# Installing fail2ban on wowza server

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/installing-fail2ban-on-wowza-server/37639>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 9, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/installing-fail2ban-on-wowza-server/37639 "2015-09-09T11:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danny\_Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Danny\_Wilson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Danny_Wilson)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/installing-fail2ban-on-wowza-server/37639/1 "2015-09-09T11:46:38Z")

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We’ve been getting a lot of attempts to login via SSH on our VPS and the host suggested fail2ban. After installing we can’t access wowza, ftp either. The only thing I seem to be able to do is SSH.

I’ve no idea why and may just start again. So just wondering if there’s any advice, or tutorials to set this up right? or alternatives if people use something else?

thanks,

Danny

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**Author:** ![Roger\_Littin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Roger\_Littin1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Roger_Littin1)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 9:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/installing-fail2ban-on-wowza-server/37639/2 "2015-09-10T09:54:09Z")

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Hi Danny,

It has most likely set some strict firewall rules when it was installed. I would start by checking those and making sure that at least the Wowza streaming port is allowed.

Roger.