--- - name: Start the iptables service service: name=iptables-persistent state=restarted enabled=yes notify: Restart fail2ban - name: Start the netfilter service service: name=netfilter-persistent state=restarted enabled=yes when: is_debian8 notify: Restart fail2ban - name: Flush the iptables rules command: /etc/init.d/iptables-persistent flush ignore_errors: true - name: Start the iptables service on Ubuntu < 12.04 command: /etc/init.d/iptables-persistent start ignore_errors: true - name: Stop the iptables service on Ubuntu < 12.04 command: /etc/init.d/iptables-persistent stop ignore_errors: true - name: Restart fail2ban after an iptables restart service: name=fail2ban state=restarted enabled=yes when: has_fail2ban