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Fail2Ban iptables rules can be erased sometimes by disabling Plesk Firewall

 
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Symptoms

When Fail2Ban is enabled and has already banned some IP addresses, its rules in iptables can be removed when Plesk Firewall is disabled.

Cause

Plesk bug PPPM-9399 that is planned to be fixed in future updates.

Resolution

Until the bug is fixed, use the workaround:

  1. Connect to the server using SSH.
  2. Open the file /etc/init.d/psa-firewall for editing and modify it as follows:

    • Before:

      if "$emergency"; then
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: firewall successfully disabled"
      exit 0
      else
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: failed to disable firewall"
      exit 1
      fi

    • After:

      if "$emergency"; then
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: firewall successfully disabled"

      if [ "active" == `/bin/systemctl is-active fail2ban.service` ] ; then
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: fail2ban will restart now."
      systemctl restart fail2ban.service &
      else
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: fail2ban is not active and will not be restarted."
      fi
      exit 0

      else
      echo "$SERVICE_NAME: failed to disable firewall"
      exit 1
      fi

Note: After this modification, Fail2Ban service will be restarted on Plesk firewall disable action.

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