--- - name: Install fail2ban apt: name: fail2ban state: present - name: Enable fail2ban for SSH template: src: jail.local.j2 # jail.local overrides jail.conf but does not replace # we can just put our little SSH conf (port and log file) inside dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local owner: root group: root mode: 0644 notify: Restarts fail2ban - name: Enable fail2ban service: name: fail2ban enabled: true