added new logtarget "SYSOUT" to log from fail2ban working in foreground as systemd-service (in opposite to "STDOUT" don't log time-stamps).

config/fail2ban.conf

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ loglevel = INFO
 #         using logrotate -- also adjust or disable rotation in the
 #         corresponding configuration file
 #         (e.g. /etc/logrotate.d/fail2ban on Debian systems)
-# Values: [ STDOUT | STDERR | SYSLOG | FILE ]  Default: STDERR
+# Values: [ STDOUT | STDERR | SYSLOG | SYSOUT | FILE ]  Default: STDERR
 #
 logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log
 

fail2ban/client/fail2bancmdline.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Fail2banCmdLine():
 		output("    -s <FILE>               socket path")
 		output("    -p <FILE>               pidfile path")
 		output("    --loglevel <LEVEL>      logging level")
-		output("    --logtarget <FILE>|STDOUT|STDERR|SYSLOG")
+		output("    --logtarget <TARGET>    logging target, use file-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.")
 		output("    --syslogsocket auto|<FILE>")
 		output("    -d                      dump configuration. For debugging")
 		output("    --dp, --dump-pretty     dump the configuration using more human readable representation")

fail2ban/client/fail2banserver.py

@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ class Fail2banServer(Fail2banCmdLine):
 					if server: # pragma: no cover
 						server.quit()
 					exit(-1)
-				logSys.debug('Starting server done')
+				if background:
+					logSys.debug('Starting server done')
 
 		except Exception as e:
 			if self._conf["verbose"] > 1:

fail2ban/helpers.py

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def str2LogLevel(value):
 		raise ValueError("Invalid log level %r" % value)
 	return ll
 
-def getVerbosityFormat(verbosity, fmt=' %(message)s'):
+def getVerbosityFormat(verbosity, fmt=' %(message)s', addtime=True):
 	"""Custom log format for the verbose runs
 	"""
 	if verbosity > 1: # pragma: no cover
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ def getVerbosityFormat(verbosity, fmt=' %(message)s'):
 		if verbosity > 2:
 			fmt = ' +%(relativeCreated)5d %(thread)X %(name)-25.25s %(levelname)-5.5s' + fmt
 		else:
-			fmt = ' %(asctime)-15s %(thread)X %(levelname)-5.5s' + fmt
+			fmt = ' %(thread)X %(levelname)-5.5s' + fmt
+			if addtime:
+				fmt = ' %(asctime)-15s' + fmt
 	return fmt
 
 

fail2ban/server/server.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 import threading
 from threading import Lock, RLock
 import logging
-import logging.handlers
 import os
 import signal
 import stat
@@ -561,10 +560,8 @@ class Server:
 				self.__logTarget = target
 				return True
 			# set a format which is simpler for console use
-			fmt = "%(asctime)s %(name)-24s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)-7s %(message)s"
+			fmt = "%(name)-24s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)-7s %(message)s"
 			if systarget == "SYSLOG":
-				# Syslog daemons already add date to the message.
-				fmt = "%(name)s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)s %(message)s"
 				facility = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON
 				if self.__syslogSocket == "auto":
 					import platform
@@ -581,7 +578,7 @@ class Server:
 						"Syslog socket file: %s does not exists"
 						" or is not a socket" % self.__syslogSocket)
 					return False
-			elif systarget == "STDOUT":
+			elif systarget in ("STDOUT", "SYSOUT"):
 				hdlr = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
 			elif systarget == "STDERR":
 				hdlr = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
@@ -615,8 +612,14 @@ class Server:
 			if logger.getEffectiveLevel() <= logging.DEBUG: # pragma: no cover
 				if self.__verbose is None:
 					self.__verbose = logging.DEBUG - logger.getEffectiveLevel() + 1
+			# If handler don't already add date to the message:
+			addtime = systarget not in ("SYSLOG", "SYSOUT")
+			# verbose log-format:
 			if self.__verbose is not None and self.__verbose > 2: # pragma: no cover
-				fmt = getVerbosityFormat(self.__verbose-1)
+				fmt = getVerbosityFormat(self.__verbose-1,
+					addtime=addtime)
+			elif addtime:
+				fmt = "%(asctime)s " + fmt
 			# tell the handler to use this format
 			hdlr.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt))
 			logger.addHandler(hdlr)

files/bash-completion

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ _fail2ban () {
                     ;;
                 logtarget)
                     if [[ "$cmd" == "set" ]];then
-                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "STDOUT STDERR SYSLOG" -- "$cur" ) )
+                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "STDOUT STDERR SYSLOG SYSOUT" -- "$cur" ) )
                         _filedir # And files
                     fi
                     return 0

files/fail2ban.service.in

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ PartOf=iptables.service firewalld.service ip6tables.service ipset.service
 Type=simple
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/fail2ban
 ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf start
-# if should be logged in systemd journal, use following line or set logtarget to stdout in fail2ban.local
-# ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=stdout start
+# if should be logged in systemd journal, use following line or set logtarget to sysout in fail2ban.local
+# ExecStart=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=sysout start
 ExecStop=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client stop
 ExecReload=@BINDIR@/fail2ban-client reload
 PIDFile=/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid

man/fail2ban-client.1

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ pidfile path
 .TP
 \fB\-\-loglevel\fR <LEVEL>
 logging level
-.HP
-\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <FILE>|STDOUT|STDERR|SYSLOG
+.TP
+\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <TARGET>
+logging target, use file\-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
 .HP
 \fB\-\-syslogsocket\fR auto|<FILE>
 .TP

man/fail2ban-server.1

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ pidfile path
 .TP
 \fB\-\-loglevel\fR <LEVEL>
 logging level
-.HP
-\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <FILE>|STDOUT|STDERR|SYSLOG
+.TP
+\fB\-\-logtarget\fR <TARGET>
+logging target, use file\-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
 .HP
 \fB\-\-syslogsocket\fR auto|<FILE>
 .TP