Fail2ban

jail.local

[sshd]
enabled = true
port    = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
maxretry = 10
bantime = -1
action  = iptables[name=SSH, port=22, protocol=tcp]
         telegram

[apache-overflows]
enabled  = true
port     = http,https
filter   = apache-overflows
logpath  = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2

[apache-badbots]
enabled  = true
port     = http,https
filter   = apache-badbots
logpath  = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2

[apache-nohome]
enabled  = true
port     = http,https
filter   = apache-nohome
logpath  = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
maxretry = 2

[php-url-fopen]
enabled = true
port    = http,https
filter  = php-url-fopen
logpath = /var/log/apache*/*access.log

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-an-apache-server-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-14-04