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Fail2Ban config for NextCloud

sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nextcloud.conf

[Definition]
failregex=^{"reqId":".*","remoteAddr":".*","app":"core","message":"Login failed: '.*' \(Remote IP: '<HOST>'\)","level":2,"time":".*"}$
	^{"reqId":".*","level":2,"time":".*","remoteAddr":".*","app":"core".*","message":"Login failed: '.*' \(Remote IP: '<HOST>'\)".*}$
	^.*\"remoteAddr\":\"<HOST>\".*Trusted domain error.*$

sudo fail2ban-regex /var/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/nextcloud.conf -v

Should output:

 Running tests
=============

Use   failregex filter file : nextcloud, basedir: /etc/fail2ban
Use         log file : /var/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log
Use         encoding : UTF-8


Results
=======

Failregex: 25941 total
|-  #) [# of hits] regular expression
|   1) [0] ^{"reqId":".*","remoteAddr":".*","app":"core","message":"Login failed: '.*' \(Remote IP: '<HOST>'\)","level":2,"time":".*"}$
|   2) [11] ^{"reqId":".*","level":2,"time":".*","remoteAddr":".*","app":"core".*","message":"Login failed: '.*' \(Remote IP: '<HOST>'\)".*}$

sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nextcloud.local

[nextcloud]
ignoreip = 192.168.1.0/24
backend = auto
enabled = true
port = 80,443
protocol = tcp
filter = nextcloud
maxretry = 3
bantime = 36000
findtime = 36000
logpath = /var/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log

sudo fail2ban-client status nextcloud

Status for the jail: nextcloud
|- Filter
|  |- Currently failed: 13
|  |- Total failed: 82
|  `- File list:    /var/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log
`- Actions
   |- Currently banned: 0
   |- Total banned: 5
   `- Banned IP list:
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