User:BDavis (WMF)/Projects/WMF BCN

WMF BNC
As a WMF Staffer I want to use an IRC bouncer to connect to freenode So I can stay in touch with community and co-workers.

Status

 * Stalled Indefinitely
 * Ryan pointed out 2013-08-30 via IRC that something like this violates Terms of Use for Labs in several ways.
 * We discussed several possible changes to the proposed implementation but were unable to come up with something that would be assuredly secure.
 * Major issues were based on the need to keep freenode authentication information for each user on the host.

Plan

 * Establish a multi-user capable BNC on a labs host.
 * Document use of BNC
 * Profit!!!!

Wish List

 * offline logging
 * ping notification

Software

 * ZNC looks promising to this n00b. See also:
 * http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC

Ubuntu 12.04
sudo apt-get install znc/precise-backports znc-dbg/precise-backports \ znc-dev/precise-backports znc-extra/precise-backports znc-perl/precise-backports \ znc-python/precise-backports znc-tcl/precise-backports

Things to watch out for

 * YuviPanda says:
 * don't bother trying to manage conf with puppet. Just let people use the web interface and the irc commands
 * need to control access to logs as they contain sensitive info