--- - hosts: localhost become: true tasks: - name: Install fail2ban packages yum: name={{item}} state=latest update_cache=yes with_items: - fail2ban - fail2ban-systemd - jwhois - name: Copy fail2ban jail.local to its final home copy: src=jail.local dest=/etc/fail2ban/jail.local mode=0700 - name: Ensure firewalld starts and is enabled by default service: name=firewalld state=started enabled=yes - name: Ensure fail2ban starts and is enabled by default service: name=fail2ban state=started enabled=yes