diff --git a/manifests/firewall/iptables.pp b/manifests/firewall/iptables.pp
index 8789de7..7f7ea09 100644
--- a/manifests/firewall/iptables.pp
+++ b/manifests/firewall/iptables.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::firewall::iptables.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary manage firewall settings through cd_firewall or puppetlabs-firewall
 ###############################################################################
 class cd_haproxy::firewall::iptables (
diff --git a/manifests/main/config.pp b/manifests/main/config.pp
index 64ee58a..8131b90 100644
--- a/manifests/main/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/config.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::main::config.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary  Class manages all aspects of configuring the module logic for
 #   cd_haproxy.
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/manifests/main/dirs.pp b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
index 2409bf6..839186d 100644
--- a/manifests/main/dirs.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::main::dirs.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary Class manages all directories required for cd_haproxy.
 ###############################################################################
 class cd_haproxy::main::dirs (
diff --git a/manifests/main/files.pp b/manifests/main/files.pp
index 11a0ec1..9d54db5 100644
--- a/manifests/main/files.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/files.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::main::files.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary  Class manages all configuration files required for cd_haproxy.
 ##############################################################################
 class cd_haproxy::main::files (
diff --git a/manifests/main/install.pp b/manifests/main/install.pp
index 6101927..0bf1198 100644
--- a/manifests/main/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/install.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::main::install.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary Class manage all aspects of installing binaries required for
 #   cd_haproxy
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/manifests/main/user.pp b/manifests/main/user.pp
index b5159ab..c818eec 100644
--- a/manifests/main/user.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/user.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::main::user.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@ConfDroid.com)
-# # License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HAproxy
-#    Copyright (C) 2016  ConfDroid (copyright@ConfDroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary  Class manages service users for cd_haproxy.
 #############################################################################
 class cd_haproxy::main::user (
diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp b/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4662b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Module name: cd_haproxy
+# Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
+# @summary  Class manages fail2ban settings
+##############################################################################
+class cd_haproxy::monitoring::fail2ban (
+
+) inherits cd_haproxy::params {
+
+  require cd_fail2ban
+
+  if $hy_manage_fail2ban == true {
+
+    # configure filter
+    
+    file { '/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/haproxy.conf':
+      ensure    =>  file,
+      owner     =>  'root',
+      group     =>  'root',
+      mode      =>  '0644',
+      selrange  =>  s0,
+      selrole   =>  object_r,
+      seltype   =>  etc_t,
+      seluser   =>  system_u,
+      content   =>  template('cd_haproxy/fail2ban/f2b_haproxy.conf.erb'),
+      notify    =>  Service[$fn_service],
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 35a4d67..dfdf0f7 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ $hy_host_fqdn                 = undef,
 $hy_manage_fw                 = true,
 $hy_fw_order_no               = '50',
 
+# fail2ban
+$hy_manage_fail2ban           = false,
+
 # main config
 $hy_http_port                 = '80',
 $hy_https_port                = '443',
diff --git a/manifests/server/service.pp b/manifests/server/service.pp
index a6e6c3f..ce9b450 100644
--- a/manifests/server/service.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/service.pp
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 ## cd_haproxy::server::service.pp
 # Module name: cd_haproxy
 # Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# License:
-#    This file is part of cd_haproxy.
-#
-#    cd_haproxy is used for providing automatic configuration of HA proxy.
-#    Copyright (C) 2017  confdroid (copyright@confdroid.com)
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # @summary  Class manages the service(s) for cd_haproxy.
 #############################################################################
 class cd_haproxy::server::service (
diff --git a/templates/fail2ban/f2b_haproxy.conf.erb b/templates/fail2ban/f2b_haproxy.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d91380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/fail2ban/f2b_haproxy.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+################################################################################
+#####       fail2ban for haproxy.conf created by Puppet                    #####
+################################################################################
+
+[Definition]
+failregex = ^<HOST> -.*"(GET|POST|HEAD|PUT|DELETE|OPTIONS) .*(/login|/admin|/api/login).*HTTP/1\.[01]" 401
+ignoreregex =