--- - name: Install fail2ban ansible.builtin.apt: name: fail2ban state: present update_cache: yes become: yes - name: Template fail2ban jail.local configuration ansible.builtin.template: src: jail.local.j2 dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local owner: root group: root mode: '0644' become: yes notify: Restart fail2ban - name: Ensure fail2ban service is started and enabled ansible.builtin.service: name: fail2ban state: started enabled: yes become: yes