Installing ZNC on Fedora CoreOS Latest

ZNC is an IRC bouncer which runs as a daemon and maintains a persistent connection to IRC servers. It is a great tool for people who wish to stay connected to IRC even when they are disconnected. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ZNC on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation, make sure you have:

• A machine running Fedora CoreOS Latest
• Sudo privileges or root access
• Basic knowledge of using the command line

Installing ZNC on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Follow the steps given below to install ZNC on Fedora CoreOS Latest:

1. Install the dnf-plugins-core package

To add the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository to your system, you need to install dnf-plugins-core package. Run the following command to install it:

sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core

2. Add the EPEL repository

After installing the dnf-plugins-core package, run the following command to add the EPEL repository:

sudo dnf copr enable ganto/znc

3. Install ZNC

Now that you have added the EPEL repository, you can install ZNC. To install ZNC, run the following command:

sudo dnf install znc

4. Start ZNC

After installing ZNC, you need to start it. To start ZNC, run the following command:

sudo systemctl start znc.service

5. Verify ZNC status

To verify that ZNC is running, run the following command:

sudo systemctl status znc.service

You should see output similar to:

● znc.service - ZNC IRC Bouncer
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/znc.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running)

6. Configure ZNC

To configure ZNC, you need to connect to it using your preferred IRC client. The default port for ZNC is 6667. Note that you need to provide the username and password you set up during the installation process.

7. Enable ZNC to start at boot

If you want ZNC to start automatically when your machine boots up, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable znc.service

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install ZNC on Fedora CoreOS Latest. ZNC is a powerful tool that is easy to set up and use. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should now have ZNC up and running on your machine.

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