--- title: "irc" description: irc.adyxax.org private chat server tags: - UpdateNeeded --- ## Introduction I have been hosting a private irc chat server since 2009 for myself and some geek friends. It is a simple standalone [ngircd](https://ngircd.barton.de/) server, no backups necessary. There is a Server to Server configuration commented bellow that I use when migrating from host to host. ## Captain's log - 2020-10-01 : migrated to yen on OpenBSD ## Configuration ```cfg [Global] Name = yen.adyxax.org AdminInfo1 = Adyxax's IRC network AdminInfo2 = Hello to the geek reading that! AdminEMail = AAAAAA@adyxax.org HelpFile = /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd/Commands.txt Info = Adyxax's IRC server, the one that rocks MotdFile = /etc/ngircd/motd Network = adyxax.org Listen = ::,0.0.0.0 Password = XXXXXX ServerUID = ngircd ServerGID = ngircd [Limits] ConnectRetry = 60 MaxConnections = 255 MaxConnectionsIP = 15 MaxJoins = 15 MaxNickLength = 15 MaxListSize = 100 PingTimeout = 120 PongTimeout = 20 [Options] AllowRemoteOper = no CloakHost = yen.adyxax.org DNS = yes OperCanUseMode = yes SyslogFacility = daemon PAM = no [SSL] CertFile = /etc/ssl/irc.adyxax.org.crt DHFile = /etc/ngircd/dh4096.pem KeyFile = /etc/ssl/private/irc.adyxax.org.key Ports = 1337 [Operator] Name = adyxax Password = YYYYYY Mask = adyxax!~bbbbbb@* #[Server] # Name = tale.adyxax.org # Host = tale.adyxax.org # Port = 1337 # MyPassword = ZZZZZZ # PeerPassword = ZZZZZZ # Passive = no # SSLConnect = yes [Channel] Name = #geek Topic = Thou Shall Respectâ„¢ in Here! Modes = ```