# Caddy + fail2ban ## Caddy Modern http proxy server with easy configuration. Rebuild caddy with transform-encoder (used to format logs that fail2ban reads): ```sh go install github.com/caddyserver/xcaddy/cmd/xcaddy@latest ~/go/bin/xcaddy build --with github.com/caddyserver/transform-encoder sudo mv caddy /usr/bin/caddy sudo systemctl restart caddy caddy list-modules | grep transform sudo apt-mark hold caddy rm -rf ~/go ``` Add to `/etc/caddy/Caddyfile`: ```Caddyfile files.example.com { # your url request_body { max_size 4GB } reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8080 { # serveg address transport http { versions 1.1 } } # log response status and request authorization for fail2ban log { output file /var/log/caddy/files-auth.log format transform "{ts} {request>client_ip} {status} {request>headers>Authorization>[0]}" { time_format iso8601 placeholder - } } } ``` Restart caddy: ```sh sudo systemctl restart caddy ``` ### Fail2ban Service that reads logs from various sources, finds password trials and bans ip if it tries to brute force password. 1. Copy [delpoy/caddy-auth.conf](./delpoy/caddy-auth.conf) to `/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/caddy-auth.conf` 2. Copy [delpoy/caddy-auth.local](./delpoy/caddy-auth.local) to `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/caddy-auth.local` 3. Reload fail2ban: ```sh sudo fail2ban-client reload ``` 4. Test fail2ban: ```sh curl -s -o /dev/null -u wrong:wrong https://files.example.com/private curl -s -o /dev/null https://files.example.com/private sudo fail2ban-regex /var/log/caddy/files-auth.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/caddy-auth.conf ```