--- - name: Install fail2ban ansible.builtin.apt: name: fail2ban state: present update_cache: true - name: Configure the sshd jail ansible.builtin.template: src: fail2ban_sshd.local.j2 dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/sshd.local owner: root group: root mode: "0644" notify: restart fail2ban - name: Enable and start fail2ban ansible.builtin.service: name: fail2ban enabled: true state: started