration (use nginx or systemd skill)