Step 2: `wp-config.php`

Now that we’ve got syslog configured with a custom facility it’s time to make WP fail2ban use it.

Add the following to your wp-config.php file:

/**
* The blocklist messages use the "block" class
*/
define('WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_LOG_BLOCK', true);

/**
* Use the custom facility we configured earlier for the block messages.
*
* Be sure to change this to match the syslog facility you're using.
*/
define('WP_FAIL2BAN_PLUGIN_BLOCK_LOG', LOG_LOCAL3);