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Fail2Ban is set to only allow connections from a no longer available IP address. So I'm going to boot into recovery mode which will hopefully reset back to the default config and then allow all. I'm trying to avoid nuking this thing from orbit because that would just be a huge hassle.

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Yeah I just haven't had the time to set up a VPN. It was sort of "OK I'll set this for now because I'm getting hit with a bunch of shit and then spend some time fixing it" except I didn't realize Comcast was going to drop the lease before I got a chance to get around to it.

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This is going to piss me off. I could probably get into this box and fix the F2B config through DO's online recovery concul, because it lets me connect fine, except it's not accessible. And support is useless. It's looking like I'll need to back up the WP install, nuke this thing from orbit, and then just create a new one. That's not happening this evening.

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Get in #fedizens we're halfway through Wednesday. So I decided to create a clean VPS with WordPress instead of fighting with this one, and move everything over manually. Not fun but I can roll. Just point "old" at the old box, change a-records and work. But no, Fail2Ban refuses connection if I change DNS. So I'll be pointing another domain at the new box and then pointing arush.io once it's done. God I hate Fail2Ban so much right now. Oh and Digital Ocean's inaccessible online consul.