From 665c2c84be67f4518e6a7ad3350995eff6983b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Dell'Amico <andrea.dellamico@isti.cnr.it>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:24:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Run the fail2ban handler only when fail2ban is installed and
 enabled. For real this time.

---
 handlers/main.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 9971a31..f0fe424 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
   ansible.builtin.service:
     name: fail2ban
     state: restarted
+  when: fail2ban_enabled
 
 - name: Reload fail2ban
   ansible.builtin.service:
     name: fail2ban
     state: reloaded
+  when: fail2ban_enabled
 
 - name: Enable and start fail2ban
   ansible.builtin.service: