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Okay, I heard you can upload the IRCd to your FTP on a website and set up an IRC server like this, but its not working – can anyone tell me IN DETAIL how to setup an IRC Server. I want to setup irc.unixping.com – a friend and I own unixping.com ; we’re wanting to make an irc server for our forums. IF you can help me ; it would be much appericiated.
To install an IRC daemon, you need shell access to the box for the ability to install applications. You cannot just upload something to your FTP and have it work just like that. Do you have login/shell access to the webserver?
go to irc.matrixchat.us look for connorhd hes the one that set up the ircd and the java from the webpage
Loonetik wrote:Okay, I heard you can upload the IRCd to your FTP on a website and set up an IRC server like this, but its not working – can anyone tell me IN DETAIL how to setup an IRC Server. I want to setup irc.unixping.com – a friend and I own unixping.com…like david said you need some kind of access to the machine to type in commands. if you want to enable irc.unixping.com you also need access to DNS information on your domain. you also have to make sure your webhost allows you to run a IRC server/network. MOST of the time webhosts will not let you run IRC servers because they are bandwidth hogs and are notorious for supporting illegal activity. before you do anything you should check with your webhost.a good way would be to run the ircd on an extra box that is sitting next to you (if you have broadband internet). then just pointing irc.unixping.com to your IP. your ISP may hate you for this, but it will take them a while to figure out (not that they will do anything after they do). basically what you need to install/run an IRC server is an operating system (some linux flavor sounds nice), ircd (i love bahamut, but unreal seems to be popular), and IRC services (anope is great). after you have everything you need all you have left to do is configuration. read around google and you should be fine.
if you run an IRC server from your computer make sure you are ready for frequent disconnections and very bad connectivity (depends on how static-like your IP address is). you can kinda solve this by using multiple servers (your friends maybe?… expect netsplits) with Round Robin DNS. this will choose a server “randomly” from a list to connect to. this is more complicated. don’t forget the script kiddies that sit around and try to DoS your network with the hundreds if not thousands of zombies they have. (most broadband connections require a very small ammount of zombies to be successfully taken out/down)
another thing you could do is run a channel on a bigger network (easiest and most efficent). since bigger networks have professionals working on connectivity, and all that good stuff, your channel should be up most of the time. undernet is basically the most secure network i’ve seen so far… but there are other choices: dalnet, freenode, efnet, rizon, the list goes on and on. once you have a channel you can add a subdomain and place a webchat/access there. PJIRC is nice BBB uses vBXirc which is available for vBulletin forums. CGI:IRC is also an web irc client. it is laggy, and dangerous if not set up correctly (can be used as a proxy, which is the main advantage of it… if you’re behind a restrictive firewall).
whatever you choose to do i hope your channel/server is successfull and i wish you the best of luck.
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