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+.TH fail2rest 1 "" "" "General Commands Manual"
+.SH NAME
+fail2rest \- REST server for fail2ban
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+fail2rest [options]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+fail2rest is a small REST server that aims to allow full administration of a fail2ban(1) server via HTTP
+.SH OPTIONS
+\-config
+specify path to json configuration for fail2rest.
+.TP
+\-h
+prints available arguments, then exits.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+fail2ban(1)
+.SH BUGS
+No known bugs.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Sean DuBois (sean@siobud.com)