Fail2Ban blocks ip in ignoreip list

Fail2ban continues to block an ip even after I have whitelisted that ip.

I have in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf a line like the following.

ignoreip = 53.45.114.103

However fail2ban continues to block this ip.

I see in the logs: 2016-01-07 13:34:38,180 fail2ban.actions [44813]: NOTICE [ssh] Ban 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,496 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,515 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,529 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,534 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,545 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,546 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,547 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:38,563 fail2ban.filter [44813]: INFO [ssh] Found 53.45.114.103 2016-01-07 13:34:41,026 fail2ban.actions [44813]: NOTICE [ssh] 53.45.114.103 already banned

You need to edit the jail.local file and add the appropriate entry under the [DEFAULT] block and it should work.