📈 Report traffic dropped metrics to LAPI (#223)

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* fix

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Co-authored-by: Max Lerebourg <maxlerebourg@gmail.com>

.golangci.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ linters-settings:
     locale: US
   funlen:
     lines: -1
-    statements: 50
+    statements: 60
   godox:
     keywords:
       - FIXME

README.md

@@ -308,12 +308,18 @@ make run
 
 ### Note
 
-**/!\ Cache is shared by all services**
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
-_This means if an IP is banned, all services which are protected by an instance of the plugin will deny requests from that IP_
+> Some of the behaviours and configuration parameters are shared globally across *all* crowdsec middlewares even if you declare different middlewares with different settings. 
-Only one instance of the plugin is _possible_.
+>
+> **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.)
 
-**/!\ Appsec maximum body limit is defaulted to 10MB**
+> [!WARNING]  
-_By careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x_
+> **Appsec maximum body limit is defaulted to 10MB**
+> *Be careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x*
 
 ### Variables
 
@@ -324,11 +330,16 @@ _By careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x_
 - LogLevel
   - string
   - default: `INFO`, expected values are: `INFO`, `DEBUG`, `ERROR`
-  - Log are written to `stdout` / `stderr` of file if LogFilePath is provided
+  - 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`
@@ -419,7 +430,7 @@ _By careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x_
   - string
   - default: ""
   - Database selection for the Redis service
-- RedisUnreachableBlock
+- RedisCacheUnreachableBlock
   - bool
   - default: true
   - Block request when Redis is unreachable (if Redis is unreachable, 1-second delay is added to each request)
@@ -439,6 +450,10 @@ _By careful when you upgrade to >1.4.x_
   - 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
@@ -518,6 +533,7 @@ http:
           updateIntervalSeconds: 60
           updateMaxFailure: 0
           defaultDecisionSeconds: 60
+          remediationStatusCode: 403
           httpTimeoutSeconds: 10
           crowdsecMode: live
           crowdsecAppsecEnabled: false
@@ -527,7 +543,6 @@ http:
           crowdsecAppsecUnreachableBlock: true
           crowdsecAppsecBodyLimit: 10485760
           crowdsecLapiKey: privateKey-foo
-          crowdsecLapiKeyFile: /etc/traefik/cs-privateKey-foo
           crowdsecLapiScheme: http
           crowdsecLapiHost: crowdsec:8080
           crowdsecLapiPath: "/"
@@ -556,7 +571,6 @@ http:
             ...
             Q0veeNzBQXg1f/JxfeA39IDIX1kiCf71tGlT
             -----END CERTIFICATE-----
-          crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateAuthorityFile: /etc/traefik/crowdsec-certs/ca.pem
           crowdsecLapiTLSCertificateBouncer: |-
             -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
             MIIEHjCCAwagAwIBAgIUOBTs1eqkaAUcPplztUr2xRapvNAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
@@ -564,25 +578,24 @@ 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
+          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`, `CrowdsecCapiMachineId`, `CrowdsecCapiPassword`, `CrowdsecLapiKey`, `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:

bouncer.go

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ 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 +43,32 @@ 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
+	updateFailure           int64
-	ticker                  chan bool
+	streamTicker            chan bool
+	metricsTicker           chan bool
+	lastMetricsPush         time.Time
+	blockedRequests         int64
 )
 
 // CreateConfig creates the default plugin configuration.
@@ -75,8 +98,9 @@ type Bouncer struct {
 	crowdsecPassword        string
 	crowdsecScenarios       []string
 	updateInterval          int64
-	updateMaxFailure        int
+	updateMaxFailure        int64
 	defaultDecisionTimeout  int64
+	remediationStatusCode   int
 	remediationCustomHeader string
 	forwardedCustomHeader   string
 	crowdsecStreamRoute     string
@@ -92,7 +116,10 @@ type Bouncer struct {
 }
 
 // New creates the crowdsec bouncer plugin.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo
 func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, name string) (http.Handler, error) {
+	config.LogLevel = strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel)
 	log := logger.New(config.LogLevel, config.LogFilePath)
 	err := configuration.ValidateParams(config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -169,6 +196,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		remediationCustomHeader: config.RemediationHeadersCustomName,
 		forwardedCustomHeader:   config.ForwardedHeadersCustomName,
 		defaultDecisionTimeout:  config.DefaultDecisionSeconds,
+		remediationStatusCode:   config.RemediationStatusCode,
 		redisUnreachableBlock:   config.RedisCacheUnreachableBlock,
 		banTemplateString:       banTemplateString,
 		crowdsecStreamRoute:     crowdsecStreamRoute,
@@ -222,7 +250,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, next http.Handler, config *configuration.Config, nam
 		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())
@@ -231,10 +259,20 @@ 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
@@ -350,15 +388,17 @@ type Login struct {
 
 // To append Headers we need to call rw.WriteHeader after set any header.
 func handleBanServeHTTP(bouncer *Bouncer, rw http.ResponseWriter) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&blockedRequests, 1)
+
 	if bouncer.remediationCustomHeader != "" {
 		rw.Header().Set(bouncer.remediationCustomHeader, "ban")
 	}
 	if bouncer.banTemplateString == "" {
-		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+		rw.WriteHeader(bouncer.remediationStatusCode)
 		return
 	}
 	rw.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+	rw.WriteHeader(bouncer.remediationStatusCode)
 	_, err := fmt.Fprint(rw, bouncer.banTemplateString)
 	if err != nil {
 		bouncer.log.Error("handleBanServeHTTP could not write template to ResponseWriter")
@@ -372,6 +412,7 @@ func handleRemediationServeHTTP(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP, remediation string,
 			handleNextServeHTTP(bouncer, remoteIP, rw, req)
 			return
 		}
+		atomic.AddInt64(&blockedRequests, 1) //  If we serve a captcha that should count as a dropped request.
 		bouncer.captchaClient.ServeHTTP(rw, req, remoteIP)
 		return
 	}
@@ -403,11 +444,17 @@ func handleStreamTicker(bouncer *Bouncer) {
 	}
 }
 
-func startTicker(config *configuration.Config, log *logger.Log, work func()) chan bool {
+func handleMetricsTicker(bouncer *Bouncer) {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.UpdateIntervalSeconds) * time.Second)
+	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:
@@ -427,9 +474,9 @@ func handleNoStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer, remoteIP string) (string, error) {
 		Scheme:   bouncer.crowdsecScheme,
 		Host:     bouncer.crowdsecHost,
 		Path:     bouncer.crowdsecPath + crowdsecLapiRoute,
-		RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("ip=%v&banned=true", remoteIP),
+		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
 	}
@@ -488,7 +535,16 @@ 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
 	}
@@ -525,7 +581,7 @@ func handleStreamCache(bouncer *Bouncer) error {
 		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
 	}
@@ -556,15 +612,9 @@ 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 {
+	if len(data) > 0 {
-		data := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`{"machine_id": "%v","password": "%v","scenarios": ["%v"]}`,
-			bouncer.crowdsecMachineID,
-			bouncer.crowdsecPassword,
-			strings.Join(bouncer.crowdsecScenarios, `","`),
-		))
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, stringURL, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	} else {
 		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, stringURL, nil)
@@ -585,13 +635,16 @@ 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)
 	}
@@ -661,3 +714,65 @@ 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
+}

bouncer_test.go

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func Test_crowdsecQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		bouncer   *Bouncer
 		stringURL string
-		isPost    bool
+		data      []byte
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ 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

docker-compose.local.yml

@@ -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 +48,38 @@ 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="
 
+  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 +93,6 @@ services:
       - crowdsec-config-local:/etc/crowdsec/
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=false"
-
 volumes:
   logs-local:
   crowdsec-db-local:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -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:

examples/kubernetes/traefik/values.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logs:
     level: DEBUG
   access:
     enabled: true
+    format: json
     fields:
       headers: 
         defaultmode: keep

pkg/configuration/configuration.go

@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	CrowdsecCapiPasswordFile                 string   `json:"crowdsecCapiPasswordFile,omitempty"`
 	CrowdsecCapiScenarios                    []string `json:"crowdsecCapiScenarios,omitempty"`
 	UpdateIntervalSeconds                    int64    `json:"updateIntervalSeconds,omitempty"`
-	UpdateMaxFailure                         int      `json:"updateMaxFailure,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"`
 	RemediationHeadersCustomName             string   `json:"remediationHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
 	ForwardedHeadersCustomName               string   `json:"forwardedHeadersCustomName,omitempty"`
@@ -117,8 +119,10 @@ func New() *Config {
 		CrowdsecLapiKey:                "",
 		CrowdsecLapiTLSInsecureVerify:  false,
 		UpdateIntervalSeconds:          60,
+		MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds:   600,
 		UpdateMaxFailure:               0,
 		DefaultDecisionSeconds:         60,
+		RemediationStatusCode:          http.StatusForbidden,
 		HTTPTimeoutSeconds:             10,
 		CaptchaProvider:                "",
 		CaptchaSiteKey:                 "",
@@ -268,8 +272,8 @@ func ValidateParams(config *Config) error {
 	}
 
 	// Check logging configuration
-
+	// to upper allow of anycase of log level
-	if !contains([]string{LogERROR, LogDEBUG, LogINFO}, config.LogLevel) {
+	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 != "" {
@@ -338,13 +342,22 @@ func validateParamsRequired(config *Config) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%v: cannot be empty", key)
 		}
 	}
-	requiredInt := map[string]int64{
+	requiredInt0 := map[string]int64{
+		"CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit":      config.CrowdsecAppsecBodyLimit,
+		"MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds": config.MetricsUpdateIntervalSeconds,
+	}
+	for key, val := range requiredInt0 {
+		if val < 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v: cannot be less than 0", key)
+		}
+	}
+	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)
 		}
@@ -355,6 +368,9 @@ func validateParamsRequired(config *Config) error {
 	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'")

pkg/configuration/configuration_test.go

@@ -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) {

pkg/logger/logger.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // 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 (
@@ -19,27 +19,41 @@ type Log struct {
 
 // New Set Default log level to info in case log level to defined.
 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)
 	// we initialize logger to STDOUT/STDERR first so if the file logger cannot be initialized we can inform the user
-	if logLevel == "DEBUG" {
+	output := os.Stdout
-		logDebug.SetOutput(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 {
+		if err == nil {
-			_ = fmt.Errorf("LogFilePath is not writable %w", err)
+			output = logFile
+			errorOutput = logFile
 		} else {
-			logInfo.SetOutput(logFile)
+			_ = fmt.Errorf("LogFilePath is not writable %w", err)
-			logError.SetOutput(logFile)
-			if logLevel == "DEBUG" {
-				logDebug.SetOutput(logFile)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// 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{