🐛 fix start up config error for appsec and review doc for appsec tls (#300 )

* 🐛 fix start up config error for appsec * :doc: add documentation on appsec variables and missing conf parameter * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix after lot of tests * update exemple tls with new variables tested * fix exemple appsec with release and not localplugin --------- Co-authored-by: mhx <mathieu@hanotaux.fr>
⬆️ Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 (#303 )
2026-09-02 20:28:50 +02:00 · 2025-12-21 21:52:19 +01:00 · 2025-12-20 14:30:49 +01:00 · 2025-12-11 07:58:12 +01:00 · 2025-12-10 07:54:07 +01:00 · 2025-11-27 15:40:18 +01:00
36 changed files with 1587 additions and 363 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for Go
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for build tools
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/tools"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ jobs:
    name: Main Process
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
-      GO_VERSION: 1.22
-      GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.57.2
+      GO_VERSION: 1.23
+      GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.63.4
      YAEGI_VERSION: v0.16.1
      CGO_ENABLED: 0
    defaults:
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ jobs:

      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-go-environment
      - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}

      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          path: go/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
          fetch-depth: 0

      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/cache
      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
        with:
          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/pkg/mod
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ linters-settings:
    locale: US
  funlen:
    lines: -1
-    statements: 50
+    statements: 60
  godox:
    keywords:
      - FIXME
@@ -25,45 +25,33 @@ linters-settings:
    rules:
      Main:
        files:
-        - $all
-        - "!$test"
+          - $all
+          - "!$test"
        allow:
-        - $gostd
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/logger
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/ip
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/configuration
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/cache
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/captcha
-        - github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis
+          - $gostd
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/logger
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/ip
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/configuration
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/cache
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/captcha
+          - github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis
      Test:
        files:
-        - $test
+          - $test
        allow:
-        - $gostd
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/logger
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/ip
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/configuration
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/cache
-        - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/captcha
+          - $gostd
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/logger
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/ip
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/configuration
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/cache
+          - github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/pkg/captcha

 linters:
  enable-all: true
  disable:
-    - deadcode # deprecated
-    - exhaustivestruct # deprecated
-    - golint # deprecated
-    - ifshort # deprecated
-    - interfacer # deprecated
-    - maligned # deprecated
-    - nosnakecase # deprecated
-    - scopelint # deprecated
-    - scopelint # deprecated
-    - structcheck # deprecated
-    - varcheck # deprecated
    - sqlclosecheck # not relevant (SQL)
    - rowserrcheck # not relevant (SQL)
-    - execinquery # not relevant (SQL)
    - cyclop # duplicate of gocyclo
    - bodyclose # Too many false positives: https://github.com/timakin/bodyclose/issues/30
    - dupl
@@ -74,18 +62,17 @@ linters:
    - wsl
    - exhaustive
    - exhaustruct
-    - goerr113
+    - err113
    - wrapcheck
-    - ifshort
    - noctx
    - lll
-    - gomnd
    - forbidigo
    - varnamelen
    - wastedassign # is disabled because of generics
    - gofumpt
    - gci
-
+    - mnd
+    - exportloopref
 issues:
  exclude-use-default: false
  max-same-issues: 0
@@ -41,13 +41,16 @@ run_tlsauth:
 	docker compose -f examples/tls-auth/docker-compose.yml up  -d --remove-orphans

 run_appsec:
-	docker compose -f examples/appsec-enabled/docker-compose.yml up -d
+	docker compose -f examples/appsec-enabled/docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans
+
+run_custom_captcha:
+	docker compose -f examples/custom-captcha/docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans

 run_captcha:
-	docker compose -f examples/captcha/docker-compose.yml up -d
+	docker compose -f examples/captcha/docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans

 run_custom_ban_page:
-	docker compose -f examples/custom-ban-page/docker-compose.yml up -d
+	docker compose -f examples/custom-ban-page/docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans

 run:
 	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ clean_all_docker:
 	docker compose -f examples/tls-auth/docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
 	docker compose -f examples/appsec-enabled/docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
 	docker compose -f examples/captcha/docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
+	docker compose -f examples/custom-captcha/docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
 	docker compose -f examples/custom-ban-page/docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
 	docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml down --remove-orphans
 	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ The AppSec Component offers:
 - Low-effort virtual patching capabilities.
 - Support for your legacy ModSecurity rules.
 - Combining classic WAF benefits with advanced CrowdSec features for otherwise difficult advanced behavior detection.
+
 More information on appsec in the [Crowdsec Documentation](https://doc.crowdsec.net/docs/next/appsec/intro/).

 Remediation offered by [Crowdsec](https://docs.crowdsec.net/u/bouncers/intro) and supported by the plugin can be either `ban` or `captcha`.  
@@ -34,20 +35,21 @@ For the `captcha` remediation, the user will be redirected to a page to complete

 On successfull completion, he will be cleaned for a specified period of time before a new resolution challenge is expected if Crowdsec still has a decision to verify the user behavior. See the example captcha for more informations and configuration intructions.  
 The following captcha providers are supported now:
- - [hcaptcha](https://www.hcaptcha.com/)
- - [recaptcha](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/)
- - [turnstile](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/)

+- [hcaptcha](https://www.hcaptcha.com/)
+- [recaptcha](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/)
+- [turnstile](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/)
+- [custom/wicketkeeper](https://github.com/a-ve/wicketkeeper)

 There are 5 operating modes (CrowdsecMode) for this plugin:

-| Mode | Description |
-|------|------|
-| none | If the client IP is on ban list, it will get a http code 403 response. Otherwise, request will continue as usual. All request call the Crowdsec LAPI |
-| live | If the client IP is on ban list, it will get a http code 403 response. Otherwise, request will continue as usual.    The bouncer can leverage use of a local cache in order to reduce the number of requests made to the Crowdsec LAPI. It will keep in cache the status for each IP that makes queries. |
-| stream | Stream Streaming mode allows you to keep in the local cache only the Banned IPs, every requests that does not hit the cache is authorized. Every minute, the cache is updated with news from the Crowdsec LAPI. |
-| alone | Standalone mode, similar to the streaming mode but the blacklisted IPs are fetched on the CAPI. Every 2 hours, the cache is updated with news from the Crowdsec CAPI. It does not include any locally banned IP, but can work without a crowdsec service. |
-| appsec | Disable Crowdsec IP checking but apply Crowdsec Appsec checking. This mode is intended to be used when Crowdsec IP checking is applied at the Firewall Level. |
+| Mode   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| none   | If the client IP is on ban list, it will get a http code 403 response. Otherwise, request will continue as usual. All request call the Crowdsec LAPI                                                                                                                                                  |
+| live   | If the client IP is on ban list, it will get a http code 403 response. Otherwise, request will continue as usual. The bouncer can leverage use of a local cache in order to reduce the number of requests made to the Crowdsec LAPI. It will keep in cache the status for each IP that makes queries. |
+| stream | Stream Streaming mode allows you to keep in the local cache only the Banned IPs, every requests that does not hit the cache is authorized. Every minute, the cache is updated with news from the Crowdsec LAPI.                                                                                       |
+| alone  | Standalone mode, similar to the streaming mode but the blacklisted IPs are fetched on the CAPI. Every 2 hours, the cache is updated with news from the Crowdsec CAPI. It does not include any locally banned IP, but can work without a crowdsec service.                                             |
+| appsec | Disable Crowdsec IP checking but apply Crowdsec Appsec checking. This mode is intended to be used when Crowdsec IP checking is applied at the Firewall Level.                                                                                                                                         |

 The `streaming mode` is recommended for performance, decisions are updated every 60 sec by default and that's the only communication between Traefik and Crowdsec. Every request that happens hits the cache for quick decisions.

@@ -300,24 +302,44 @@ sequenceDiagram
 To get started, use the `docker-compose.yml` file.

 You can run it with:
+
 ```bash
 make run
 ```

 ### Note

-**/!\ Cache is shared by all services**
-*This means if an IP is banned, all services which are protected by an instance of the plugin will deny requests from that IP*
-Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
+> Some of the behaviours and configuration parameters are shared globally across _all_ crowdsec middlewares even if you declare different middlewares with different settings.
+>
+> **Cache is shared by all services**: This means if an IP is banned, all services which are protected by an instance of the plugin will deny requests from that IP
+>
+> If you define different caches for different middlewares, only the first one to be instantiated will be bound to the crowdsec stream.
+>
+> Overall, this middleware is designed in such a way that **only one instance of the plugin is _possible_.** You can have multiple crowdsec middlewares in the same cluster, the key parameters must be aligned (MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds, CrowdsecMode, CrowdsecAppsecEnabled, etc.)
+
+> [!WARNING]  
+> **Appsec maximum body limit is defaulted to 10MB** > _Be careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x_

 ### Variables
+
 - Enabled
  - bool
  - default: false
  - Enable the plugin
 - LogLevel
  - string
-  - default: `INFO`, expected values are: `INFO`, `DEBUG`, `ERROR`, log are written to `stdout` / `stderr`
+  - default: `INFO`, expected values are: `INFO`, `DEBUG`, `ERROR`
+  - Log are written to `stdout` / `stderr` or file if LogFilePath is provided
+- LogFilePath
+  - string
+  - default: ""
+  - File Path to write logs, must be writable by Traefik, Log rotation may require a restart of traefik
+- MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds
+  - int64
+  - default: 600
+  - Interval in seconds between metrics updates to Crowdsec
+  - If set to zero or less, metrics collection is disabled
 - CrowdsecMode
  - string
  - default: `live`, expected values are: `none`, `live`, `stream`, `alone`, `appsec`
@@ -328,7 +350,22 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
 - CrowdsecAppsecHost
  - string
  - default: "crowdsec:7422"
-  - Crowdsec Appsec Server available on which host and port. The scheme will be handled by the CrowdsecLapiScheme var.
+  - Crowdsec Appsec Server available on which host and port.
+- CrowdsecAppsecTlsInsecureVerify
+  - bool
+  - default: false
+  - Disable verification of certificate presented by Appsec
+- CrowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateAuthority
+  - string
+  - default: ""
+  - PEM-encoded Certificate Authority of Appsec
+- CrowdsecAppsecScheme
+  - string
+  - default: value of `CrowdsecLapiScheme`, expected values are: `http`, `https`
+- CrowdsecAppsecPath
+  - string
+  - default: "/"
+  - Crowdsec Appsec Server available on this path. Will be appended to CrowdsecAppsecHost. Need to finish with "/".
 - CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock
  - bool
  - default: true
@@ -337,6 +374,14 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - bool
  - default: true
  - Block request when Crowdsec Appsec Server is unreachable.
+- CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit
+  - int64
+  - default: 10485760 (= 10MB)
+  - Transmit only the first number of bytes to Crowdsec Appsec Server.
+- CrowdsecAppsecKey
+  - string
+  - default: value of `CrowdsecLapiKey`
+  - Crowdsec AppSec key for the bouncer.
 - CrowdsecLapiScheme
  - string
  - default: `http`, expected values are: `http`, `https`
@@ -344,6 +389,10 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - string
  - default: "crowdsec:8080"
  - Crowdsec LAPI available on which host and port.
+- CrowdsecLapiPath
+  - string
+  - default: "/"
+  - Crowdsec LAPI Server available on this path. Will be appended to CrowdsecLapiHost. Need to finish with "/".
 - CrowdsecLapiKey
  - string
  - default: ""
@@ -396,6 +445,10 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - string
  - default: ""
  - Database selection for the Redis service
+- RedisCacheUnreachableBlock
+  - bool
+  - default: true
+  - Block request when Redis is unreachable (if Redis is unreachable, 1-second delay is added to each request)
 - HTTPTimeoutSeconds
  - int64
  - default: 10
@@ -412,6 +465,10 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - int64
  - default: 60
  - Used only in `live` mode, maximum decision duration
+- RemediationStatusCode
+  - int
+  - default: 403
+  - HTTP status code for banned user (not captcha)
 - CrowdsecCapiMachineId
  - string
  - Used only in `alone` mode, login for Crowdsec CAPI
@@ -423,7 +480,19 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - Used only in `alone` mode, scenarios for Crowdsec CAPI
 - CaptchaProvider
  - string
-  - Provider to validate the captcha, expected values are: `hcaptcha`, `recaptcha`, `turnstile`
+  - Provider to validate the captcha, expected values are: `hcaptcha`, `recaptcha`, `turnstile` or `custom`
+- CaptchaCustomJsURL
+  - string
+  - If CaptchaProvider is `custom`, URL used to load the challenge in the HTML (in case of hcaptcha: `https://hcaptcha.com/1/api.js`)
+- CaptchaCustomValidateURL
+  - string
+  - If CaptchaProvider is `custom`, URL used to validate the challenge (in case of hcaptcha: `https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify`)
+- CaptchaCustomKey
+  - string
+  - If CaptchaProvider is `custom`, used to set class name of the div used by captcha provider (in case of hcaptcha: `h-captcha`)
+- CaptchaCustomResponse
+  - string
+  - If CaptchaProvider is `custom`, used to set the field in the POST body from the captcha.html to Traefik (in case of hcaptcha: `h-captcha-response`)
 - CaptchaSiteKey
  - string
  - Site key for the captcha provider
@@ -442,12 +511,17 @@ Only one instance of the plugin is *possible*.
  - string
  - default: ""
  - Path where the ban html file is stored (default empty ""=disabled)
+- TraceHeadersCustomName
+  - string
+  - default: ""
+  - Request Header name whose value to inject in ban HTML response (default empty ""=disabled)

 ### Configuration

 For each plugin, the Traefik static configuration must define the module name (as is usual for Go packages).

 The following declaration (given here in YAML) defines a plugin:
+
 > Note that you don't need to copy all thoses settings but only the ones you want to use.  
 > See the examples for advanced usage.

@@ -486,19 +560,24 @@ http:
        bouncer:
          enabled: false
          logLevel: DEBUG
+          LogFilePath: ""
          updateIntervalSeconds: 60
          updateMaxFailure: 0
          defaultDecisionSeconds: 60
+          remediationStatusCode: 403
          httpTimeoutSeconds: 10
          crowdsecMode: live
          crowdsecAppsecEnabled: false
+          crowdsecAppsecScheme: ""
          crowdsecAppsecHost: crowdsec:7422
+          crowdsecAppsecPath: "/"
          crowdsecAppsecFailureBlock: true
          crowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock: true
+          crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit: 10485760
          crowdsecLapiKey: privateKey-foo
-          crowdsecLapiKeyFile: /etc/traefik/cs-privateKey-foo
-          crowdsecLapiHost: crowdsec:8080
          crowdsecLapiScheme: http
+          crowdsecLapiHost: crowdsec:8080
+          crowdsecLapiPath: "/"
          crowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify: false
          crowdsecCapiMachineId: login
          crowdsecCapiPassword: password
@@ -517,13 +596,13 @@ http:
          redisCacheHost: "redis:6379"
          redisCachePassword: password
          redisCacheDatabase: "5"
+          redisCacheUnreachableBlock: true
          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthority: |-
            -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
            MIIEBzCCAu+gAwIBAgICEAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgZQxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT
            ...
            Q0veeNzBQXg1f/JxfeA39IDIX1kiCf71tGlT
            -----END CERTIFICATE-----
-          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile: /etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/ca.pem
          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncer: |-
            -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
            MIIEHjCCAwagAwIBAgIUOBTs1eqkaAUcPplztUr2xRapvNAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
@@ -531,30 +610,31 @@ http:
            RaXAnYYUVRblS1jmePemh388hFxbmrpG2pITx8B5FMULqHoj11o2Rl0gSV6tHIHz
            N2U=
            -----END CERTIFICATE-----
-          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerFile: /etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/bouncer.pem
          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKey: |-
            -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
            MIIEogIBAAKCAQEAtYQnbJqifH+ZymePylDxGGLIuxzcAUU4/ajNj+qRAdI/Ux3d
            ...
            ic5cDRo6/VD3CS3MYzyBcibaGaV34nr0G/pI+KEqkYChzk/PZRA=
            -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKeyFile: /etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/bouncer-key.pem
          captchaProvider: hcaptcha
          captchaSiteKey: FIXME
          captchaSecretKey: FIXME
          captchaGracePeriodSeconds: 1800
          captchaHTMLFilePath: /captcha.html
          banHTMLFilePath: /ban.html
+          traceHeadersCustomName: X-Request-ID
+          metricsUpdateIntervalSeconds: 600
 ```

 #### Fill variable with value of file

-`CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKey`, `CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncer`, `CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthority`, `CrowdsecCapiMachineId`, `CrowdsecCapiPassword`, `CrowdsecLapiKey`, `CaptchaSiteKey` and `CaptchaSecretKey` can be provided with the content as raw or through a file path that Traefik can read.  
+`CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKey`, `CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncer`, `CrowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthority`, `CrowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateAuthority`, `CrowdsecCapiMachineId`, `CrowdsecCapiPassword`, `CrowdsecLapiKey`, `CrowdsecAppsecKey`, `CaptchaSiteKey`, `CaptchaSecretKey` and `RedisCachePassword` can be provided with the content as raw or through a file path that Traefik can read.  
 The file variable will be used as preference if both content and file are provided for the same variable.

 Format is:
+
 - Content: VariableName: XXX
- File   : VariableNameFile: /path
+- File : VariableNameFile: /path

 #### Authenticate with LAPI

@@ -562,6 +642,7 @@ You can authenticate to the LAPI either with LAPIKEY or by using client certific
 Please see below for more details on each option.

 #### Generate LAPI KEY
+
 You can generate a crowdsec API key for the LAPI.  
 You can follow the documentation here: [docs.crowdsec.net/docs/user_guides/lapi_mgmt](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/user_guides/lapi_mgmt)

@@ -571,24 +652,26 @@ docker exec crowdsec cscli bouncers add crowdsecBouncer
 ```

 This LAPI key must be set where is noted FIXME-LAPI-KEY in the docker-compose.yml
+
 ```yaml
-...
+..
 whoami:
  labels:
    - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapikey=FIXME-LAPI-KEY"
    - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapischeme=http"
    - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapihost=crowdsec:8080"
-...
+..
 crowdsec:
  environment:
    BOUNCER_KEY_TRAEFIK: FIXME-LAPI-KEY
-...
 ```

 Note:
+
 > Crowdsec does not require a specific format for la LAPI-key, you may use something like FIXME-LAPI-KEY but that is not recommanded for obvious reasons

 You can then run all the containers:
+
 ```bash
 docker compose up -d
 ```
@@ -608,6 +691,13 @@ Set the `crowdsecLapiScheme` to https.
 Crowdsec must be listening in HTTPS for this to work.
 Please see the [tls-auth example](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/blob/main/examples/tls-auth/README.md) or the official documentation: [docs.crowdsec.net/docs/local_api/tls_auth/](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/local_api/tls_auth/)

+#### Use HTTPS to communicate with the Appsec
+
+To communicate with the Appsec in HTTPS you need to either accept any certificates by setting the `crowdsecAppsecTLSInsecureVerify` to true or add the CA used by the server certificate of Crowdsec using `crowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateAuthority` or `crowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateAuthorityFile`.
+Set the `crowdsecAppsecScheme` to https.
+
+Currently AppSec does not support mTLS authentication for the AppSec Component.
+
 #### Manually add an IP to the blocklist (for testing purposes)

 ```bash
@@ -640,6 +730,8 @@ docker exec crowdsec cscli decisions remove --ip 10.0.0.10 -t captcha

 #### 10. Using Traefik with Custom Ban HTML Page [examples/custom-ban-page/README.md](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/blob/main/examples/custom-ban-page/README.md)

+#### 11. Using Traefik with Custom Captcha Whiketkeeper[examples/custom-captcha/README.md](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin/blob/main/examples/custom-captcha/README.md)
+
 ### Local Mode

 Traefik also offers a developer mode that can be used for temporary testing of plugins not hosted on GitHub.
@@ -665,12 +757,14 @@ The source code of the plugin should be organized as follows:
 ```

 For local development, a `docker-compose.local.yml` is provided which reproduces the directory layout needed by Traefik.  
-This works once you have generated and filled your *LAPI-KEY* (crowdsecLapiKey), if not read above for informations.
+This works once you have generated and filled your _LAPI-KEY_ (crowdsecLapiKey), if not read above for informations.

 ```bash
 docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml up -d
 ```
+
 Equivalent to
+
 ```bash
 make run_local
 ```
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	htmltemplate "html/template"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"

@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 	crowdsecLapiHeader       = "X-Api-Key"
 	crowdsecLapiRoute        = "v1/decisions"
 	crowdsecLapiStreamRoute  = "v1/decisions/stream"
+	crowdsecLapiMetricsRoute = "v1/usage-metrics"
 	crowdsecCapiHost         = "api.crowdsec.net"
 	crowdsecCapiHeader       = "Authorization"
 	crowdsecCapiLoginRoute   = "v2/watchers/login"
@@ -40,12 +44,32 @@ const (
 	cacheTimeoutKey          = "updated"
 )

+// ##############################################################
+// Important: traefik creates an instance of the bouncer per route.
+// We rely on globals (both here and in the memory cache) to share info between
+// routes. This means that some of the plugins parameters will only work "once"
+// and will take the values of the first middleware that was instantiated even
+// if you have different middlewares with different parameters. This design
+// makes it impossible to have multiple crowdsec implementations per cluster (unless you have multiple traefik deployments in it)
+// - updateInterval
+// - updateMaxFailure
+// - defaultDecisionTimeout
+// - redisUnreachableBlock
+// - appsecEnabled
+// - appsecHost
+// - metricsUpdateIntervalSeconds
+// - others...
+// ###################################
+
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals
 var (
 	isStartup               = true
 	isCrowdsecStreamHealthy = true
-	updateFailure           = 0
-	ticker                  chan bool
+	updateFailure           int64
+	streamTicker            chan bool
+	metricsTicker           chan bool
+	lastMetricsPush         time.Time
+	blockedRequests         int64
 )

 // CreateConfig creates the default plugin configuration.
@@ -61,35 +85,47 @@ type Bouncer struct {

 	enabled                 bool
 	appsecEnabled           bool
+	appsecScheme            string
 	appsecHost              string
+	appsecPath              string
+	appsecKey               string
 	appsecFailureBlock      bool
 	appsecUnreachableBlock  bool
+	appsecBodyLimit         int64
 	crowdsecScheme          string
 	crowdsecHost            string
+	crowdsecPath            string
 	crowdsecKey             string
 	crowdsecMode            string
 	crowdsecMachineID       string
 	crowdsecPassword        string
 	crowdsecScenarios       []string
 	updateInterval          int64
-	updateMaxFailure        int
+	updateMaxFailure        int64
 	defaultDecisionTimeout  int64
+	remediationStatusCode   int
 	remediationCustomHeader string
 	forwardedCustomHeader   string
 	crowdsecStreamRoute     string
 	crowdsecHeader          string
-	banTemplateString       string
+	redisUnreachableBlock   bool
+	banTemplate             *htmltemplate.Template
+	traceCustomHeader       string
 	clientPoolStrategy      *ip.PoolStrategy
 	serverPoolStrategy      *ip.PoolStrategy
 	httpClient              *http.Client
+	httpAppsecClient        *http.Client
 	cacheClient             *cache.Client
 	captchaClient           *captcha.Client
 	log                     *logger.Log
 }

 // New creates the crowdsec bouncer plugin.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo
 func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, name string) (http.Handler, error) {
-	log := logger.New(config.LogLevel)
+	config.LogLevel = strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel)
+	log := logger.New(config.LogLevel, config.LogFilePath)
 	err := configuration.ValidateParams(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("New:validateParams " + err.Error())
@@ -99,43 +135,57 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 	serverChecker, _ := ip.NewChecker(log, config.ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs)
 	clientChecker, _ := ip.NewChecker(log, config.ClientTrustedIPs)

+	var tlsAppsecConfig *tls.Config
+	if config.CrowdsecAppsecEnabled {
+		tlsAppsecConfig, err = configuration.GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config, log, true)
+		if config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme == "" {
+			config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme = config.CrowdsecLapiScheme
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("New:getTLSConfigCrowdsec fail to get tlsAppsecConfig " + err.Error())
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		apiAppsecKey, errAppsecKey := configuration.GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecAppsecKey")
+		if errAppsecKey != nil && len(tlsAppsecConfig.Certificates) == 0 {
+			log.Info("New:crowdsecLapiKey fail to get CrowdsecAppsecKey and no client certificate setup " + errAppsecKey.Error())
+		}
+		config.CrowdsecAppsecKey = apiAppsecKey
+	}
+
 	var tlsConfig *tls.Config
 	crowdsecStreamRoute := ""
 	crowdsecHeader := ""
 	if config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.AloneMode {
 		config.CrowdsecCapiMachineID, _ = configuration.GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecCapiMachineID")
 		config.CrowdsecCapiPassword, _ = configuration.GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecCapiPassword")
+		config.CrowdsecLapiScheme = configuration.HTTPS
 		config.CrowdsecLapiHost = crowdsecCapiHost
-		config.CrowdsecLapiScheme = "https"
+		config.CrowdsecLapiPath = "/"
 		config.UpdateIntervalSeconds = 7200 // 2 hours
 		crowdsecStreamRoute = crowdsecCapiStreamRoute
 		crowdsecHeader = crowdsecCapiHeader
 	} else {
 		crowdsecStreamRoute = crowdsecLapiStreamRoute
 		crowdsecHeader = crowdsecLapiHeader
-		tlsConfig, err = configuration.GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config, log)
+		tlsConfig, err = configuration.GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config, log, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("New:getTLSConfigCrowdsec fail to get tlsConfig " + err.Error())
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		apiKey, errAPIKey := configuration.GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecLapiKey")
-		if errAPIKey != nil && len(tlsConfig.Certificates) == 0 {
-			log.Error("New:crowdsecLapiKey fail to get CrowdsecLapiKey and no client certificate setup " + errAPIKey.Error())
-			return nil, err
+		apiKey, errKey := configuration.GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecLapiKey")
+		if errKey != nil && len(tlsConfig.Certificates) == 0 {
+			log.Error("New:crowdsecLapiKey fail to get CrowdsecLapiKey and no client certificate setup " + errKey.Error())
+			return nil, errKey
 		}
 		config.CrowdsecLapiKey = apiKey
+		if config.CrowdsecAppsecKey == "" {
+			config.CrowdsecAppsecKey = apiKey
+		}
 	}

-	var banTemplateString string
+	var banTemplate *htmltemplate.Template
 	if config.BanHTMLFilePath != "" {
-		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		banTemplate, _ := configuration.GetHTMLTemplate(config.BanHTMLFilePath)
-		err = banTemplate.Execute(&buf, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("New:banTemplate is bad formatted " + err.Error())
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		banTemplateString = buf.String()
+		banTemplate, _ = configuration.GetHTMLTemplate(config.BanHTMLFilePath)
 	}

 	bouncer := &Bouncer{
@@ -146,11 +196,16 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		enabled:                 config.Enabled,
 		crowdsecMode:            config.CrowdsecMode,
 		appsecEnabled:           config.CrowdsecAppsecEnabled,
+		appsecScheme:            config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme,
 		appsecHost:              config.CrowdsecAppsecHost,
+		appsecPath:              config.CrowdsecAppsecPath,
+		appsecKey:               config.CrowdsecAppsecKey,
 		appsecFailureBlock:      config.CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock,
 		appsecUnreachableBlock:  config.CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock,
+		appsecBodyLimit:         config.CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit,
 		crowdsecScheme:          config.CrowdsecLapiScheme,
 		crowdsecHost:            config.CrowdsecLapiHost,
+		crowdsecPath:            config.CrowdsecLapiPath,
 		crowdsecKey:             config.CrowdsecLapiKey,
 		crowdsecMachineID:       config.CrowdsecCapiMachineID,
 		crowdsecPassword:        config.CrowdsecCapiPassword,
@@ -160,7 +215,10 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		remediationCustomHeader: config.RemediationHeadersCustomName,
 		forwardedCustomHeader:   config.ForwardedHeadersCustomName,
 		defaultDecisionTimeout:  config.DefaultDecisionSeconds,
-		banTemplateString:       banTemplateString,
+		remediationStatusCode:   config.RemediationStatusCode,
+		redisUnreachableBlock:   config.RedisCacheUnreachableBlock,
+		banTemplate:             banTemplate,
+		traceCustomHeader:       config.TraceHeadersCustomName,
 		crowdsecStreamRoute:     crowdsecStreamRoute,
 		crowdsecHeader:          crowdsecHeader,
 		log:                     log,
@@ -178,6 +236,14 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 			},
 			Timeout: time.Duration(config.HTTPTimeoutSeconds) * time.Second,
 		},
+		httpAppsecClient: &http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				MaxIdleConns:    10,
+				IdleConnTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+				TLSClientConfig: tlsAppsecConfig,
+			},
+			Timeout: time.Duration(config.HTTPTimeoutSeconds) * time.Second,
+		},
 		cacheClient:   &cache.Client{},
 		captchaClient: &captcha.Client{},
 	}
@@ -202,6 +268,10 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 			Timeout:   time.Duration(config.HTTPTimeoutSeconds) * time.Second,
 		},
 		config.CaptchaProvider,
+		config.CaptchaCustomJsURL,
+		config.CaptchaCustomKey,
+		config.CaptchaCustomResponse,
+		config.CaptchaCustomValidateURL,
 		config.CaptchaSiteKey,
 		config.CaptchaSecretKey,
 		config.RemediationHeadersCustomName,
@@ -209,10 +279,11 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		config.CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("CaptchaClient not valid " + err.Error())
 		return nil, err
 	}

-	if (config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.StreamMode || config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.AloneMode) && ticker == nil {
+	if (config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.StreamMode || config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.AloneMode) && streamTicker == nil {
 		if config.CrowdsecMode == configuration.AloneMode {
 			if err := getToken(bouncer); err != nil {
 				bouncer.log.Error("New:getToken " + err.Error())
@@ -221,10 +292,20 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		}
 		handleStreamTicker(bouncer)
 		isStartup = false
-		ticker = startTicker(config, log, func() {
+		streamTicker = startTicker("stream", config.UpdateIntervalSeconds, log, func() {
 			handleStreamTicker(bouncer)
 		})
 	}
+
+	// Start metrics ticker if not already running
+	if metricsTicker == nil && config.MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds > 0 {
+		lastMetricsPush = time.Now() // Initialize lastMetricsPush when starting the metrics ticker
+		handleMetricsTicker(bouncer)
+		metricsTicker = startTicker("metrics", config.MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds, log, func() {
+			handleMetricsTicker(bouncer)
+		})
+	}
+
 	bouncer.log.Debug("New initialized mode:" + config.CrowdsecMode)

 	return bouncer, nil
@@ -232,7 +313,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam

 // ServeHTTP principal function of plugin.
 //
-//nolint:nestif
+//nolint:nestif,gocyclo
 func (bouncer *Bouncer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	if !bouncer.enabled {
 		bouncer.next.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
@@ -243,13 +324,13 @@ func (bouncer *Bouncer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	remoteIP, err := ip.GetRemoteIP(req, bouncer.serverPoolStrategy, bouncer.forwardedCustomHeader)
 	if err != nil {
 		bouncer.log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:getRemoteIp ip:%s %s", remoteIP, err.Error()))
-		handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+		bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonTECH)
 		return
 	}
 	isTrusted, err := bouncer.clientPoolStrategy.Checker.Contains(remoteIP)
 	if err != nil {
 		bouncer.log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:checkerContains ip:%s %s", remoteIP, err.Error()))
-		handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+		bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonTECH)
 		return
 	}
 	// if our IP is in the trusted list we bypass the next checks
@@ -260,7 +341,7 @@ func (bouncer *Bouncer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}

 	if bouncer.crowdsecMode == configuration.AppsecMode {
-		handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
+		bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 		return
 	}

@@ -270,17 +351,22 @@ func (bouncer *Bouncer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		if cacheErr != nil {
 			cacheErrString := cacheErr.Error()
 			bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:Get ip:%s isBanned:false %s", remoteIP, cacheErrString))
+			if !bouncer.redisUnreachableBlock && cacheErrString == cache.CacheUnreachable {
+				bouncer.log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:Get ip:%s redisUnreachable=true", remoteIP))
+				bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
+				return
+			}
 			if cacheErrString != cache.CacheMiss {
 				bouncer.log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:Get ip:%s %s", remoteIP, cacheErrString))
-				handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+				bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonTECH)
 				return
 			}
 		} else {
 			bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP ip:%s cache:hit isBanned:%v", remoteIP, value))
 			if value == cache.NoBannedValue {
-				handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
+				bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 			} else {
-				handleRemediationServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, value, rw, req)
+				bouncer.handleRemediationServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, value)
 			}
 			return
 		}
@@ -289,18 +375,21 @@ func (bouncer *Bouncer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	// Right here if we cannot join the stream we forbid the request to go on.
 	if bouncer.crowdsecMode == configuration.StreamMode || bouncer.crowdsecMode == configuration.AloneMode {
 		if isCrowdsecStreamHealthy {
-			handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
+			bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 		} else {
 			bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP isCrowdsecStreamHealthy:false ip:%s updateFailure:%d", remoteIP, updateFailure))
-			handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+			bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonTECH)
 		}
 	} else {
 		value, err := handleNoStreamCache(bouncer, remoteIP)
+		if err != nil {
+			bouncer.log.Debug("handleNoStreamCache:crowdsecQuery " + err.Error())
+		}
 		if value == cache.NoBannedValue {
-			handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
+			bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 		} else {
 			bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("ServeHTTP:handleNoStreamCache ip:%s isBanned:%v %s", remoteIP, value, err.Error()))
-			handleRemediationServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, value, rw, req)
+			bouncer.handleRemediationServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, value)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -334,37 +423,61 @@ type Login struct {
 }

 // To append Headers we need to call rw.WriteHeader after set any header.
-func handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer *Bouncer, rw http.ResponseWriter) {
-	if bouncer.banTemplateString == "" {
-		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
-		return
-	}
-	rw.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+func (bouncer *Bouncer) handleBanServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, remoteIP, reason string) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&blockedRequests, 1)
+
 	if bouncer.remediationCustomHeader != "" {
 		rw.Header().Set(bouncer.remediationCustomHeader, "ban")
 	}
-	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
-	fmt.Fprint(rw, bouncer.banTemplateString)
+	if bouncer.banTemplate == nil {
+		rw.WriteHeader(bouncer.remediationStatusCode)
+		return
+	}
+	rw.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	rw.WriteHeader(bouncer.remediationStatusCode)
+
+	if req.Method == http.MethodHead {
+		return
+	}
+	templateData := map[string]string{
+		"RemediationReason": reason,
+		"ClientIP":          remoteIP,
+	}
+
+	if bouncer.traceCustomHeader != "" {
+		headerVal := req.Header.Get(bouncer.traceCustomHeader)
+
+		if headerVal != "" {
+			templateData["TraceID"] = headerVal
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := bouncer.banTemplate.Execute(rw, templateData)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		bouncer.log.Error("handleBanServeHTTP banTemplateServe " + err.Error())
+	}
 }

-func handleRemediationServeHTTP(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP, remediation string, rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (bouncer *Bouncer) handleRemediationServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, remoteIP, remediation string) {
 	bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("handleRemediationServeHTTP ip:%s remediation:%s", remoteIP, remediation))
-	if bouncer.captchaClient.Valid && remediation == cache.CaptchaValue {
+	if bouncer.captchaClient.Valid && remediation == cache.CaptchaValue && req.Method != http.MethodHead {
 		if bouncer.captchaClient.Check(remoteIP) {
-			handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
+			bouncer.handleNextServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 			return
 		}
+		atomic.AddInt64(&blockedRequests, 1) //  If we serve a captcha that should count as a dropped request.
 		bouncer.captchaClient.ServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 		return
 	}
-	handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+	bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonLAPI)
 }

-func handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP string, rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (bouncer *Bouncer) handleNextServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, remoteIP string) {
 	if bouncer.appsecEnabled {
 		if err := appsecQuery(bouncer, remoteIP, req); err != nil {
 			bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("handleNextServeHTTP ip:%s isWaf:true %s", remoteIP, err.Error()))
-			handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer, rw)
+			bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP, configuration.ReasonAPPSEC)
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -385,11 +498,17 @@ func handleStreamTicker(bouncer *Bouncer) {
 	}
 }

-func startTicker(config *configuration.Config, log *logger.Log, work func()) chan bool {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.UpdateIntervalSeconds) * time.Second)
+func handleMetricsTicker(bouncer *Bouncer) {
+	if err := reportMetrics(bouncer); err != nil {
+		bouncer.log.Error("handleMetricsTicker:reportMetrics " + err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func startTicker(name string, updateInterval int64, log *logger.Log, work func()) chan bool {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(updateInterval) * time.Second)
 	stop := make(chan bool, 1)
 	go func() {
-		defer log.Debug("ticker:stopped")
+		defer log.Debug(name + "_ticker:stopped")
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-ticker.C:
@@ -408,10 +527,10 @@ func handleNoStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP string) (string, error) {
 	routeURL := url.URL{
 		Scheme:   bouncer.crowdsecScheme,
 		Host:     bouncer.crowdsecHost,
-		Path:     crowdsecLapiRoute,
-		RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("ip=%v&banned=true", remoteIP),
+		Path:     bouncer.crowdsecPath + crowdsecLapiRoute,
+		RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("ip=%v", remoteIP),
 	}
-	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, routeURL.String(), false)
+	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, routeURL.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cache.BannedValue, err
 	}
@@ -454,7 +573,7 @@ func handleNoStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP string) (string, error) {
 	default:
 		bouncer.log.Debug("handleStreamCache:unknownType " + decision.Type)
 	}
-	if isLiveMode {
+	if isLiveMode && bouncer.defaultDecisionTimeout > 0 {
 		durationSecond := int64(duration.Seconds())
 		if bouncer.defaultDecisionTimeout < durationSecond {
 			durationSecond = bouncer.defaultDecisionTimeout
@@ -470,7 +589,16 @@ func getToken(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
 		Host:   bouncer.crowdsecHost,
 		Path:   crowdsecCapiLoginRoute,
 	}
-	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, loginURL.String(), true)
+
+	// Move the login-specific payload here
+	loginData := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+		`{"machine_id": "%v","password": "%v","scenarios": ["%v"]}`,
+		bouncer.crowdsecMachineID,
+		bouncer.crowdsecPassword,
+		strings.Join(bouncer.crowdsecScenarios, `","`),
+	))
+
+	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, loginURL.String(), loginData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -504,10 +632,10 @@ func handleStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
 	streamRouteURL := url.URL{
 		Scheme:   bouncer.crowdsecScheme,
 		Host:     bouncer.crowdsecHost,
-		Path:     bouncer.crowdsecStreamRoute,
+		Path:     bouncer.crowdsecPath + bouncer.crowdsecStreamRoute,
 		RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("startup=%t", !isCrowdsecStreamHealthy || isStartup),
 	}
-	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, streamRouteURL.String(), false)
+	body, err := crowdsecQuery(bouncer, streamRouteURL.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -538,20 +666,16 @@ func handleStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, isPost bool) ([]byte, error) {
+func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var req *http.Request
-	if isPost {
-		data := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`{"machine_id": "%v","password": "%v","scenarios": ["%v"]}`,
-			bouncer.crowdsecMachineID,
-			bouncer.crowdsecPassword,
-			strings.Join(bouncer.crowdsecScenarios, `","`),
-		))
+	if len(data) > 0 {
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, stringURL, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	} else {
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, stringURL, nil)
 	}
 	req.Header.Add(bouncer.crowdsecHeader, bouncer.crowdsecKey)
+	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", "Crowdsec-Bouncer-Traefik-Plugin/1.X.X")
+
 	res, err := bouncer.httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery:unreachable url:%s %w", stringURL, err)
@@ -565,13 +689,16 @@ func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, isPost bool) ([]byte, err
 		if errToken := getToken(bouncer); errToken != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery:renewToken url:%s %w", stringURL, errToken)
 		}
-		return crowdsecQuery(bouncer, stringURL, false)
+		return crowdsecQuery(bouncer, stringURL, nil)
 	}
-	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery url:%s, statusCode:%d", stringURL, res.StatusCode)
-	}
-	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

+	// Check if the status code starts with 2
+	statusStr := strconv.Itoa(res.StatusCode)
+	if len(statusStr) < 1 || statusStr[0] != '2' {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery method:%s url:%s, statusCode:%d (expected: 2xx)", req.Method, stringURL, res.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("crowdsecQuery:readBody %w", err)
 	}
@@ -580,17 +707,21 @@ func crowdsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, stringURL string, isPost bool) ([]byte, err

 func appsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, ip string, httpReq *http.Request) error {
 	routeURL := url.URL{
-		Scheme: bouncer.crowdsecScheme,
+		Scheme: bouncer.appsecScheme,
 		Host:   bouncer.appsecHost,
-		Path:   "/",
+		Path:   bouncer.appsecPath,
 	}
 	var req *http.Request
-	if httpReq.Body != nil && httpReq.ContentLength > 0 {
-		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(httpReq.Body)
+	if bouncer.appsecBodyLimit > 0 && httpReq.Body != nil && httpReq.ContentLength > 0 {
+		var bodyBuffer bytes.Buffer
+		limitedReader := io.LimitReader(httpReq.Body, bouncer.appsecBodyLimit)
+		teeReader := io.TeeReader(limitedReader, &bodyBuffer)
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(teeReader)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("appsecQuery:GetBody %w", err)
 		}
-		httpReq.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
+		// Conserve body intact after reading it for other middlewares and service
+		httpReq.Body = io.NopCloser(io.MultiReader(&bodyBuffer, httpReq.Body))
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, routeURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
 	} else {
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, routeURL.String(), nil)
@@ -601,14 +732,14 @@ func appsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, ip string, httpReq *http.Request) error {
 			req.Header.Add(key, value)
 		}
 	}
-	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecHeader, bouncer.crowdsecKey)
+	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecHeader, bouncer.appsecKey)
 	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecIPHeader, ip)
 	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecVerbHeader, httpReq.Method)
 	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecHostHeader, httpReq.Host)
 	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecURIHeader, httpReq.URL.String())
 	req.Header.Set(crowdsecAppsecUserAgent, httpReq.Header.Get("User-Agent"))

-	res, err := bouncer.httpClient.Do(req)
+	res, err := bouncer.httpAppsecClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		bouncer.log.Error("appsecQuery:unreachable")
 		if bouncer.appsecUnreachableBlock {
@@ -637,3 +768,65 @@ func appsecQuery(bouncer *Bouncer, ip string, httpReq *http.Request) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func reportMetrics(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
+	now := time.Now()
+	currentCount := atomic.LoadInt64(&blockedRequests)
+	windowSizeSeconds := int(now.Sub(lastMetricsPush).Seconds())
+
+	bouncer.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("reportMetrics: blocked_requests=%d window_size=%ds", currentCount, windowSizeSeconds))
+
+	metrics := map[string]interface{}{
+		"remediation_components": []map[string]interface{}{
+			{
+				"version": "1.X.X",
+				"type":    "bouncer",
+				"name":    "traefik_plugin",
+				"metrics": []map[string]interface{}{
+					{
+						"items": []map[string]interface{}{
+							{
+								"name":  "dropped",
+								"value": currentCount,
+								"unit":  "request",
+								"labels": map[string]string{
+									"type": "traefik_plugin",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						"meta": map[string]interface{}{
+							"window_size_seconds": windowSizeSeconds,
+							"utc_now_timestamp":   now.Unix(),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				"utc_startup_timestamp": time.Now().Unix(),
+				"feature_flags":         []string{},
+				"os": map[string]string{
+					"name":    "unknown",
+					"version": "unknown",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	data, err := json.Marshal(metrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reportMetrics:marshal %w", err)
+	}
+
+	metricsURL := url.URL{
+		Scheme: bouncer.crowdsecScheme,
+		Host:   bouncer.crowdsecHost,
+		Path:   bouncer.crowdsecPath + crowdsecLapiMetricsRoute,
+	}
+
+	_, err = crowdsecQuery(bouncer, metricsURL.String(), data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reportMetrics:query %w", err)
+	}
+
+	atomic.StoreInt64(&blockedRequests, 0)
+	lastMetricsPush = now
+	return nil
+}
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package crowdsec_bouncer_traefik_plugin //nolint:revive,stylecheck

 import (
 	"context"
+	htmltemplate "html/template"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"reflect"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func Test_crowdsecQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		bouncer   *Bouncer
 		stringURL string
-		isPost    bool
+		data      []byte
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ func Test_crowdsecQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := crowdsecQuery(tt.args.bouncer, tt.args.stringURL, tt.args.isPost)
+			got, err := crowdsecQuery(tt.args.bouncer, tt.args.stringURL, tt.args.data)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("crowdsecQuery() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return
@@ -186,3 +187,148 @@ func Test_crowdsecQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHandleBanServeHTTPWithDifferentMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	html := "<html>You are banned</html>"
+	banTemplate, _ := htmltemplate.New("html").Parse(html)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		method            string
+		banTemplate       *htmltemplate.Template
+		expectBodyContent bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "GET request should have body with template",
+			method:            http.MethodGet,
+			banTemplate:       banTemplate,
+			expectBodyContent: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "HEAD request should NOT have body even with template",
+			method:            http.MethodHead,
+			banTemplate:       banTemplate,
+			expectBodyContent: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "POST request should have body with template",
+			method:            http.MethodPost,
+			banTemplate:       banTemplate,
+			expectBodyContent: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "PUT request should have body with template",
+			method:            http.MethodPut,
+			banTemplate:       banTemplate,
+			expectBodyContent: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "DELETE request should have body with template",
+			method:            http.MethodDelete,
+			banTemplate:       banTemplate,
+			expectBodyContent: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			bouncer := &Bouncer{
+				remediationStatusCode:   http.StatusForbidden,
+				remediationCustomHeader: "X-Test-Remediation",
+				banTemplate:             tt.banTemplate,
+			}
+
+			rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			req := &http.Request{Method: tt.method}
+			bouncer.handleBanServeHTTP(rw, req, "0.0.0.0", "TEST")
+
+			// Check status code
+			if rw.Code != http.StatusForbidden {
+				t.Errorf("Expected status code 403, got %d", rw.Code)
+			}
+
+			// Check custom header
+			headerValue := rw.Header().Get("X-Test-Remediation")
+			if headerValue != "ban" {
+				t.Errorf("Expected header X-Test-Remediation to be 'ban', got %s", headerValue)
+			}
+
+			// Check body content
+			body := rw.Body.String()
+			hasBodyContent := len(body) > 0
+
+			if hasBodyContent != tt.expectBodyContent {
+				t.Errorf("Method %s: expected body content: %v, got body content: %v (body: %q)",
+					tt.method, tt.expectBodyContent, hasBodyContent, body)
+			}
+
+			// If we expect body content, verify it matches template
+			if tt.expectBodyContent && body != html {
+				t.Errorf("Expected body %q, got %q", html, body)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCaptchaMethodBasedLogic(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		method            string
+		remediation       string
+		expectBanFallback bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "GET with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodGet,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "HEAD with captcha remediation should fallback to ban",
+			method:            http.MethodHead,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "POST with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodPost,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "PUT with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodPut,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "DELETE with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodDelete,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "PATCH with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodPatch,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "OPTIONS with captcha remediation should allow captcha",
+			method:            http.MethodOptions,
+			remediation:       cache.CaptchaValue,
+			expectBanFallback: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Test the core logic: captcha is served for all methods except HEAD
+			shouldUseCaptcha := tt.remediation == cache.CaptchaValue && tt.method != http.MethodHead
+
+			if shouldUseCaptcha == tt.expectBanFallback {
+				t.Errorf("Method %s with %s remediation: expected ban fallback %v, but logic would use captcha %v",
+					tt.method, tt.remediation, tt.expectBanFallback, shouldUseCaptcha)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
        </svg>
        <h1 class="text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">CrowdSec Captcha</h1>
      </div>
-      <form action="" method="POST" class="flex flex-col space-y-1" id="captcha-form">
+      <form action="" method="POST" class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1" id="captcha-form">
        <div id="captcha" class="{{ .FrontendKey }}" data-sitekey="{{ .SiteKey }}" data-callback="captchaCallback">
        </div>
      </form>
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
  traefik:
-    image: "traefik:v3.0.0"
+    image: "traefik:v3.5.0"
    container_name: "traefik"
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ services:
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - logs-local:/var/log/traefik
-      - './ban.html:/ban.html:ro'
-      - './captcha.html:/captcha.html:ro'
+      - "./ban.html:/ban.html:ro"
+      - "./captcha.html:/captcha.html:ro"
      - ./:/plugins-local/src/github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin
    ports:
      - 8000:80
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
      - "traefik.http.routers.router-foo.middlewares=crowdsec@docker"
      - "traefik.http.services.service-foo.loadbalancer.server.port=80"

-  whoami2:
+  bar:
    image: traefik/whoami
    container_name: "simple-service-bar"
    restart: unless-stopped
@@ -48,12 +48,39 @@ services:
      - "traefik.http.services.service-bar.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.enabled=true"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.loglevel=DEBUG"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.metricsupdateintervalseconds=15"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecappsecenabled=true"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecmode=stream"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapikey=40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5="
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs=172.21.0.1/8"

+  bar2:
+    image: traefik/whoami
+    container_name: "simple-service-bar2"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar2.rule=PathPrefix(`/bar2`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar2.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar2.middlewares=crowdsec2@docker"
+      - "traefik.http.services.service-bar2.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.enabled=true"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.loglevel=DEBUG"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecmode=stream"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.updateintervalseconds=10"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.updatemaxfailure=-1"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec2.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapikey=40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5="
+  bar3:
+    image: traefik/whoami
+    container_name: "simple-service-bar3"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar3.rule=PathPrefix(`/bar3`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar3.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar3.middlewares=crowdsec2@docker"
  crowdsec:
-    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.1-2
+    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.8
    container_name: "crowdsec"
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
@@ -67,7 +94,6 @@ services:
      - crowdsec-config-local:/etc/crowdsec/
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=false"
-
 volumes:
  logs-local:
  crowdsec-db-local:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ services:
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.forwardedheaderstrustedips=172.21.0.5"

  crowdsec:
-    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.1-2
+    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.8
    container_name: "crowdsec"
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-version: "3.8"
-
 services:
  traefik:
-    image: "traefik:v3.0.0"
+    image: "traefik:v3.5.0"
    container_name: "traefik"
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ services:
      - "--entrypoints.web.address=:80"

      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
-      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=v1.3.0"
+      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=v1.5.0"
      # - "--experimental.localplugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ services:
      # Define AppSec host and port informations
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecappsechost=crowdsec:7422"

-  
-
  crowdsec:
    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.1-2
    container_name: "crowdsec"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For now 3 captcha providers are supported:
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaSiteKey=FIXME"
      # Define captcha secret key
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaSecretKey=FIXME"
-      # Define captcha grade period seconds
+      # Define captcha grace period seconds
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaGracePeriodSeconds=1800"
      # Define captcha HTML file path
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaHTMLFilePath=/captcha.html"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ To instruct Crowdsec to use captcha remediation, change the `/etc/crowdsec/profi
 - Return a captcha decision the first X times and then a ban decision.

 The second mode could be used to prevent repeated malicious activity.
-More information is available on configuring Crowdsec in the [official documentation](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/next/profiles/captcha_profile/).
+More information is available on configuring Crowdsec in the [official documentation](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/next/local_api/profiles/captcha_profile/).

 ```yaml
  ...
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
        </svg>
        <h1 class="text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">CrowdSec Captcha</h1>
      </div>
-      <form action="" method="POST" class="flex flex-col space-y-1" id="captcha-form">
+      <form action="" method="POST" class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1" id="captcha-form">
        <div id="captcha" class="{{ .FrontendKey }}" data-sitekey="{{ .SiteKey }}" data-callback="captchaCallback">
        </div>
      </form>
@@ -45,3 +45,15 @@ To play the demo environment run:
 ```bash
 make run_custom_ban_page
 ```
+
+## Another thing to note
+In the html of the ban page, you can use:  
+- {{ .ClientIP }} to display the IP used to ban the request.  
+- {{ .RemediationReason }} that convert on runtime into why the ban page is served. It's an enum with "APPSEC", "LAPI", "TECHNICAL_ISSUE" and it is useful to help user understand why the request is blocked.  
+- {{ .CustomHeader }} value of the specified Request Header (for example X-Request-ID)
+```
+<script>var remediation = "{{ .RemediationReason }}"</script>
+<script>var clientIp = "{{ .ClientIP }}"</script>
+<script>var traceID = "{{ .TraceID }}"</script>
+```
+With the above tweak and some other js, you can customize your ban page on runtime.
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Example
+
+Read the example captcha before this, to better understand what is done here.
+
+### Traefik configuration
+
+The minimal configuration is defined below to implement custom captcha.  
+This documentation use https://github.com/a-ve/wicketkeeper, a self-hosted captcha provider that have a similar API than big providers.
+
+Minimal API requirement:
+
+- the JS file URL to load the captcha on the served `captcha.html`
+- the HTML className to tell to the JS where to display the challenge
+- the verify URL endpoint to send the field `response` from the captcha with `content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
+- the name of the field when you POST the resolved captcha to Traefik
+
+- the JS file need to respect the `data-callback` on the div that contains the captcha if you use our template, but you can customize it by your side
+
+```yaml
+  traefik:
+    ...
+    labels:
+      # Choose captcha provider
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaProvider=custom"
+      # Define captcha grace period seconds
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaGracePeriodSeconds=1800"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaCustomJsURL=http://captcha.localhost:8000/fast.js"
+      # Inside Traefik container the plugin must be able to reach wicketkeeper service so we can go through a Traefik localhost
+      # domain which would resolve traefik itself and the port for the dashboard
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomValidateURL=http://wicketkeeper:8080/v0/siteverify"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomKey=wicketkeeper"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomResponse=wicketkeeper_solution"
+      # Define captcha HTML file path
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaHTMLFilePath=/captcha.html"
+```
+
+```yaml
+wicketkeeper:
+  image: ghcr.io/a-ve/wicketkeeper:latest
+  user: root
+  ports:
+    - "8080:8080"
+  environment:
+    - LISTEN_PORT=8080
+    - REDIS_ADDR=redis:6379
+    - DIFFICULTY=4
+    - ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*
+    - PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=/data/wicketkeeper.key
+  volumes:
+    - ./data:/data
+  depends_on:
+    - redis
+redis:
+  image: redis/redis-stack-server:latest
+```
+
+```html
+<div id="captcha" class="{{ .FrontendKey }}" data-sitekey="{{ .SiteKey }}" data-callback="captchaCallback" data-challenge-url="http://captcha.localhost:8000/v0/challenge">
+```
+
+## Exemple navigation
+
+We can try to query normally the whoami server:
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8000/foo
+```
+
+We can try to ban ourself and retry.
+
+```bash
+docker exec crowdsec cscli decisions add --ip 10.0.0.20 -d 10m --type captcha
+```
+
+To play the demo environment run:
+
+```bash
+make run_custom_captcha
+```
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+filenames:
+ - /var/log/traefik/access.log
+labels:
+  type: traefik
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<head>
+  <title>CrowdSec Captcha</title>
+  <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+  <style>
+    /*! tailwindcss v3.2.7 | MIT License | https://tailwindcss.com*/
+    *,
+    :after,
+    :before {
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+      box-sizing: border-box
+    }
+
+    :after,
+    :before {
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+    }
+
+    html {
+      -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
+      font-feature-settings: normal;
+      font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji;
+      line-height: 1.5;
+      -moz-tab-size: 4;
+      -o-tab-size: 4;
+      tab-size: 4
+    }
+
+    body {
+      line-height: inherit;
+      margin: 0
+    }
+
+    h1,
+    h2,
+    h3,
+    h4,
+    h5,
+    h6 {
+      font-size: inherit;
+      font-weight: inherit
+    }
+
+    a {
+      color: inherit;
+      text-decoration: inherit
+    }
+
+    h1,
+    h2,
+    h3,
+    h4,
+    h5,
+    h6,
+    hr,
+    p,
+    pre {
+      margin: 0
+    }
+
+    *,
+    ::backdrop,
+    :after,
+    :before {
+      --tw-border-spacing-x: 0;
+      --tw-border-spacing-y: 0;
+      --tw-translate-x: 0;
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+      --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;
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+      flex-wrap: wrap
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+
+    .inline-flex {
+      display: inline-flex
+    }
+
+    .h-24 {
+      height: 6rem
+    }
+
+    .h-6 {
+      height: 1.5rem
+    }
+
+    .h-full {
+      height: 100%
+    }
+
+    .h-screen {
+      height: 100vh
+    }
+
+    .text-center {
+      text-align: center
+    }
+
+    .w-24 {
+      width: 6rem
+    }
+
+    .w-6 {
+      width: 1.5rem
+    }
+
+    .w-full {
+      width: 100%
+    }
+
+    .w-screen {
+      width: 100vw
+    }
+
+    .my-3 {
+      margin-top: 0.75rem;
+      margin-bottom: 0.75rem
+    }
+
+    .flex-col {
+      flex-direction: column
+    }
+
+    .items-center {
+      align-items: center
+    }
+
+    .justify-center {
+      justify-content: center
+    }
+
+    .justify-between {
+      justify-content: space-between
+    }
+
+    .space-y-1>:not([hidden])~:not([hidden]) {
+      --tw-space-y-reverse: 0;
+      margin-bottom: calc(.25rem*var(--tw-space-y-reverse));
+      margin-top: calc(.25rem*(1 - var(--tw-space-y-reverse)))
+    }
+
+    .space-y-4>:not([hidden])~:not([hidden]) {
+      --tw-space-y-reverse: 0;
+      margin-bottom: calc(1rem*var(--tw-space-y-reverse));
+      margin-top: calc(1rem*(1 - var(--tw-space-y-reverse)))
+    }
+
+    .rounded-xl {
+      border-radius: .75rem
+    }
+
+    .border-2 {
+      border-width: 2px
+    }
+
+    .border-black {
+      --tw-border-opacity: 1;
+      border-color: rgb(0 0 0/var(--tw-border-opacity))
+    }
+
+    .p-4 {
+      padding: 1rem
+    }
+
+    .px-4 {
+      padding-left: 1rem;
+      padding-right: 1rem
+    }
+
+    .py-2 {
+      padding-bottom: .5rem;
+      padding-top: .5rem
+    }
+
+    .text-2xl {
+      font-size: 1.5rem;
+      line-height: 2rem
+    }
+
+    .text-sm {
+      font-size: .875rem;
+      line-height: 1.25rem
+    }
+
+    .text-xl {
+      font-size: 1.25rem;
+      line-height: 1.75rem
+    }
+
+    .font-bold {
+      font-weight: 700
+    }
+
+    .text-white {
+      --tw-text-opacity: 1;
+      color: rgb(255 255 255/var(--tw-text-opacity))
+    }
+
+    @media (min-width:640px) {
+      .sm\:w-2\/3 {
+        width: 66.666667%
+      }
+    }
+
+    @media (min-width:768px) {
+      .md\:flex-row {
+        flex-direction: row
+      }
+    }
+
+    @media (min-width:1024px) {
+      .lg\:w-1\/2 {
+        width: 50%
+      }
+
+      .lg\:text-3xl {
+        font-size: 1.875rem;
+        line-height: 2.25rem
+      }
+
+      .lg\:text-xl {
+        font-size: 1.25rem;
+        line-height: 1.75rem
+      }
+    }
+
+    @media (min-width:1280px) {
+      .xl\:text-4xl {
+        font-size: 2.25rem;
+        line-height: 2.5rem
+      }
+    }
+  </style>
+  <script src="{{ .FrontendJS }}" async defer></script>
+</head>
+
+<body class="h-screen w-screen p-4">
+  <div class="h-full w-full flex flex-col justify-center items-center">
+    <div class="border-2 border-black rounded-xl p-4 text-center w-full sm:w-2/3 lg:w-1/2">
+      <div class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-4">
+        <svg fill="black" class="h-24 w-24" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas"
+          data-icon="exclamation-triangle" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"
+          class="warning">
+          <path
+            d="M569.517 440.013C587.975 472.007 564.806 512 527.94 512H48.054c-36.937 0-59.999-40.055-41.577-71.987L246.423 23.985c18.467-32.009 64.72-31.951 83.154 0l239.94 416.028zM288 354c-25.405 0-46 20.595-46 46s20.595 46 46 46 46-20.595 46-46-20.595-46-46-46zm-43.673-165.346l7.418 136c.347 6.364 5.609 11.346 11.982 11.346h48.546c6.373 0 11.635-4.982 11.982-11.346l7.418-136c.375-6.874-5.098-12.654-11.982-12.654h-63.383c-6.884 0-12.356 5.78-11.981 12.654z">
+          </path>
+        </svg>
+        <h1 class="text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl">CrowdSec Captcha</h1>
+      </div>
+      <form action="" method="POST" class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1" id="captcha-form">
+        <div id="captcha" class="{{ .FrontendKey }}" data-sitekey="{{ .SiteKey }}" data-callback="captchaCallback" data-challenge-url="http://captcha.localhost:8000/v0/challenge">
+        </div>
+      </form>
+      <div class="flex justify-center flex-wrap">
+        <p class="my-3">This security check has been powered by</p>
+        <a href="https://crowdsec.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="inline-flex flex-col items-center">
+          <svg fill="black" width="33.92" height="33.76" viewBox="0 0 254.4 253.2">
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+              <path
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+            <path
+              d="M180 249.6h.4a6946 6946 0 00-7.1-63.9l5.4 51.3 1.4 12.6M164.4 125c2.5 10.7 5.7 33.9 8.9 60.7a570.9 570.9 0 00-8.9-60.7M74.8 236.3l-1.4 13.4 1.4-13.4" />
+          </svg>
+          <span>CrowdSec</span>
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <script>
+    function captchaCallback() {
+      setTimeout(() => document.querySelector('#captcha-form').submit(), 500);
+    }
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>
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+services:
+  traefik:
+    image: "traefik:v3.5.0"
+    container_name: "traefik"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command:
+      # - "--log.level=DEBUG"
+      - "--accesslog"
+      - "--accesslog.filepath=/var/log/traefik/access.log"
+      - "--api.insecure=true"
+      - "--providers.docker=true"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+      - "--entrypoints.web.address=:80"
+      - "--entrypoints.web.forwardedheaders.trustedips=172.18.0.0/24"
+
+      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
+      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=v1.4.5"
+      # - "--experimental.localplugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+      - logs-custom-captcha-enabled:/var/log/traefik
+      - "./captcha.html:/captcha.html"
+      # - ./../../:/plugins-local/src/github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin
+    ports:
+      - 8000:80
+      - 8080:8080
+    depends_on:
+      - crowdsec
+
+  whoami-foo:
+    image: traefik/whoami
+    container_name: "simple-service-custom-captcha-foo"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      # Definition of the router
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-foo.rule=PathPrefix(`/foo`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-foo.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-foo.middlewares=crowdsec@docker"
+      # Definition of the service
+      - "traefik.http.services.service-foo.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+      # Definition of the middleware
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.loglevel=DEBUG"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.enabled=true"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecmode=none"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapikey=40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5"
+
+      # Choose captcha provider
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaProvider=custom"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaCustomJsURL=http://captcha.localhost:8000/fast.js"
+      # Inside Traefik container the plugin must be able to reach wicketkeeper service so we can go through a Traefik localhost
+      # domain which would resolve traefik itself and the port for the dashboard
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomValidateURL=http://wicketkeeper:8080/v0/siteverify"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomKey=wicketkeeper"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CaptchaCustomResponse=wicketkeeper_solution"
+      # Define captcha grade period seconds
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaGracePeriodSeconds=20"
+      # Define captcha HTML file path
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.captchaHTMLFilePath=/captcha.html"
+
+  crowdsec:
+    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.1-2
+    container_name: "crowdsec"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      COLLECTIONS: crowdsecurity/traefik
+      CUSTOM_HOSTNAME: crowdsec
+      BOUNCER_KEY_TRAEFIK_DEV: 40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5
+    volumes:
+      # For captcha and ban mixed decision
+      - "./profiles.yaml:/etc/crowdsec/profiles.yaml:ro"
+      # For captcha only remediation
+      # - './profiles_captcha_only.yaml:/etc/crowdsec/profiles.yaml:ro'
+      - "./acquis.yaml:/etc/crowdsec/acquis.yaml:ro"
+      - logs-custom-captcha-enabled:/var/log/traefik:ro
+      - crowdsec-db-custom-captcha-enabled:/var/lib/crowdsec/data/
+      - crowdsec-config-custom-captcha-enabled:/etc/crowdsec/
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=false"
+
+  wicketkeeper:
+    image: ghcr.io/a-ve/wicketkeeper:latest
+    container_name: "wicketkeeper"
+    environment:
+      - LISTEN_PORT=8080
+      - REDIS_ADDR=redis:6379
+      - DIFFICULTY=4
+      - ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*
+      - PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=/data/wicketkeeper.key # To override in production environment
+    volumes:
+      - wicketkeeper-custom-captcha-enabled:/data
+    user: root
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      # Definition of the router
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-wicketkeeper.rule=Host(`captcha.localhost`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-wicketkeeper.entrypoints=web"
+      # Definition of the service
+      - "traefik.http.services.service-wicketkeeper.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis/redis-stack-server:latest
+
+volumes:
+  logs-custom-captcha-enabled:
+  wicketkeeper-custom-captcha-enabled:
+  crowdsec-db-custom-captcha-enabled:
+  crowdsec-config-custom-captcha-enabled:
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: captcha_remediation
+filters:
+  - Alert.Remediation == true && Alert.GetScope() == "Ip" && Alert.GetScenario() contains "http" && GetDecisionsSinceCount(Alert.GetValue(), "24h") <= 3
+## Same as above but only 3 captcha decision per 24 hours before ban
+decisions:
+ - type: captcha
+   duration: 4h
+on_success: break
+---
+name: default_ip_remediation
+filters:
+ - Alert.Remediation == true && Alert.GetScope() == "Ip"
+decisions:
+ - type: ban
+   duration: 4h
+#duration_expr: "Sprintf('%dh', (GetDecisionsCount(Alert.GetValue()) + 1) * 4)"
+on_success: break
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logs:
    level: DEBUG
  access:
    enabled: true
+    format: json
    fields:
      headers: 
        defaultmode: keep
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ You need to create a crowdsec API credentials for the CAPI.
 You can follow the documentation here: https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/central_api/intro

 ```bash
-curl -X POST "https://api.crowdsec.net/v2/watchers" -H  "accept: application/json" -H  "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"password\": \"PASSWORD\",  \"machine_id\": \"LOGIN\"}"
+LOGIN=...
+PASSWORD=...
+curl -X POST "https://api.crowdsec.net/v2/watchers" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"password\": \"$PASSWORD\",  \"machine_id\": \"$LOGIN\"}"
 ```

 These CAPI credentials must be set in your docker-compose.yml or in your config files
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ services:

      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.enabled=true"
      # - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.loglevel=DEBUG"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecmode=alone"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapikey=40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecMode=alone"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CrowdsecCapiMachineId=FIXME"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.CrowdsecCapiPassword=FIXME"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseccapiscenarios=crowdsecurity/sshd,crowdsecurity/asterisk_bf,crowdsecurity/asterisk_user_enum,crowdsecurity/base-http-scenarios"
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Example
+
 ## Using https communication and tls authentication with Crowdsec

 ##### Summary
+
 This example demonstrates the use of https between the Traefik plugin and the Crowdsec LAPI.

 It is possible to communicate with the LAPI in https and still authenticate with API key.
@@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ In that case the setting **crowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify** must be set to true.
 It is recommended to validate the certificate presented by Crowdsec LAPI using the Certificate Authority which created it.

 You can provide the Certificate Authority using:
-* A file path readable by Traefik
+
+- A file path readable by Traefik
+
 ```yaml
 http:
  middlewares:
@@ -26,9 +30,11 @@ http:
        bouncer:
          crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthorityFile: /etc/traefik/certs/crowdsecCA.pem
 ```
-* The PEM encoded certificate as a text variable
+
+- The PEM encoded certificate as a text variable

 In the static file configuration of Traefik
+
 ```yaml
 http:
  middlewares:
@@ -36,15 +42,17 @@ http:
      plugin:
        bouncer:
          crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthority: |-
-              -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-              MIIEBzCCAu+gAwIBAgICEAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgZQxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT
-              MRAwDgYDVQQHDAdTZWF0dGxlMRMwEQYDVQQIDApXYXNoaW5ndG9uMSIwIAYDVQQK
-              ...
-              C6qNieSwcvWL7C03ri0DefTQMY54r5wP33QU5hJ71JoaZI3YTeT0Nf+NRL4hM++w
-              Q0veeNzBQXg1f/JxfeA39IDIX1kiCf71tGlT
-              -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+            -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+            MIIEBzCCAu+gAwIBAgICEAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgZQxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT
+            MRAwDgYDVQQHDAdTZWF0dGxlMRMwEQYDVQQIDApXYXNoaW5ndG9uMSIwIAYDVQQK
+            ...
+            C6qNieSwcvWL7C03ri0DefTQMY54r5wP33QU5hJ71JoaZI3YTeT0Nf+NRL4hM++w
+            Q0veeNzBQXg1f/JxfeA39IDIX1kiCf71tGlT
+            -----END CERTIFICATE-----
 ```
+
 In a dynamic configuration of a provider (ex docker) as a Label
+
 ```yaml
 services:
  whoami-foo:
@@ -71,22 +79,34 @@ The service `whoami-foo` will authenticate with an **API key** over HTTPS after
 The service `whoami-bar` will authenticate with a **client certificate** signed by the CA.

 Access to a route that communicate via https and authenticate with API-key:
+
 ```
 curl http://localhost:8000/foo
 ```
+
 Access to a route that communicate via https and authenticate with a client certificate:
+
 ```
 curl http://localhost:8000/bar
 ```
+
 Access to the traefik dashboard
+
 ```
 curl http://localhost:8080/dashboard/#/
 ```

 To play the demo environnement run:
+
 ```bash
 make run_tlsauth
 ```

 Note:
-> Traefik need to be restart if certificates are regenerated after his launch
+
+> Traefik need to be restarted if certificates are regenerated after his launch, crowdsec also
+
+## Separate LAPI and Appsec HTTP/S config
+
+To separate TLS config for LAPI and Appsec, you can use all the TLS LAPI variable beginning with `CrowdsecLapi...` into `CrowdsecAppsec...`.
+Don't forget to set `CrowdsecAppsecScheme: HTTP` or `HTTPS` to trigger the separate setup.
@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@ filenames:
 - /var/log/traefik/access.log
 labels:
  type: traefik
+---
+listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:7422
+appsec_config: crowdsecurity/virtual-patching
+name: myAppSecComponent
+source: appsec
+labels:
+  type: appsec
+cert_file: /etc/crowdsec/certs/server.pem
+key_file: /etc/crowdsec/certs/server-key.pem
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
  traefik:
-    image: "traefik:v3.0.0"
+    image: "traefik:v3.5.0"
    container_name: "traefik"
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ services:
      - "--entrypoints.web.address=:80"

      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
-      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=v1.3.0"
+      - "--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=v1.5.0"
      # - "--experimental.localplugins.bouncer.modulename=github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
-      - ./LAPIKEY:/etc/traefik/LAPIKEY:ro
      - logs-tls-auth:/var/log/traefik
      - crowdsec-certs-tls-auth:/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs
      # - ./../../:/plugins-local/src/github.com/maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin
-
    ports:
      - 8000:80
      - 8080:8080
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ services:
      - crowdsec
      - gencert

-# Use HTTPS scheme but with lapikey authentication
+  # Use HTTPS scheme but with lapikey authentication
  # whoami-foo:
  #   image: traefik/whoami
  #   container_name: "simple-service-foo"
@@ -46,34 +44,41 @@ services:
  #     - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapischeme=https"
  #     - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile=/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/inter.pem"

-# Use HTTPS scheme with TLS cert authentication
+  # Use HTTPS scheme with TLS cert authentication
  whoami-bar:
    image: traefik/whoami
    container_name: "simple-service-bar"
    restart: unless-stopped
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar.rule=Path(`/bar`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar.rule=PathPrefix(`/bar`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar.entrypoints=web"
      - "traefik.http.routers.router-bar.middlewares=crowdsec@docker"
      - "traefik.http.services.service-bar.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.enabled=true"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.loglevel=DEBUG"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecMode=none"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdseclapischeme=https"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecappsecscheme=https"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateAuthorityFile=/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/inter.pem"
+
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecLapikey=40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5="
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile=/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/inter.pem"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerFile=/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/bouncer.pem"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKeyFile=/etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/bouncer-key.pem"
-
+      # Enable AppSec
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecappsecenabled=true"
+      # Define AppSec host and port informations
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.crowdsec.plugin.bouncer.crowdsecappsechost=crowdsec:7422"
  crowdsec:
-    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:v1.6.1-2
+    image: crowdsecurity/crowdsec:latest
    container_name: "crowdsec"
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
-      COLLECTIONS: crowdsecurity/traefik
      CUSTOM_HOSTNAME: crowdsec
      # whoami-foo is authenticating with api key over https
      # whoami-bar is authenticating with tls cert over https
-      BOUNCER_KEY_TRAEFIK_FOO: 40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5
+      BOUNCER_KEY_TRAEFIK_FOO: 40796d93c2958f9e58345514e67740e5=
      LOCAL_API_URL: https://127.0.0.1:8080
      USE_TLS: "true"
      CERT_FILE: "/etc/crowdsec/certs/server.pem"
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ services:
      # DISABLE_AGENT: "true"
      # Disabled for the examples
      DISABLE_ONLINE_API: "true"
+      COLLECTIONS: crowdsecurity/traefik crowdsecurity/appsec-virtual-patching crowdsecurity/appsec-generic-rules
    volumes:
      - ./config/acquis.yaml:/etc/crowdsec/acquis.yaml
      # - ./config/config.yaml:/etc/crowdsec/config_local.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash

-stdout=/out/res.log
+if [ -f "/out/inter-key.pem" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
 cfssl gencert --initca /in/ca.json 2>${stdout} | cfssljson --bare "/out/ca" && \
 # Generate an intermediate certificate that will be used to sign the client certificates
 cfssl gencert --initca /in/intermediate.json 2>${stdout} | cfssljson --bare "/out/inter"  && \
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.22

 require (
 	github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map v1.1.7
-	github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.11
+	github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.12
 )
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map v1.1.7 h1:cF4AAFDDnJTFSV+/42sKLhmMluvLdRlCGS2UaifH6UM=
 github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map v1.1.7/go.mod h1:4QWHJPeVBbrkhOhXdhCv9IEiyj/YzkO04/iexy4vSe0=
-github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.11 h1:B33TUeIrHtJH2/Qj2bRdU+UZ1BvZwFyP55JWMxHirWg=
-github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.11/go.mod h1:lT4LX02SOsE9PxUcSrz1QW5ZnO86gPbaiYBxmtcXEls=
+github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.12 h1:VsJpk2l8U9QqxOWbYnEXbrs7iSNZFm2fNmFvlxYlQNk=
+github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.12/go.mod h1:lT4LX02SOsE9PxUcSrz1QW5ZnO86gPbaiYBxmtcXEls=
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const (
 	CaptchaDoneValue = "d"
 	// CacheMiss error string when cache is miss.
 	CacheMiss = "cache:miss"
+	// CacheUnreachable error string when cache is unreachable.
+	CacheUnreachable = "cache:unreachable"
 )

 //nolint:gochecknoglobals
@@ -60,9 +62,13 @@ func (redisCache) get(key string) (string, error) {
 	if err == nil && len(valueString) > 0 {
 		return valueString, nil
 	}
-	if err.Error() == simpleredis.RedisMiss {
+	errRedisMessage := err.Error()
+	if errRedisMessage == simpleredis.RedisMiss {
 		return "", errors.New(CacheMiss)
 	}
+	if errRedisMessage == simpleredis.RedisUnreachable {
+		return "", errors.New(CacheUnreachable)
+	}
 	return "", err
 }

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 func Test_Get(t *testing.T) {
 	IPInCache := "10.0.0.10"
 	IPNotInCache := "10.0.0.20"
-	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO")}
+	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO", "")}
 	client.Set(IPInCache, BannedValue, 10)
 	type args struct {
 		clientIP string
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func Test_Get(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func Test_Set(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO")}
+	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO", "")}
 	IPInCache := "10.0.0.11"
 	type args struct {
 		clientIP string
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func Test_Set(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 	IPInCache := "10.0.0.12"
 	IPNotInCache := "10.0.0.22"
-	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO")}
+	client := &Client{cache: &localCache{}, log: logger.New("INFO", "")}
 	client.Set(IPInCache, BannedValue, 10)
 	type args struct {
 		clientIP string
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 // Client Captcha client.
 type Client struct {
 	Valid                   bool
-	provider                string
 	siteKey                 string
 	secretKey               string
 	remediationCustomHeader string
@@ -26,44 +25,54 @@ type Client struct {
 	cacheClient             *cache.Client
 	httpClient              *http.Client
 	log                     *logger.Log
+	infoProvider            *infoProvider
 }

+// Information for self-hosted provider.
 type infoProvider struct {
 	js       string
 	key      string
+	response string
 	validate string
 }

-var (
-	//nolint:gochecknoglobals
-	captcha = map[string]infoProvider{
-		configuration.HcaptchaProvider: {
-			js:       "https://hcaptcha.com/1/api.js",
-			key:      "h-captcha",
-			validate: "https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify",
-		},
-		configuration.RecaptchaProvider: {
-			js:       "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js",
-			key:      "g-recaptcha",
-			validate: "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify",
-		},
-		configuration.TurnstileProvider: {
-			js:       "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js",
-			key:      "cf-turnstile",
-			validate: "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify",
-		},
-	}
-)
+//nolint:gochecknoglobals
+var infoProviders = map[string]*infoProvider{
+	configuration.HcaptchaProvider: {
+		js:       "https://hcaptcha.com/1/api.js",
+		key:      "h-captcha",
+		response: "h-captcha-response",
+		validate: "https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify",
+	},
+	configuration.RecaptchaProvider: {
+		js:       "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js",
+		key:      "g-recaptcha",
+		response: "g-recaptcha-response",
+		validate: "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify",
+	},
+	configuration.TurnstileProvider: {
+		js:       "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js",
+		key:      "cf-turnstile",
+		response: "cf-turnstile-response",
+		validate: "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify",
+	},
+}

 // New Initialize captcha client.
-func (c *Client) New(log *logger.Log, cacheClient *cache.Client, httpClient *http.Client, provider, siteKey, secretKey, remediationCustomHeader, captchaTemplatePath string, gracePeriodSeconds int64) error {
+func (c *Client) New(log *logger.Log, cacheClient *cache.Client, httpClient *http.Client, provider, js, key, response, validate, siteKey, secretKey, remediationCustomHeader, captchaTemplatePath string, gracePeriodSeconds int64) error {
 	c.Valid = provider != ""
 	if !c.Valid {
 		return nil
 	}
+	var info *infoProvider
+	if provider == configuration.CustomProvider {
+		info = &infoProvider{js: js, key: key, response: response, validate: validate}
+	} else {
+		info = infoProviders[provider]
+	}
+	c.infoProvider = info
 	c.siteKey = siteKey
 	c.secretKey = secretKey
-	c.provider = provider
 	c.remediationCustomHeader = remediationCustomHeader
 	html, _ := configuration.GetHTMLTemplate(captchaTemplatePath)
 	c.captchaTemplate = html
@@ -95,8 +104,8 @@ func (c *Client) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, remoteIP str
 	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	err = c.captchaTemplate.Execute(rw, map[string]string{
 		"SiteKey":     c.siteKey,
-		"FrontendJS":  captcha[c.provider].js,
-		"FrontendKey": captcha[c.provider].key,
+		"FrontendJS":  c.infoProvider.js,
+		"FrontendKey": c.infoProvider.key,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		c.log.Info("captcha:ServeHTTP captchaTemplateServe " + err.Error())
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *Client) Validate(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 		c.log.Debug("captcha:Validate invalid method: " + r.Method)
 		return false, nil
 	}
-	var response = r.FormValue(captcha[c.provider].key + "-response")
+	var response = r.FormValue(c.infoProvider.response)
 	if response == "" {
 		c.log.Debug("captcha:Validate no captcha response found in request")
 		return false, nil
@@ -129,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *Client) Validate(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 	var body = url.Values{}
 	body.Add("secret", c.secretKey)
 	body.Add("response", response)
-	res, err := c.httpClient.PostForm(captcha[c.provider].validate, body)
+	res, err := c.httpClient.PostForm(c.infoProvider.validate, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ func (c *Client) Validate(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 			c.log.Error("captcha:Validate " + err.Error())
 		}
 	}()
-	if !strings.Contains(res.Header.Get("content-type"), "application/json") {
+	if !strings.Contains(res.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json") {
 		c.log.Debug("captcha:Validate responseType:noJson")
 		return false, nil
 	}
@@ -28,57 +28,86 @@ const (
 	AppsecMode        = "appsec"
 	HTTPS             = "https"
 	HTTP              = "http"
+	LogDEBUG          = "DEBUG"
+	LogINFO           = "INFO"
+	LogERROR          = "ERROR"
+	ReasonTECH        = "TECHNICAL_ISSUE"
+	ReasonLAPI        = "LAPI"
+	ReasonAPPSEC      = "APPSEC"
 	HcaptchaProvider  = "hcaptcha"
 	RecaptchaProvider = "recaptcha"
 	TurnstileProvider = "turnstile"
+	CustomProvider    = "custom"
 )

 // Config the plugin configuration.
 type Config struct {
-	Enabled                                  bool     `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
-	LogLevel                                 string   `json:"logLevel,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecMode                             string   `json:"crowdsecMode,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecAppsecEnabled                    bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecEnabled,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecAppsecHost                       string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecHost,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock               bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecFailureBlock,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock           bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiScheme                       string   `json:"crowdsecLapiScheme,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiHost                         string   `json:"crowdsecLapiHost,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiKey                          string   `json:"crowdsecLapiKey,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiKeyFile                      string   `json:"crowdsecLapiKeyFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify            bool     `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsInsecureVerify,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthority      string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthority,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile  string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthorityFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncer        string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncer,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerFile    string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKey     string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKey,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKeyFile string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKeyFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecCapiMachineID                    string   `json:"crowdsecCapiMachineId,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecCapiMachineIDFile                string   `json:"crowdsecCapiMachineIdFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecCapiPassword                     string   `json:"crowdsecCapiPassword,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecCapiPasswordFile                 string   `json:"crowdsecCapiPasswordFile,omitempty"`
-	CrowdsecCapiScenarios                    []string `json:"crowdsecCapiScenarios,omitempty"`
-	UpdateIntervalSeconds                    int64    `json:"updateIntervalSeconds,omitempty"`
-	UpdateMaxFailure                         int      `json:"updateMaxFailure,omitempty"`
-	DefaultDecisionSeconds                   int64    `json:"defaultDecisionSeconds,omitempty"`
-	HTTPTimeoutSeconds                       int64    `json:"httpTimeoutSeconds,omitempty"`
-	RemediationHeadersCustomName             string   `json:"remediationHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
-	ForwardedHeadersCustomName               string   `json:"forwardedHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
-	ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs               []string `json:"forwardedHeadersTrustedIps,omitempty"`
-	ClientTrustedIPs                         []string `json:"clientTrustedIps,omitempty"`
-	RedisCacheEnabled                        bool     `json:"redisCacheEnabled,omitempty"`
-	RedisCacheHost                           string   `json:"redisCacheHost,omitempty"`
-	RedisCachePassword                       string   `json:"redisCachePassword,omitempty"`
-	RedisCachePasswordFile                   string   `json:"redisCachePasswordFile,omitempty"`
-	RedisCacheDatabase                       string   `json:"redisCacheDatabase,omitempty"`
-	BanHTMLFilePath                          string   `json:"banHtmlFilePath,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaHTMLFilePath                      string   `json:"captchaHtmlFilePath,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaProvider                          string   `json:"captchaProvider,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaSiteKey                           string   `json:"captchaSiteKey,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaSiteKeyFile                       string   `json:"captchaSiteKeyFile,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaSecretKey                         string   `json:"captchaSecretKey,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaSecretKeyFile                     string   `json:"captchaSecretKeyFile,omitempty"`
-	CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds                int64    `json:"captchaGracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
+	Enabled                                    bool     `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+	LogLevel                                   string   `json:"logLevel,omitempty"`
+	LogFilePath                                string   `json:"logFilePath,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecMode                               string   `json:"crowdsecMode,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecEnabled                      bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecEnabled,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecScheme                       string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecScheme,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecHost                         string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecHost,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecPath                         string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecPath,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecKey                          string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecKey,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecKeyFile                      string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSInsecureVerify            bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsInsecureVerify,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateAuthority      string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateAuthority,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateAuthorityFile  string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateAuthorityFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateBouncer        string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateBouncer,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateBouncerFile    string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateBouncerFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateBouncerKey     string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateBouncerKey,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecTLSCertificateBouncerKeyFile string   `json:"crowdsecAppsecTlsCertificateBouncerKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock                 bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecFailureBlock,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock             bool     `json:"crowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit                    int64    `json:"crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiScheme                         string   `json:"crowdsecLapiScheme,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiHost                           string   `json:"crowdsecLapiHost,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiPath                           string   `json:"crowdsecLapiPath,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiKey                            string   `json:"crowdsecLapiKey,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiKeyFile                        string   `json:"crowdsecLapiKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify              bool     `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsInsecureVerify,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthority        string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthority,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile    string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateAuthorityFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncer          string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncer,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerFile      string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKey       string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKey,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKeyFile   string   `json:"crowdsecLapiTlsCertificateBouncerKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecCapiMachineID                      string   `json:"crowdsecCapiMachineId,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecCapiMachineIDFile                  string   `json:"crowdsecCapiMachineIdFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecCapiPassword                       string   `json:"crowdsecCapiPassword,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecCapiPasswordFile                   string   `json:"crowdsecCapiPasswordFile,omitempty"`
+	CrowdsecCapiScenarios                      []string `json:"crowdsecCapiScenarios,omitempty"`
+	UpdateIntervalSeconds                      int64    `json:"updateIntervalSeconds,omitempty"`
+	MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds               int64    `json:"metricsUpdateIntervalSeconds,omitempty"`
+	UpdateMaxFailure                           int64    `json:"updateMaxFailure,omitempty"`
+	DefaultDecisionSeconds                     int64    `json:"defaultDecisionSeconds,omitempty"`
+	RemediationStatusCode                      int      `json:"remediationStatusCode,omitempty"`
+	HTTPTimeoutSeconds                         int64    `json:"httpTimeoutSeconds,omitempty"`
+	TraceHeadersCustomName                     string   `json:"traceHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
+	RemediationHeadersCustomName               string   `json:"remediationHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
+	ForwardedHeadersCustomName                 string   `json:"forwardedHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
+	ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs                 []string `json:"forwardedHeadersTrustedIps,omitempty"`
+	ClientTrustedIPs                           []string `json:"clientTrustedIps,omitempty"`
+	RedisCacheEnabled                          bool     `json:"redisCacheEnabled,omitempty"`
+	RedisCacheHost                             string   `json:"redisCacheHost,omitempty"`
+	RedisCachePassword                         string   `json:"redisCachePassword,omitempty"`
+	RedisCachePasswordFile                     string   `json:"redisCachePasswordFile,omitempty"`
+	RedisCacheDatabase                         string   `json:"redisCacheDatabase,omitempty"`
+	RedisCacheUnreachableBlock                 bool     `json:"redisCacheUnreachableBlock,omitempty"`
+	BanHTMLFilePath                            string   `json:"banHtmlFilePath,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaHTMLFilePath                        string   `json:"captchaHtmlFilePath,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaProvider                            string   `json:"captchaProvider,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaCustomJsURL                         string   `json:"captchaCustomJsUrl,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaCustomValidateURL                   string   `json:"captchaCustomValidateUrl,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaCustomKey                           string   `json:"captchaCustomKey,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaCustomResponse                      string   `json:"captchaCustomResponse,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaSiteKey                             string   `json:"captchaSiteKey,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaSiteKeyFile                         string   `json:"captchaSiteKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaSecretKey                           string   `json:"captchaSecretKey,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaSecretKeyFile                       string   `json:"captchaSecretKeyFile,omitempty"`
+	CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds                  int64    `json:"captchaGracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
 }

 func contains(source []string, target string) bool {
@@ -93,35 +122,50 @@ func contains(source []string, target string) bool {
 // New creates the default plugin configuration.
 func New() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Enabled:                        false,
-		LogLevel:                       "INFO",
-		CrowdsecMode:                   LiveMode,
-		CrowdsecAppsecEnabled:          false,
-		CrowdsecAppsecHost:             "crowdsec:7422",
-		CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock:     true,
-		CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock: true,
-		CrowdsecLapiScheme:             HTTP,
-		CrowdsecLapiHost:               "crowdsec:8080",
-		CrowdsecLapiKey:                "",
-		CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify:  false,
-		UpdateIntervalSeconds:          60,
-		UpdateMaxFailure:               0,
-		DefaultDecisionSeconds:         60,
-		HTTPTimeoutSeconds:             10,
-		CaptchaProvider:                "",
-		CaptchaSiteKey:                 "",
-		CaptchaSecretKey:               "",
-		CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds:      1800,
-		CaptchaHTMLFilePath:            "/captcha.html",
-		BanHTMLFilePath:                "",
-		RemediationHeadersCustomName:   "",
-		ForwardedHeadersCustomName:     "X-Forwarded-For",
-		ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs:     []string{},
-		ClientTrustedIPs:               []string{},
-		RedisCacheEnabled:              false,
-		RedisCacheHost:                 "redis:6379",
-		RedisCachePassword:             "",
-		RedisCacheDatabase:             "",
+		Enabled:                         false,
+		LogLevel:                        LogINFO,
+		LogFilePath:                     "",
+		CrowdsecMode:                    LiveMode,
+		CrowdsecAppsecEnabled:           false,
+		CrowdsecAppsecFailureBlock:      true,
+		CrowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock:  true,
+		CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit:         10485760,
+		CrowdsecAppsecScheme:            "",
+		CrowdsecAppsecHost:              "crowdsec:7422",
+		CrowdsecAppsecPath:              "/",
+		CrowdsecAppsecKey:               "",
+		CrowdsecAppsecTLSInsecureVerify: false,
+		CrowdsecLapiScheme:              HTTP,
+		CrowdsecLapiHost:                "crowdsec:8080",
+		CrowdsecLapiPath:                "/",
+		CrowdsecLapiKey:                 "",
+		CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify:   false,
+		UpdateIntervalSeconds:           60,
+		MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds:    600,
+		UpdateMaxFailure:                0,
+		DefaultDecisionSeconds:          60,
+		RemediationStatusCode:           http.StatusForbidden,
+		HTTPTimeoutSeconds:              10,
+		CaptchaProvider:                 "",
+		CaptchaCustomJsURL:              "",
+		CaptchaCustomValidateURL:        "",
+		CaptchaCustomKey:                "",
+		CaptchaCustomResponse:           "",
+		CaptchaSiteKey:                  "",
+		CaptchaSecretKey:                "",
+		CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds:       1800,
+		CaptchaHTMLFilePath:             "/captcha.html",
+		BanHTMLFilePath:                 "",
+		TraceHeadersCustomName:          "",
+		RemediationHeadersCustomName:    "",
+		ForwardedHeadersCustomName:      "X-Forwarded-For",
+		ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs:      []string{},
+		ClientTrustedIPs:                []string{},
+		RedisCacheEnabled:               false,
+		RedisCacheHost:                  "redis:6379",
+		RedisCachePassword:              "",
+		RedisCacheDatabase:              "",
+		RedisCacheUnreachableBlock:      true,
 	}
 }

@@ -179,6 +223,10 @@ func ValidateParams(config *Config) error {
 		return err
 	}

+	if err := validateCaptcha(config); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := validateParamsIPs(config.ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs, "ForwardedHeadersTrustedIPs"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -217,11 +265,11 @@ func ValidateParams(config *Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if err := validateURL("CrowdsecLapi", config.CrowdsecLapiScheme, config.CrowdsecLapiHost); err != nil {
+	if err := validateURL("CrowdsecLapi", config.CrowdsecLapiScheme, config.CrowdsecLapiHost, config.CrowdsecLapiPath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	if err := validateURL("CrowdsecAppsec", config.CrowdsecLapiScheme, config.CrowdsecAppsecHost); err != nil {
+	if err := validateURL("CrowdsecAppsec", config.CrowdsecLapiScheme, config.CrowdsecAppsecHost, config.CrowdsecAppsecPath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

@@ -254,14 +302,25 @@ func ValidateParams(config *Config) error {
 		}
 	}

+	// Check logging configuration
+	// to upper allow of anycase of log level
+	if !contains([]string{LogERROR, LogDEBUG, LogINFO}, strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel)) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("LogLevel should be one of (%s,%s,%s)", LogDEBUG, LogINFO, LogERROR)
+	}
+	if config.LogFilePath != "" {
+		_, err = os.OpenFile(filepath.Clean(config.LogFilePath), os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("LogFilePath is not writable %w", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }

-func validateURL(variable, scheme, host string) error {
-	// This only check that the format of the URL scheme://host is correct and do not make requests
-	testURL := url.URL{Scheme: scheme, Host: host}
+func validateURL(variable, scheme, host, path string) error {
+	// This only check that the format of the URL scheme://host/path is correct and do not make requests
+	testURL := url.URL{Scheme: scheme, Host: host, Path: path}
 	if _, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, testURL.String(), nil); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CrowdsecLapiScheme://%sHost: '%v://%v' must be an URL", variable, scheme, host)
+		return fmt.Errorf("CrowdsecLapiScheme://%sHost: '%v://%v%v' must be a valid URL", variable, scheme, host, path)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -296,13 +355,31 @@ func validateParamsTLS(config *Config) error {

 func validateParamsIPs(listIP []string, key string) error {
 	if len(listIP) > 0 {
-		if _, err := ip.NewChecker(logger.New("INFO"), listIP); err != nil {
+		if _, err := ip.NewChecker(logger.New(LogINFO, ""), listIP); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s must be a list of IP/CIDR :%w", key, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }

+func validateCaptcha(config *Config) error {
+	if !contains([]string{"", HcaptchaProvider, RecaptchaProvider, TurnstileProvider, CustomProvider}, config.CaptchaProvider) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("CaptchaProvider: must be one of '%s', '%s', '%s' or '%s'", HcaptchaProvider, RecaptchaProvider, TurnstileProvider, CustomProvider)
+	}
+	if config.CaptchaProvider == CustomProvider {
+		if config.CaptchaCustomKey == "" || config.CaptchaCustomResponse == "" || config.CaptchaCustomValidateURL == "" || config.CaptchaCustomJsURL == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"CaptchaProvider: provider is custom, captchaCustom variables must be filled: CaptchaCustomKey:%s, CaptchaCustomResponse:%s, CaptchaCustomValidateURL:%s, CaptchaCustomJsURL:%s",
+				config.CaptchaCustomKey,
+				config.CaptchaCustomResponse,
+				config.CaptchaCustomValidateURL,
+				config.CaptchaCustomJsURL,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func validateParamsRequired(config *Config) error {
 	requiredStrings := map[string]string{
 		"CrowdsecLapiScheme": config.CrowdsecLapiScheme,
@@ -311,23 +388,38 @@ func validateParamsRequired(config *Config) error {
 	}
 	for key, val := range requiredStrings {
 		if len(val) == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v: cannot be empty", key)
+			return errors.New(key + ": cannot be empty")
 		}
 	}
-	requiredInt := map[string]int64{
+	requiredInt0 := map[string]int64{
+		"CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit":      config.CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit,
+		"MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds": config.MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds,
+	}
+	for key, val := range requiredInt0 {
+		if val < 0 {
+			return errors.New(key + ": cannot be less than 0")
+		}
+	}
+	requiredInt1 := map[string]int64{
 		"UpdateIntervalSeconds":     config.UpdateIntervalSeconds,
 		"DefaultDecisionSeconds":    config.DefaultDecisionSeconds,
 		"HTTPTimeoutSeconds":        config.HTTPTimeoutSeconds,
 		"CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds": config.CaptchaGracePeriodSeconds,
 	}
-	for key, val := range requiredInt {
+	for key, val := range requiredInt1 {
 		if val < 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v: cannot be less than 1", key)
+			return errors.New(key + ": cannot be less than 1")
 		}
 	}
 	if config.UpdateMaxFailure < -1 {
 		return errors.New("UpdateMaxFailure: cannot be less than -1")
 	}
+	if config.CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit < 0 {
+		return errors.New("CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit: cannot be less than 0")
+	}
+	if config.RemediationStatusCode < 100 || config.RemediationStatusCode >= 600 {
+		return errors.New("RemediationStatusCode: cannot be less than 100 and more than 600")
+	}

 	if !contains([]string{NoneMode, LiveMode, StreamMode, AloneMode, AppsecMode}, config.CrowdsecMode) {
 		return errors.New("CrowdsecMode: must be one of 'none', 'live', 'stream', 'alone' or 'appsec'")
@@ -335,29 +427,27 @@ func validateParamsRequired(config *Config) error {
 	if !contains([]string{HTTP, HTTPS}, config.CrowdsecLapiScheme) {
 		return errors.New("CrowdsecLapiScheme: must be one of 'http' or 'https'")
 	}
-	if !contains([]string{"", HcaptchaProvider, RecaptchaProvider, TurnstileProvider}, config.CaptchaProvider) {
-		return errors.New("CaptchaProvider: must be one of 'hcaptcha', 'recaptcha' or 'turnstile'")
+	if !contains([]string{HTTP, HTTPS, ""}, config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme) {
+		return errors.New("CrowdsecAppsecScheme: must be one of 'http' or 'https'")
 	}
 	return nil
 }

-// GetTLSConfigCrowdsec get TLS config from Config.
-//
-//nolint:nestif
-func GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config *Config, log *logger.Log) (*tls.Config, error) {
+func getTLSConfig(config *Config, log *logger.Log, prefix, scheme string, insecureVerify bool) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	tlsConfig := new(tls.Config)
 	tlsConfig.RootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
-	//nolint:gocritic
-	if config.CrowdsecLapiScheme != HTTPS {
-		log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:CrowdsecLapiScheme https:no")
+	if scheme != HTTPS {
+		log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:" + prefix + "Scheme https:no")
 		return tlsConfig, nil
-	} else if config.CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify {
+	}
+	//nolint:nestif
+	if insecureVerify {
 		tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = true
-		log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify tlsInsecure:true")
+		log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:" + prefix + "TLSInsecureVerify tlsInsecure:true")
 		// If we return here and still want to use client auth this won't work
 		// return tlsConfig, nil
 	} else {
-		certAuthority, err := GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthority")
+		certAuthority, err := GetVariable(config, prefix+"TLSCertificateAuthority")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -365,17 +455,16 @@ func GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config *Config, log *logger.Log) (*tls.Config, error)
 			if !tlsConfig.RootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM([]byte(certAuthority)) {
 				// here we return because if CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify is false
 				// and CA not load, we can't communicate with https
-				return nil, errors.New("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:cannot load CA and verify cert is enabled")
+				return nil, errors.New("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:" + prefix + "cannot load CA and verify cert is enabled")
 			}
-			log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthority CA added successfully")
+			log.Debug("getTLSConfigCrowdsec:" + prefix + "TLSCertificateAuthority CA added successfully")
 		}
 	}
-
-	certBouncer, err := GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncer")
+	certBouncer, err := GetVariable(config, prefix+"TLSCertificateBouncer")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	certBouncerKey, err := GetVariable(config, "CrowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncerKey")
+	certBouncerKey, err := GetVariable(config, prefix+"TLSCertificateBouncerKey")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -390,3 +479,14 @@ func GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config *Config, log *logger.Log) (*tls.Config, error)

 	return tlsConfig, nil
 }
+
+// GetTLSConfigCrowdsec get TLS config from Config.
+func GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(config *Config, log *logger.Log, isAppsec bool) (*tls.Config, error) {
+	var prefix string
+	if isAppsec && config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme != "" {
+		prefix = "CrowdsecAppsec"
+		return getTLSConfig(config, log, prefix, config.CrowdsecAppsecScheme, config.CrowdsecAppsecTLSInsecureVerify)
+	}
+	prefix = "CrowdsecLapi"
+	return getTLSConfig(config, log, prefix, config.CrowdsecLapiScheme, config.CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify)
+}
@@ -85,8 +85,14 @@ func Test_ValidateParams(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg6 := getMinimalConfig()
 	cfg6.CrowdsecLapiScheme = HTTPS
 	cfg6.CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify = true
+	cfg7 := getMinimalConfig()
+	cfg7.CrowdsecLapiScheme = HTTPS
 	cfg8 := getMinimalConfig()
-	cfg8.CrowdsecLapiScheme = HTTPS
+	cfg8.LogLevel = LogINFO
+	cfg9 := getMinimalConfig()
+	cfg9.LogLevel = "info"
+	cfg10 := getMinimalConfig()
+	cfg10.LogLevel = "Warning"
 	type args struct {
 		config *Config
 	}
@@ -104,7 +110,10 @@ func Test_ValidateParams(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "Not validate a bad clients ips", args: args{config: cfg5}, wantErr: true},
 		// HTTPS enabled
 		{name: "Validate https config with insecure verify", args: args{config: cfg6}, wantErr: false},
-		{name: "Not validate https without cert authority", args: args{config: cfg8}, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "Not validate https without cert authority", args: args{config: cfg7}, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "Valid log level uppercase INFO", args: args{config: cfg8}, wantErr: false},
+		{name: "Valid log level lowercase info", args: args{config: cfg9}, wantErr: false},
+		{name: "Invalid log level Warning", args: args{config: cfg10}, wantErr: true},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -233,7 +242,7 @@ func Test_GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(tt.args.config, logger.New("INFO"))
+			got, err := GetTLSConfigCrowdsec(tt.args.config, logger.New("INFO", ""), false)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("getTLSConfigCrowdsec() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // Package logger implements utility routines to write to stdout and stderr.
-// It supports debug, info and error level
+// It supports trace, debug, info and error level
 package logger

 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )

 // Log Logger struct.
@@ -16,15 +18,44 @@ type Log struct {
 }

 // New Set Default log level to info in case log level to defined.
-func New(logLevel string) *Log {
+func New(logLevel string, logFilePath string) *Log {
+	// Initialize loggers with discard output
 	logError := log.New(io.Discard, "ERROR: CrowdsecBouncerTraefikPlugin: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 	logInfo := log.New(io.Discard, "INFO: CrowdsecBouncerTraefikPlugin: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
 	logDebug := log.New(io.Discard, "DEBUG: CrowdsecBouncerTraefikPlugin: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
-	logError.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-	logInfo.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
-	if logLevel == "DEBUG" {
-		logDebug.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+
+	// we initialize logger to STDOUT/STDERR first so if the file logger cannot be initialized we can inform the user
+	output := os.Stdout
+	errorOutput := os.Stderr
+
+	// prepare file logging if specified
+	if logFilePath != "" {
+		logFile, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Clean(logFilePath), os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+		if err == nil {
+			output = logFile
+			errorOutput = logFile
+		} else {
+			_ = fmt.Errorf("LogFilePath is not writable %w", err)
+		}
 	}
+
+	// Set error logger output
+	logError.SetOutput(errorOutput)
+
+	// Configure log levels
+	switch logLevel {
+	case "ERROR":
+		// Only error logging is enabled
+	case "INFO":
+		logInfo.SetOutput(output)
+	case "DEBUG":
+		logInfo.SetOutput(output)
+		logDebug.SetOutput(output)
+	default:
+		// Default to INFO level
+		logInfo.SetOutput(output)
+	}
+
 	return &Log{
 		logError: logError,
 		logInfo:  logInfo,
@@ -34,15 +65,15 @@ func New(logLevel string) *Log {

 // Info log to Stdout.
 func (l *Log) Info(str string) {
-	l.logInfo.Printf(str)
+	l.logInfo.Printf("%s", str)
 }

 // Debug log to Stdout.
 func (l *Log) Debug(str string) {
-	l.logDebug.Printf(str)
+	l.logDebug.Printf("%s", str)
 }

 // Error log to Stderr.
 func (l *Log) Error(str string) {
-	l.logError.Printf(str)
+	l.logError.Printf("%s", str)
 }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (sr *SimpleRedis) askRedis(cmd redisCmd, channel chan redisCmd) redisCmd {
 				str := string(read)
 				if strings.Contains(str, "-NOAUTH") {
 					return redisCmd{Error: fmt.Errorf(RedisNoAuth)}
-				} else if str != "$1" {
+				} else if str == "$-1" {
 					return redisCmd{Error: fmt.Errorf(RedisMiss)}
 				}
 				read, _ = reader.ReadLineBytes()
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map v1.1.7
 ## explicit; go 1.15
 github.com/leprosus/golang-ttl-map
-# github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.11
+# github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis v1.0.12
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
maxlerebourgandmhx	892909b9b8	🐛 fix start up config error for appsec and review doc for appsec tls (#300 ) * 🐛 fix start up config error for appsec * :doc: add documentation on appsec variables and missing conf parameter * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix after lot of tests * update exemple tls with new variables tested * fix exemple appsec with release and not localplugin --------- Co-authored-by: mhx <mathieu@hanotaux.fr>	2025-12-21 21:52:19 +01:00
dependabot[bot]	c26923dee5	⬆️ Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 (#303 ) Bumps [actions/cache](https://github.com/actions/cache) from 4 to 5. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/cache/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/RELEASES.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/cache/compare/v4...v5) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/cache dependency-version: '5' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-12-20 14:30:49 +01:00
maxlerebourg	a9d83f2097	✨ Separate TLS conf for LAPI and Appsec (#293 ) * ✨ Separate TLS conf for LAPI and Appsec * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix test * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint ? * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 Add default for traceCustomHeaders	2025-12-11 07:58:12 +01:00
omer	e20ccc5d0c	✨ Add support for injecting request header value into ban HTML template (#296 ) * Add parameter to specify Request header value to inject in HTML template * Add documentation for specifying request header value * Fix example in docs for CustomHeader * Update parameter name to traceCustomHeader * Ensure naming is consitent with project	2025-12-10 07:54:07 +01:00
dependabot[bot]	50beb4294f	⬆️ Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 (#294 ) Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 5 to 6. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v5...v6) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: '6' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-11-27 15:40:18 +01:00
maxlerebourg	4ab4f3f183	✨ Transform banTemplate to add blocking reason and client IP (#290 ) * ✨ Transform banTemplate to add blocking reason * 🍱 fix test * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix test * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 add doc and fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 lint html * 🍱 fix comments + fix wicketpeeker readme * 🍱 Give ClientIP in ban page * 🍱 fix test	2025-11-15 10:42:14 +01:00
usr3	2aac531ea7	📝 docs: fix captcha profile reference doc link (#289 ) Fixed broken link referencing the captcha profile in Crowdsec documentation	2025-10-30 14:20:02 +01:00
Patrick Evans	e8e60c958f	📝 docs: fix wicketkeeper name references (#285 )	2025-10-19 12:53:07 +02:00
Davidandmaxlerebourg	a2d3708bc3	Do not cache decisions if DefaultDecisionSeconds=0 (#280 ) * xx * Remove outdated comment on decision caching Remove comment about decision caching based on timeout. --------- Co-authored-by: maxlerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2025-10-18 11:58:00 +02:00
DavidandMax Lerebourg	65a2f79fb3	🐛Not write response body for HEAD requests (#277 ) * Fixes * XX * Fix * 🍱 Lint * 🍱 remove useless comments --------- Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2025-10-06 11:19:19 +02:00
dependabot[bot]	a2ecc95dc9	⬆️ Bump actions/setup-go from 5 to 6 (#268 ) Bumps [actions/setup-go](https://github.com/actions/setup-go) from 5 to 6. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/compare/v5...v6) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/setup-go dependency-version: '6' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-09-08 16:23:10 +02:00
maxlerebourg David max.lerebourg mhx	7c4f5163e9	✨ add custom selfhosted captcha (#259 ) * ✨ Add wicketkeeper captcha * ✨ Anom config * 🍱 fix readme * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 normalize * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * ✨ Add env for RemediationStatusCode (#250) * ✨ Add env for defaultStatusCode * 📝 doc * ✨change name of the parameter * 🔧 Add config check * fix lint * 📈 Report traffic dropped metrics to LAPI (#223) * Initial implementation * fix * fixes * Fixes * xx * progress * xx * xx * xx * fix linter * Progress * Fixes * xx * xx * Remove trace logger * Last fix * fix lint * fix lint * fix lint --------- Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com> * ✨ Anom config * 🍱 fix readme * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 normalize * 🍱 fix lint * 📝 Add documentation * 📝 Fix example and makefile and doc for wicketkeeper * 🍱 fix last things * 🍱 add disclaimer to use maxlerebourg docker image * 🍱 Use official wicketpeeker image * 🍱 revert unnecessary code * 🍱 fix --------- Co-authored-by: David <deivid.garcia.garcia@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: max.lerebourg <max.lerebourg@monisnap.com> Co-authored-by: mhx <mathieu@hanotaux.fr>	2025-09-01 19:41:45 +02:00
dependabot[bot]	734975c206	⬆️ Bump github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis (#262 ) Bumps [github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis) from 1.0.11 to 1.0.12. - [Release notes](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis/compare/v1.0.11...v1.0.12) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: github.com/maxlerebourg/simpleredis dependency-version: 1.0.12 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-08-18 12:00:02 +02:00
dependabot[bot]	7397834e58	⬆️ Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#261 ) Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 4 to 5. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v4...v5) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: '5' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-08-18 11:59:31 +02:00
DavidandMax Lerebourg	84a5674b14	📈 Report traffic dropped metrics to LAPI (#223 ) * Initial implementation * fix * fixes * Fixes * xx * progress * xx * xx * xx * fix linter * Progress * Fixes * xx * xx * Remove trace logger * Last fix * fix lint * fix lint * fix lint --------- Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2025-07-02 11:36:09 +02:00
maxlerebourg	de7e382fde	✨ Add env for RemediationStatusCode (#250 ) * ✨ Add env for defaultStatusCode * 📝 doc * ✨change name of the parameter * 🔧 Add config check * fix lint	2025-07-01 21:59:12 +02:00
gptlang	abae855d9e	Set traefik logs to json so it can actually be parsed (#235 )	2025-05-07 11:22:27 +02:00
Lluís D.	4bb6e830dc	Fix query of the GET /decisions endpoint (#236 ) - banned=true query parameter doesn't exist based on LAPI dcoumentation, remove it	2025-04-28 16:12:54 +02:00
mathieuHa	78869ecf77	🔧 Add support for logLevel in any case (#231 )	2025-04-06 10:41:16 +02:00
maxlerebourg	7f99266f99	📝 doc: rename RedisUnreachableBlock to RedisCacheUnreachableBlock (#230 )	2025-04-05 11:34:06 +02:00
mathieuHa	5418d35feb	✨ feat(logs) add supports write logs to files (#217 ) * ✨ feat(logs) add supports write logs to files * fix(lint) 🚨 fix go lint * 🐛 fix(bug) check path is done only if provided * 📝 doc(vars) add LogFilePath to vars * 🦺 chore(review) update doc, configuration check and logger	2025-03-31 20:19:44 +02:00
maxlerebourg	a184ae6db9	💄 Center recaptcha div (#225 )	2025-03-25 09:34:06 +01:00
blotus	e4c84409e7	🔨 always set custom remediation header if configured for bans (#218 )	2025-02-17 14:02:21 +01:00
maxlerebourg	4708d76854	✨ Add variable to not block if redis is unreachable (#214 ) * ✨ Add variable to not block if redis is unreachable * 🚨 fix lint * 📝 Update README.md	2025-02-10 20:10:29 +01:00
maxlerebourg	c34d7f4617	🍱 Fix lint (#211 )	2025-01-29 08:14:15 +01:00
mathieuHaandMax Lerebourg	0e9620bfe9	👷 chore(ci) bump CI and automate dep updates (#210 ) * 👷 chore(ci) bump CI and automate dep updates * 🚨 chore(go) fix golang lint * 🍱 fix lint --------- Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2025-01-29 08:07:04 +01:00
maxlerebourg	92f05b0ba5	✨ [BREAKING-CHANGE] Add CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit (#208 ) * ✨ Add CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix lint * 🍱 fix error on main	2025-01-24 21:04:45 +01:00
Tobias Heinze Tobias Heinze Max Lerebourg	980a7dd05e	Add AppSec Path Variable (#202 ) * Added Appsec Path config Variable * ✨ Add path env var for lapi and appsec * 🍱 Update README.md --------- Co-authored-by: Tobias Heinze <tobias.heinze@telekom.de> Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2025-01-24 20:12:30 +01:00
mathieuHaandmaxlerebourg	5c8a60118f	🐛 fix(user-agent) add version in ua to reduce warning logs from crowd… (#195 ) * 🐛 fix(user-agent) add version in ua to reduce warning logs from crowdsec LAPI * 🐛 fix(user-agent) add version in ua to reduce warning logs from crowdsec LAPI * 🐛 fix(user-agent) remove whitespaces * 🐛 fix(user-agent) Add Cap for Bouncer --------- Co-authored-by: maxlerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>	2024-10-24 21:39:53 +02:00
mathieuHa	8fb0a016b6	✨ Add Traefik Crowdsec Plugin Basic User Agent (#192 ) * ✨ Add Traefik Crowdsec Plugin Basic User Agent	2024-10-05 13:15:34 +02:00