package fail2ban import ( "bufio" "fmt" "os" "regexp" "time" ) var ( // Typical fail2ban log line: // 2023-01-20 10:15:30,123 fail2ban.actions [1234]: NOTICE [sshd] Ban 192.168.0.101 logRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\S+\s+\S+) fail2ban\.actions.*?\[\d+\]: NOTICE\s+\[(\S+)\]\s+Ban\s+(\S+)`) ) // BanEvent holds details about a ban type BanEvent struct { Time time.Time Jail string IP string LogLine string } // ParseBanLog returns a map[jailName]BanEvents and also the last 5 ban events overall. func ParseBanLog(logPath string) (map[string][]BanEvent, error) { file, err := os.Open(logPath) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open fail2ban log: %v", err) } defer file.Close() eventsByJail := make(map[string][]BanEvent) scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file) for scanner.Scan() { line := scanner.Text() matches := logRegex.FindStringSubmatch(line) if len(matches) == 4 { // matches[1] -> "2023-01-20 10:15:30,123" // matches[2] -> jail name, e.g. "sshd" // matches[3] -> IP, e.g. "192.168.0.101" timestampStr := matches[1] jail := matches[2] ip := matches[3] // parse "2023-01-20 10:15:30,123" -> time.Time parsedTime, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05,000", timestampStr) if err != nil { // If parse fails, skip or set parsedTime=zero continue } ev := BanEvent{ Time: parsedTime, Jail: jail, IP: ip, LogLine: line, } eventsByJail[jail] = append(eventsByJail[jail], ev) } } if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil { return nil, err } return eventsByJail, nil }