IPBan One Click Install for Windows and Linux
IPBan now has a simple one click install for Windows, simply run the following from an admin powershell prompt:
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DigitalRuby/IPBan/master/IPBanCore/Windows/Scripts/install_latest.ps1'))If you have any concerns about running a powershell script from a url, please try the url in your browser and review the code:
The same powershell script can be used with a uninstall argument should you ever need to remove IPBan from a system.
For reference, here is the Linux one click install script:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DigitalRuby/IPBan/master/IPBanCore/Linux/Scripts/Install.sh.
The Linux script can be executed as follows:
sudo -i; bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DigitalRuby/IPBan/master/IPBanCore/Linux/Scripts/Install.sh)May these scripts serve you well in securing your servers.
Have a wonderful day!
– Jeff
Jeff Johnson (
When Installing version 3.1.0, I get a cmd window that shows that it was installed as a service, yet when I go to services I do not see it. It does create an inbound rule to diable access when an ip address violates the rule. So I need to run the exe so that it works? Here is what is displayed when I run the EXE. 2026-03-31 14:42:32.0159|WARN|IPBan|Initializing service 2026-03-31 14:42:32.0962|WARN|IPBan|Detecting os version… 2026-03-31 14:42:32.1477|WARN|IPBan|OS version detected: Name: Windows, Version: 10.0.26100, Friendly Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, Description: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100, app version: 3.1.0 2026-03-31 14:42:32.1679|WARN|IPBan|Running as a console app… Read more »
Does this install script behave any better?
https://github.com/DigitalRuby/IPBan/blob/release-4.0.0/IPBanCore/Windows/Scripts/install_latest.ps1
That worked. Thanks. Is there an admin console that works with the standard edition?
Can I to install ipban without pro subscription?
The free trial allows two installations for 30 day trial period
recently realized how configurable ipban is…. can also be configured to protect an emby server!
would be really cool if we could put together a list of custom configs for various other things? would help noobs keep security in check
nonetheless thanks for the efforts!
Would love to know more, what are you thinking here?
As a less experienced user this feature makes all the difference. Thank you Jeff!
You are very welcome 🙂
Can I run same script again and again to upgrade to newer version?
Yes. On Windows I have it preserving the ipban.sqlite and ipban.config files. I still need to update the Linux script to do this. I will do that now.
Ok it’s updated now for Linux too 🙂
I didn’t know you had Linux version. How IPBan compares / differs to default fail2ban?
It should be able to do everything fail2ban can do, along with (in my opinion) being more performant and easier to configure.