2 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/IpRetriever.java b/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/IpRetriever.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a1e8662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/IpRetriever.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.traccar.helper;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Gets the client's IP address regardless of whether the server is behind a proxy server or a load balancer.
+ *
+ */
+public final class IpRetriever
+    {
+
+
+        /**
+         * Retrieves the client's IP address.
+         * Handles the cases like whether the server is behind a proxy server or a load balancer
+         * also if the request is being made by using a reverse proxy.
+         *
+         * @param request {@link HttpServletRequest} instance
+         * @return client's IP address
+         */
+    public static String retrieveIP(HttpServletRequest request) {
+
+        if(request != null){
+                String ipAddress = request.getHeader("X-FORWARDED-FOR");
+
+                if (ipAddress != null && !ipAddress.isEmpty()) {
+                        return removeUnwantedData(ipAddress);
+                }
+                else{
+                    ipAddress = request.getRemoteAddr();
+                    return ipAddress;
+                }
+
+        } else return null;
+
+    }
+
+        /**
+         * If the request uses a reverse proxy, the header value will also contain load balancer and reverse proxy server IPs
+         * This method gets rid of them.
+         *
+         * @param ipAddress IP address value from the header
+         * @return IP address of the client
+         */
+    private static String removeUnwantedData(String ipAddress){
+        return ipAddress.contains(",") ? ipAddress.split(",")[0] : ipAddress;
+        }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/LogAction.java b/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/LogAction.java
index db13337b8..1fbd78c4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/LogAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/traccar/helper/LogAction.java
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ public final class LogAction {
 
     private static final String ACTION_LOGIN = "login";
     private static final String ACTION_LOGOUT = "logout";
+    private static final String ACTION_FAILED_LOGIN_NO_IP = "Failed Login Attempt. IP address: failed to retrieve";
 
     private static final String ACTION_DEVICE_ACCUMULATORS = "resetDeviceAccumulators";
 
     private static final String PATTERN_OBJECT = "user: %d, action: %s, object: %s, id: %d";
     private static final String PATTERN_LINK = "user: %d, action: %s, owner: %s, id: %d, property: %s, id: %d";
     private static final String PATTERN_LOGIN = "user: %d, action: %s";
+    private static final String PATTERN_FAILED_LOGIN = "Failed Login Attempt. IP address: %s";
     private static final String PATTERN_DEVICE_ACCUMULATORS = "user: %d, action: %s, deviceId: %d";
 
     public static void create(long userId, BaseModel object) {
@@ -74,6 +76,20 @@ public final class LogAction {
         logLoginAction(ACTION_LOGOUT, userId);
     }
 
+    public static void failedLogin(String ipAddress) {
+
+        if(ipAddress == null || ipAddress.isEmpty()) {
+            LOGGER.info(ACTION_FAILED_LOGIN_NO_IP);
+            }
+
+        else{
+            LOGGER.info(String.format(
+                    PATTERN_FAILED_LOGIN, ipAddress));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
     public static void resetDeviceAccumulators(long userId, long deviceId) {
         LOGGER.info(String.format(
                 PATTERN_DEVICE_ACCUMULATORS, userId, ACTION_DEVICE_ACCUMULATORS, deviceId));