Description
===========

Installs and configures `fail2ban`, a utility that watches logs for failed login attempts 
and blocks repeat offenders with firewall rules.

Requirements
============

Platform
--------

* Debian, Ubuntu


Recipes
=======

default
-------

Installs the fail2ban package, manages 2 templates: `/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf` 
and `/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf`, and manages the fail2ban service.

Usage
=====

Typically, include `recipe[fail2ban]` in a base role applied to all nodes.

License and Author
==================

Author:: Joshua Timberman

Copyright:: 2009-2011, Opscode, Inc

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Description
===========

Installs and configures `fail2ban`, a utility that watches logs for failed login attempts 
and blocks repeat offenders with firewall rules.  On Redhat/Fedora systems this cookbook
will enable the EPEL repository in order to retrieve the fail2ban package.

Requirements
============

Chef version 0.10.10+ and Ohai 0.6.12+ are required.

Platform
--------

* Debian, Ubuntu
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (CentOS/Amazon/Scientific/Oracle)
* Fedora

Cookbooks
---------

* yum


Recipes
=======

default
-------

Installs the fail2ban package, manages 2 templates: `/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf` 
and `/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf`, and manages the fail2ban service.

Usage
=====

Typically, include `recipe[fail2ban]` in a base role applied to all nodes.

License and Author
==================

Author:: Joshua Timberman

Copyright:: 2009-2013, Opscode, Inc

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Document chef requirements, cookbook requirements, and OS support
Document chef requirements, cookbook requirements, and OS support
