Installing Robust IRC on Fedora Server Latest

Robust IRC is an open-source IRC server that is designed to be reliable, scalable and secure. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps needed to install Robust IRC on a Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

• A Fedora Server Latest installation with root access.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Update the system

Firstly, you should update the system packages and repositories to ensure that you have the latest versions of all the packages installed, by running the following command:

sudo dnf update

Step 2 - Install the required packages

Next, you need to install the packages needed to build and run Robust IRC. Run the following command:

sudo dnf install -y gcc make cmake sqlite-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel expat-devel openssl-devel

Step 3 - Clone the Robust IRC repository

Once the required packages are installed, you need to clone the Robust IRC repository to your Fedora Server. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/robustirc/robustirc.git

This will clone the Robust IRC repository to your current directory.

Step 4 - Build and install Robust IRC

After cloning the repository, navigate into the robustirc directory and run the following commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

This will build and install the Robust IRC server.

Step 5 - Configure Robust IRC

Now that Robust IRC is installed, you need to configure it. Firstly, create a configuration file called robustircd.yaml in the /etc directory with the following contents:

server:
  listen: 0.0.0.0:6667
  pidfile: /var/run/robustircd.pid
  logfile: /var/log/robustircd.log

  database:
    file: /var/lib/robustirc/robustirc.db3
    journal_mode: WAL

irc:
  servername: irc.example.com
  motd: Welcome to RobustIRC!
  default_channels: &default_channels
    - "#channel1"
    - "#channel2"

This is a basic configuration file that sets up the Robust IRC server to listen on port 6667, creates a database file for the server in /var/lib/robustirc/, and sets up some default channels.

Step 6 - Create the Robust IRC user and group

Next, you need to create a user and group for the Robust IRC server. Run the following command:

sudo useradd -r -d /var/lib/robustirc -s /sbin/nologin robustirc

This will create a new user called robustirc with a home directory of /var/lib/robustirc and a shell of /sbin/nologin.

Step 7 - Set permissions on the database directory

Finally, you need to set the correct permissions on the directory that will hold the Robust IRC database file. Run the following command:

sudo chown -R robustirc:robustirc /var/lib/robustirc

This will set the ownership of the /var/lib/robustirc directory to the robustirc user and group.

Step 8 - Start the Robust IRC server

You can now start the Robust IRC server by running the following command:

sudo robustircd --config /etc/robustircd.yaml

This will start the server with the configuration file you created in Step 5.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now installed and configured Robust IRC on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now connect to the server using an IRC client and start chatting. If you have any issues with the installation process, please refer to the official Robust IRC documentation for further guidance.

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