[CentOS] fail2ban with standard Apache log format?

I want to use fail2ban on CentOS 6 to monitor Apache with the standard default logfile format (combined). Has anyone here succeeded in doing so? The format has the IP at the start of the line, followed by two dashes (if no authentication) and THEN the timestamp. What I've read on the fail2ban

Re: [CentOS] fail2ban with standard Apache log format?

In article kps4fv$33j$1...@softins.clara.co.uk, Tony Mountifield t...@softins.co.uk wrote: I want to use fail2ban on CentOS 6 to monitor Apache with the standard default logfile format (combined). Has anyone here succeeded in doing so? The format has the IP at the start of the line, followed