fail2ban: add a variable to disable the ssh filter (default: False)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * evocheck: detect installed packages even if "held" by APT (manual fix)
 * evocheck: the crontab is updated by the role (default: `True`)
 * evolinux-base: add mail related aliases
+* fail2ban: add a variable to disable the ssh filter (default: `False`)
 * generate-ldif: detect installed packages even if "held" by APT
 * java: support for Oracle JRE
 * kibana: log messages go to /var/log/kibana/kibana.log

fail2ban/README.md

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ Main variables are :
 * `general_alert_email`: email address to send various alert messages (default: `root@localhost`).
 * `fail2ban_alert_email`: email address for messages sent to root (default: `general_alert_email`).
 * `fail2ban_ignore_ips`: list of IPs to ignore (default: empty).
+* `fail2ban_disable_ssh`: if true, the "sshd" filter is disabled, otherwise nothing is done, not even enabling the filter (default: `False`).
 
 The full list of variables (with default values) can be found in `defaults/main.yml`.

fail2ban/defaults/main.yml

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ fail2ban_additional_ignore_ips: []
 
 fail2ban_wordpress: False
 fail2ban_roundcube: False
+
+fail2ban_disable_ssh: False

fail2ban/tasks/main.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@
   tags:
   - fail2ban
 
+- name: Disable SSH filter
+  ini_file:
+    dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+    section: sshd
+    option: enabled
+    value: false
+  notify: restart fail2ban
+  when: fail2ban_disable_ssh
+  tags:
+    - fail2ban
+
 - name: custom filters are installed
   copy:
     src: "{{ item }}"