fail2ban empty logs

[Azurel]

In the fail2ban module of plesk is a tab for "logs".

Here you can view Fail2ban logs.
No items found.

I have banned IPs, but no logs? I missed totaly a timestamp for the banned ip. How I can found out the time for the ban per IP?

 

[IgorG]

Check this thread - http://talk.plesk.com/threads/no-logs-for-fail2ban.329868/

 

[Azurel]

Thanks. My fail2ban (plesk module) config is:

logtarget = SYSLOG

so I must change it to?

logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log

 

[IgorG]

Yes, try to do so.

 

[Azurel]

I have change it and restart fail2ban and get a warning:

# service fail2ban restart
Stopping fail2ban: [ OK ]
Starting fail2ban: WARNING 'ignoreregex' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '' [ OK ]

 

[IgorG]

http://talk.plesk.com/threads/fail2ban-error.320345/#post-768276

 

[Azurel]

Thank you!

As backup....

To start... " Starting fail2ban: WARNING 'ignoreregex' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '' " is really nothing you should worry about, because Fail2ban is clever enough to use the global "ignoreregex" ( which is none )... Please have a closer look on how jails and filters are defined, to understand the warning. For example, the filter "plesk-courierlogin.conf" has an absolut correct filter - definition: