[GH-ISSUE #3681] Fail2ban won't work after updating or redeploying Vaultwarden #1641

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opened 2026-03-03 02:10:51 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-03 02:10:51 +03:00

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Originally created by @Chippel on GitHub (Jul 11, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/3681

Subject of the issue

I've set up Vaultwarden successfully via Docker and Nginx reverse proxy manager. Also, I set up the logfile environment variable and I find the logfile it in Linux. I followed the Fail2ban manual and everything works as expected. I get banned and the website will not be accessible anymore if I enter too many bad credentials.

Unfortunately after updating it won't work anymore. I can still see the logfile and it gets updated but I won't get banned via Fail2ban anymore.

I did "update" the container as followed:

went into Portainer and removed the container in the container tab.
removed the image in the "images" tab.

After that I just created a new container with all the same settings. Settings were kept cuz I could access my admin panel and SMTP settings were still available.

Deployment environment

I did set up manually via Portainer. I set the name, gave the image link and I also created a volume which is called vw-data and which points to /data/

vaultwarden version:

manual Portainer way by clicking the buttons.

Clients used: *
Android, Windows 11.
Reverse proxy and version:
Nginx Proxy Manager

EDIT: seems like the vaultwarden.log file won't get updated after updating. Do I have to set the logpath again when I update? That does not seem to be convinient.

Originally created by @Chippel on GitHub (Jul 11, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/3681 ### Subject of the issue I've set up Vaultwarden successfully via Docker and Nginx reverse proxy manager. Also, I set up the logfile environment variable and I find the logfile it in Linux. I followed the Fail2ban manual and everything works as expected. I get banned and the website will not be accessible anymore if I enter too many bad credentials. Unfortunately after updating it won't work anymore. I can still see the logfile and it gets updated but I won't get banned via Fail2ban anymore. I did "update" the container as followed: 1) went into Portainer and removed the container in the container tab. 2) removed the image in the "images" tab. After that I just created a new container with all the same settings. Settings were kept cuz I could access my admin panel and SMTP settings were still available. ### Deployment environment I did set up manually via Portainer. I set the name, gave the image link and I also created a volume which is called vw-data and which points to /data/    * vaultwarden version:  manual Portainer way by clicking the buttons. * Clients used: * Android, Windows 11. * Reverse proxy and version:  Nginx Proxy Manager EDIT: seems like the vaultwarden.log file won't get updated after updating. Do I have to set the logpath again when I update? That does not seem to be convinient.