[Unit] Description=Ban IPs that make too many password failures After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/fail2ban ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client start ExecReload=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client reload ExecStop=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client stop ExecStopPost=/bin/rmdir /var/run/fail2ban PIDFile=/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target