What our engineers handle on Fail2Ban
This is the hands-on work, done by a person: the jobs the automatic tools cannot do for you.
- 1Enable and test jails for SSH, Nginx or Apache, mail and application logins
- 2Set ban times, retry counts and allowlists that fit how you work
- 3Make bans work with your firewall (nftables, iptables, CSF or UFW)
- 4Send alerts and review what the jails have blocked
Problems we fix
Problem
Fail2Ban is running but nothing is ever banned
What we do
We check log paths and filter regexes against real log lines and fix the ones that never match.
Problem
You locked yourself out
What we do
We unban you, add your addresses to the allowlist and set safer defaults.
Problem
Bans do not stop the attack because it comes from thousands of addresses
What we do
We add rate limits and application-level protection, because a log-based ban cannot cope with large distributed attacks.
Automatic tools, and our team for the rest
RootManage is automatic server management with every tool in one place. The tools run by themselves on a schedule and report to one dashboard. Everything they cannot do, and every emergency, is handled by our engineers by hand.
Automatic
RootManage tools, running by themselves
- Server Health agent reports load, disk use and failed login attempts to your dashboard.
- Guard watches traffic for abnormal spikes and lets us block or unblock addresses. It is not an internet DDoS scrubber.
- Uptime checks check the server every minute and email you when it stops answering, and again when it recovers.
Manual, by our engineers
Everything else, and every emergency
- Hands-on work. Fixes, tuning, migrations, upgrades and the other jobs listed above on this page.
- Emergency work. A hacked site, an outage or a failed update is handled by a person who investigates and fixes it, not by a script.
- Things we do not automate. Anything the tools do not cover is done by hand, over SSH, WHM or RDP, on a login you can remove at any time.
The tools are optional, run on Linux servers and are installed by you with one command each. Every job our team does is recorded as a task in your dashboard with the details, and you get an email when it is updated.
How it works
- 1
Sign up
Create an account, choose a plan and add the server you want managed.
- 2
Install the tools
Run one command per tool. They then work by themselves and report to your dashboard. For hands-on work you give us a login you can remove at any time.
- 3
Automatic, with people behind it
The tools watch, scan and back up automatically and alert you. Our engineers do the rest by hand and handle every emergency, and you follow each task in your dashboard.
Questions about Fail2Ban
Does Fail2Ban stop DDoS?
No. It slows brute-force logins from a small number of addresses. Large attacks need upstream protection, and we will not claim otherwise.
Fail2Ban or CSF?
CSF includes similar protection and suits cPanel servers. Fail2Ban is the usual choice on plain Linux servers.
What does it cost to have Fail2Ban managed?
Managed plans start at ₹1,999 a month for one server, and Fail2Ban is managed as part of the server. The pricing page lists what each plan includes. If a server is already infected, the emergency cleanup is a one-time ₹9,000 job.