--- - name: Reload systemd daemon systemd: daemon_reload: true - name: Restart IPv4 Firewall service: name: ipt-firewall state: restarted notify: Restart fail2ban if active - name: Restart IPv6 Firewall service: name: ip6t-firewall state: restarted notify: Restart fail2ban if active # A firewall restart flushes the fail2ban chains; restarting fail2ban # recreates them and re-applies the active bans. Does nothing if fail2ban # is not installed or not running. - name: Restart fail2ban if active shell: | if systemctl is-active --quiet fail2ban ; then systemctl restart fail2ban echo restarted fi register: fail2ban_restart changed_when: "'restarted' in fail2ban_restart.stdout"