How Install Fail2Ban On Linux 2?

First thing... The EPEL repository is for Redhat linux and its clones.
Not sure which linux distro your AWS is based on.

I see you mixing several distros in your attempt because apt-get is a debian or its clones program.

So what exactly did you download with wget?

I found this on an Amazon users forum page.

yum --disablerepo epel install fail2ban

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[ec2-user@ip-172-31-8-214 ~]$ yum --disablerepo epel install fail2ban
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd


Error getting repository data for epel, repository not found

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wget https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/archive/0.8.14.tar.gz

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I am using Apache 2.4 with https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/

I didn't know apt was for debian thanks for letting me know.

Try

yum install fail2ban

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[root@ip-172-31-8-214 ~]# yum install fail2ban
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd
amzn2-core                                               | 2.4 kB     00:00
(1/3): amzn2-core/2/x86_64/updateinfo                      |  39 kB   00:00
(2/3): amzn2-core/2/x86_64/group_gz                        | 2.4 kB   00:00
(3/3): amzn2-core/2/x86_64/primary_db                      |  14 MB   00:00
No package fail2ban available.
Error: Nothing to do

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OK... This should help you with your tarball install...

tar xvfz 0.8.14.tar.gz
cd 0.8.14
python setup.py install

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adjust if your tarball is named differently.

It did some things that looked like it was installed but when I go to start it I get the following

[root@ip-172-31-8-214 fail2ban]# ls
action.d  fail2ban.conf  fail2ban.d  filter.d  jail.conf  jail.d
[root@ip-172-31-8-214 fail2ban]# systemctl start fail2ban
Failed to start fail2ban.service: Unit not found.
[root@ip-172-31-8-214 fail2ban]# cd ..
[root@ip-172-31-8-214 etc]# systemctl start fail2ban
Failed to start fail2ban.service: Unit not found.

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This is what it did when I ran your command

[root@ip-172-31-8-214 fail2ban-0.8.14]# python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/common
copying common/__init__.py -> build/lib/common
copying common/exceptions.py -> build/lib/common
copying common/helpers.py -> build/lib/common
copying common/protocol.py -> build/lib/common
copying common/version.py -> build/lib/common
creating build/lib/client
copying client/__init__.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/actionreader.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/beautifier.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/configparserinc.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/configreader.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/configurator.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/csocket.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/fail2banreader.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/filterreader.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/jailreader.py -> build/lib/client
copying client/jailsreader.py -> build/lib/client
creating build/lib/server
copying server/__init__.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/action.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/actions.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/asyncserver.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/banmanager.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/datedetector.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/datetemplate.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/faildata.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/failmanager.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/failregex.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/filter.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/filtergamin.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/filterpoll.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/filterpyinotify.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/iso8601.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/jail.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/jails.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/jailthread.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/mytime.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/server.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/ticket.py -> build/lib/server
copying server/transmitter.py -> build/lib/server
creating build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/__init__.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/actionstestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/actiontestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/banmanagertestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/clientreadertestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/datedetectortestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/dummyjail.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/failmanagertestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/filtertestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/misctestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/samplestestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/servertestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/sockettestcase.py -> build/lib/testcases
copying testcases/utils.py -> build/lib/testcases
running build_scripts
creating build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting fail2ban-client -> build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting fail2ban-server -> build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting fail2ban-regex -> build/scripts-2.7
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-client from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-server from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-regex from 644 to 755
running install_lib
creating /usr/share/fail2ban
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/__init__.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/exceptions.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/helpers.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/protocol.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/version.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/common
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/__init__.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/actionreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/beautifier.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configparserinc.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configurator.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/csocket.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/fail2banreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/filterreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/jailreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/jailsreader.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/client
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/__init__.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/action.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/actions.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/asyncserver.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/banmanager.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/datedetector.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/datetemplate.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/faildata.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/failmanager.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/failregex.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filter.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filtergamin.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filterpoll.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filterpyinotify.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/iso8601.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jail.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jails.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jailthread.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/mytime.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/server.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/ticket.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/transmitter.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/server
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/__init__.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/actionstestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/actiontestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/banmanagertestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/datedetectortestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/dummyjail.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/failmanagertestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/filtertestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/misctestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/samplestestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/servertestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/sockettestcase.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
copying build/lib/testcases/utils.py -> /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/exceptions.py to exceptions.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/helpers.py to helpers.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/protocol.py to protocol.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/version.py to version.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/actionreader.py to actionreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/beautifier.py to beautifier.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py to configparserinc.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configreader.py to configreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configurator.py to configurator.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/csocket.py to csocket.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py to fail2banreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/filterreader.py to filterreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/jailreader.py to jailreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/jailsreader.py to jailsreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/action.py to action.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/actions.py to actions.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/asyncserver.py to asyncserver.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py to banmanager.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py to datedetector.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/datetemplate.py to datetemplate.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/faildata.py to faildata.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py to failmanager.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/failregex.py to failregex.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filter.py to filter.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filtergamin.py to filtergamin.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py to filterpoll.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py to filterpyinotify.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/iso8601.py to iso8601.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jail.py to jail.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jails.py to jails.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jailthread.py to jailthread.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/mytime.py to mytime.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/server.py to server.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/ticket.py to ticket.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/transmitter.py to transmitter.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/actionstestcase.py to actionstestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/actiontestcase.py to actiontestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/banmanagertestcase.py to banmanagertestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/clientreadertestcase.py to clientreadertestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/datedetectortestcase.py to datedetectortestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/dummyjail.py to dummyjail.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/failmanagertestcase.py to failmanagertestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/filtertestcase.py to filtertestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/misctestcase.py to misctestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/samplestestcase.py to samplestestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/servertestcase.py to servertestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/sockettestcase.py to sockettestcase.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/testcases/utils.py to utils.pyc
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-client -> /usr/bin
copying build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-server -> /usr/bin
copying build/scripts-2.7/fail2ban-regex -> /usr/bin
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-client to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-server to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-regex to 755
running install_data
creating /etc/fail2ban
copying config/fail2ban.conf -> /etc/fail2ban
copying config/jail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban
creating /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/3proxy.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-common.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-modsecurity.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-nohome.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/apache-overflows.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/assp.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/asterisk.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/common.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/courierlogin.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/cyrus-imap.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/dovecot.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/dropbear.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/ejabberd-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/exim-common.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/exim-spam.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/exim.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/freeswitch.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/groupoffice.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/gssftpd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/horde.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/lighttpd-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/nagios.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/named-refused.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/nginx-http-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/nsd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/openwebmail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/pam-generic.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/perdition.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/php-url-fopen.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/postfix-sasl.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/postfix.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/proftpd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/pure-ftpd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/qmail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/recidive.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/roundcube-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/selinux-common.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/selinux-ssh.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sendmail-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sendmail-reject.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sieve.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sogo-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/solid-pop3d.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/squid.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sshd-ddos.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/sshd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/suhosin.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/uwimap-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/webmin-auth.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/wuftpd.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
copying config/filter.d/xinetd-fail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d
creating /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/apf.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/badips.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/blocklist_de.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/bsd-ipfw.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/complain.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/dshield.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/dummy.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/firewallcmd-ipset.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/firewallcmd-new.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/ipfilter.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/ipfw.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-allports.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-blocktype.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-ipset-proto4.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-ipset-proto6-allports.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-ipset-proto6.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-multiport-log.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-multiport.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-new.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables-xt_recent-echo.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/iptables.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/mail-whois.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/mail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/mynetwatchman.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/osx-afctl.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/osx-ipfw.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/pf.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/route.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/sendmail-buffered.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/sendmail-common.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/sendmail-whois-lines.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/sendmail-whois.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/sendmail.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/shorewall.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
copying config/action.d/ufw.conf -> /etc/fail2ban/action.d
creating /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.d
creating /etc/fail2ban/jail.d
creating /var/run/fail2ban
creating /usr/share/doc/fail2ban
copying README.md -> /usr/share/doc/fail2ban
copying DEVELOP -> /usr/share/doc/fail2ban
copying doc/run-rootless.txt -> /usr/share/doc/fail2ban
running install_egg_info
Writing /usr/share/fail2ban/fail2ban-0.8.14-py2.7.egg-info

Please do not forget to update your configuration files.
They are in /etc/fail2ban/.

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Please tell me how to get it started.

Here are some steps to get things going on Centos 7, which should be similar to your Amazon system

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-fail2ban-on-centos/

that doesn't help. Remember I can't load epel.  Skipping past what I have done.   I get the same error

[root@ip-172-31-8-214 log]# systemctl enable fail2ban
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory

I even tried it in the fail2ban directory

[root@ip-172-31-8-214 log]# cd /etc/fail2ban
[root@ip-172-31-8-214 fail2ban]# systemctl enable fail2ban
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory

Is three a symlink or something similar that needs to be updated.  The yum command references fail2ban-systemd.  Is that something missing?  If so, do you have a url.  I've looked and can't seem to find it.

Since Amazon doesn't provide an RPM for any of it, it is going to be manual...

I will see if I can find some systemd scripts

great, thanks

Thanks for all of your help.

Installing it is just the first step... Find a good source online for rule ideas and such... The stock rules do a little, but they need to be tweaked.

Yes, I agree I have used for years on my non linux 2 server.