missing lighttpd-fastcgi filter

[Moses Moore]

Steps to reproduce:

apt-get install fail2ban
service fail2ban stop
cat >/etc/fail2ban/jail.local <<<"
[lighttpd-fastcgi]
enabled = true
logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
service fail2ban start

Expected outcome:
 * Starting authentication failure monitor fail2ban
   ...done.

Seen outcome:
 * Starting authentication failure monitor fail2ban
ERROR Found no accessible config files for 'filter.d/lighttpd-fastcgi' under /etc/fail2ban
ERROR Unable to read the filter
ERROR Errors in jail 'lighttpd-fastcgi'. Skipping...
   ...fail!

Additional info:
in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf I see this line:
    filter = lighttpd-fastcgi
but there is no "lighttpd-fastcgi.conf" file in /etc/fail2ban/filters.d/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fail2ban 0.8.11-1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab078.27 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 27 20:20:30 2014
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: fail2ban
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-02 (148 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Karol M. Langner (karol-langner)]

Problem originates upstream: https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/1062

[Karol M. Langner (karol-langner)]

Update: in my case this was caused by having a very old version of fail2ban installed - from before jessie. Upgrading to version 0.9 fixed things,