[Ubuntu 20.04.1] Problems installing fail2ban

[Gerard Funosas Planas]

Hello,

We are using this security role (version 2.0.1.), in a new server with Ubuntu focal version 20.04.1, and we get this:

TASK [geerlingguy.security : Install fail2ban (Debian).] *******************************************************************************************************
fatal: []: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No package matching 'fail2ban' is available"}

We've realized that the problem is that the package is not found on the 20.04.1 version of Ubuntu (apt search fail2ban gives 0 results, whereas in Ubuntu 20.04 it is found).

Is anyone else having this problem, or does anyone already know how to solve it?

Thank you,

[Oliver Davies]

I saw the same on Ubuntu 20.04, where fail2ban wouldn't install. I found that it was available after running apt update so I was able to do with with a pre_task:

pre_tasks:
  - apt:
      update_cache: true
      cache_valid_time: 3600

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