FAIL2BAN blocks access to “.ocdata” file! Apache Error Log: ..AH01630: client denied by server configuration: … cloud/data/.ocdata create with a Custom Rule for FAIL2BAN do: $sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/apache-auth.local insert: [apache-auth] ignoreregex = nextcloud/data/.ocdata do: $sudo service fail2ban restart Check Log: tail -f n50 /var/log/apache2/error.log Remark: Sometimes the Login take long time after Enter the Password this indicates a filled up “oc_bruteforce_attempts” Table!! login into mysql: $mysql -u user -p select database: USE Nextcloud; show all values from the oc_bruteforce_attempts table, use: SELECT * FROM oc_bruteforce_attempts; remove “ALL” IP’s from the table, do step by step: DELETE FROM oc_bruteforce_attempts WHERE IP="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"; […]