A changed jail filter restarts fail2ban

fail2ban restarts when the composed jail file changes, and each filter is
a file of its own, so a module that changed only its failregex left the
running jail on the old pattern. The jail file now names each filter's
digest.
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@@ -44,3 +44,29 @@ func TestTheComposedJailFileIsWrittenEvenWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("the empty composed jail file was not written alone: %v", files)
}
}
// A changed pattern restarts fail2ban (novox/hq issue 191's rollout): the service restarts when the
// composed jail file changes, and the filter is a file of its own, so the jail file names the
// filter's digest. Changing only the failregex must change the jail file; the same pattern must not.
func TestAChangedFilterChangesTheJailFile(t *testing.T) {
jailFile := func(failregex string) string {
modules := []Manifest{
{Module: "fail2ban", Jailing: &Jailing{Into: "/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/mesh.conf", FilterInto: "/etc/fail2ban/filter.d"}},
{Module: "gitea", Jails: []Jail{{Name: "gitea", Failregex: failregex, Jail: "port = 222"}}},
}
for _, f := range jailsInto(modules, modules[0].Jailing) {
if f["id"] == ComposedJailsID() {
return f["content"].(string)
}
}
t.Fatal("no composed jail file")
return ""
}
before := jailFile("web login failed from <HOST>")
if again := jailFile("web login failed from <HOST>"); again != before {
t.Errorf("the same pattern composed a different jail file, which would restart fail2ban for nothing")
}
if after := jailFile("web login failed from <HOST>\n Invalid user .* from <HOST>"); after == before {
t.Errorf("a changed pattern left the jail file as it was, so fail2ban keeps the old filter:\n%s", after)
}
}