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80 lines
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Admin Tools
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* [Home](help)
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Friendica Tools
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Friendica has a build in command console you can find in the *bin* directory.
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The console provides the following commands:
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* cache: Manage node cache
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* config: Edit site config
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* createdoxygen: Generate Doxygen headers
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* dbstructure: Do database updates
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* docbloxerrorchecker: Check the file tree for DocBlox errors
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* extract: Generate translation string file for the Friendica project (deprecated)
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* globalcommunityblock: Block remote profile from interacting with this node
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* globalcommunitysilence: Silence remote profile from global community page
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* archivecontact: Archive a contact when you know that it isn't existing anymore
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* help: Show help about a command, e.g (bin/console help config)
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* autoinstall: Starts automatic installation of friendica based on values from htconfig.php
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* maintenance: Set maintenance mode for this node
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* newpassword: Set a new password for a given user
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* php2po: Generate a messages.po file from a strings.php file
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* po2php: Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
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* typo: Checks for parse errors in Friendica files
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* postupdate: Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
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* storage: Manage storage backend
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* relay: Manage ActivityPub relay servers
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Please consult *bin/console help* on the command line interface of your server for details about the commands.
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3rd Party Tools
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In addition to the tools Friendica includes, some 3rd party tools can make your admin days easier.
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### Fail2ban
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Fail2ban is an intrusion prevention framework ([see Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail2ban)) that you can use to forbid access to a server under certain conditions, e.g. 3 failed attempts to log in, for a certain amount of time.
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The following configuration was [provided](https://forum.friendi.ca/display/174591b4135ae40c1ad7e93897572454) by Steffen K9 using Debian.
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You need to adjust the *logpath* in the *jail.local* file and the *bantime* (value is in seconds).
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In */etc/fail2ban/jail.local* create a section for Friendica:
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[friendica]
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enabled = true
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findtime = 300
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bantime = 900
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filter = friendica
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port = http,https
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logpath = /var/log/friend.log
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logencoding = utf-8
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And create a filter definition in */etc/fail2ban/filter.d/friendica.conf*:
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[Definition]
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failregex = ^.*authenticate\: failed login attempt.*\"ip\"\:\"<HOST>\".*$
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ignoreregex =
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Additionally you have to define the number of failed logins before the ban should be activated.
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This is done either in the global configuration or for each jail separately.
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You should inform your users about the number of failed login attempts you grant them.
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Otherwise you'll get many reports about the server not functioning if the number is too low.
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### Log rotation
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If you have activated the logs in Friendica, be aware that they can grow to a significant size.
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To keep them in control you should add them to the automatic [log rotation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_rotation), e.g. using the *logrotate* command.
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In */etc/logrotate.d/* add a file called *friendica* that contains the configuration.
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The following will compress */var/log/friendica* (assuming this is the location of the log file) on a daily basis and keep 2 days of back-log.
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/var/log/friendica.log {
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compress
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daily
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rotate 2
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}
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