ZNC IRC network bouncer

ZNC's configuration is located in /etc/config/znc. You can use it to configure most common aspects of ZNC. Supplying your own configuration is supported as of 0.998-2.

Notes:

  • This configuration is only for ZNC 0.094 or later.
  • 10.03.1-rc4's ZNC 0.094 has a hidden dependency to libstdcpp. This is fixed in trunk and recent Backfire builds.
  • 10.03.1-rc4's ZNC 0.094 takes 30 seconds until it actually works after starting it. This wait time is removed in trunk.

There are two section types for ZNC, a common one and one or more user sections.

The common section defines where ZNC is supposed to listen, which global modules should be loaded and some other global options. A minimum configuration looks like this:

config 'znc'
	list 'listener'	'192.168.1.1 1234'

Valid Options

Name Type Required Default Description
anoniplimit integer no 10 Number of anonymous connections allowed.
connectdelay integer no 5 Time in seconds ZNC waits between establishing connections.
listener list of strings Yes none One or more directives where ZNC should listen, in the format “<IP/Host> [+]<Port>”. The “+” forces the port to be SSL. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are valid. Note: You need to provide a SSL certificate for using SSL ports.
maxbuffersize integer no 500 Sets the global Max Buffer Size a user can have.
module list of strings no none Instructs ZNC to load global modules. Uses the format “<modulename> [arguments...]”.
runas_user string no root/nobody Run ZNC as this user instead of the default user (root for external config, nobody for generated config)
runas_group string no nogroup Run ZNC as this group. Only used when using a generated config.
runas_shell string no none Use this when the runas_user does not have a shell, i.e. nobody in passwd is /bin/false. Only used when using a generated config.
serverthrottle integer no 30 Time in seconds ZNC waits between two connection attempts to an IRC server.
znc_config_path string no none Use an external configuration at this location instead of the generated one. Any other options except runas_user will get ignored.
Note: Using runas_user to run ZNC as a different user with an external config requires 'su' installed. Alternatively, you may make use of droproot from your external configuration file, as it is always installed with ZNC.
znc_ssl_cert string no none Use this certificate for SSL ports.

Note: If you want your ZNC to be reachable from the outside, you can use '0.0.0.0' as the IP address, which makes ZNC listen on all interfaces. You also need to allow connections to its port through the firewall.

For each connection you want to use you need to create a separate user. Each user section corresponds to one user in ZNC. The section name is the user name for authentication to ZNC itself.

A minimal user configuration looks like this:

config 'user' 'sampleUser'
	option 'password' 'changeme'
	option 'nick'     'sampleUser'

This would create a user with the login sampleUser, the password changeme and the nick sampleUser.

Valid Options

Name Type Required Default Description
altnick string no none The Alternative Nickname, if the first one is occupied.
buffer integer no 50 Specifies the per channel log buffer limit in lines.
chanmodes string no <Server defaults> Overrides the channel modes.
channel list of strings no none Specifies one or more channels to join on connect. The required format is “<channelname> [<password>]”. Note: Only ZNC 0.096 or later.
ident string no <nick> Specifies the ident to use.
module list of strings no none Instructs ZNC to load user modules. The required format is “modulename> [<arguments...>]”.
nick string Yes none The Nickname of this user.
realname string no <nick> The real name of this user.
password string Yes none Password for this user. Can be either a plain text password, or a generated password hash through znc -s. Note: ZNC 0.094 supports only plain text.

Example code for crypted

        option 'password' 'sha256#...'
 
<Pass password>
        Method = sha256
        Hash = 746a8a22b32f22c9dd92e9918b084ac8bcf1c94361d71fd5ee4a7154f86371d4
        Salt = 8+1Isl8ewZ+Bai;tx2ML
</Pass>
quitmsg string no <ZNC default> Specifies the quit message used when closing the connection to the server.
server list of strings no none Specifies the list of servers to connect to. The required format “<IP/Host> [+]<Port> [<Password>]”, where the “+” indicates that SSL should be used. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are valid.
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  • Last modified: 2020/05/28 16:36
  • by broadcomfail