configuring-playbook-bridge-appservice-irc.md

Setting up Appservice IRC bridging (optional)

Note: bridging to IRC can also happen via the Heisenbridge bridge supported by the playbook.

The playbook can install and configure the matrix-appservice-irc bridge for you.

See the project's documentation to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.

Adjusting the playbook configuration

To enable the bridge, add the following configuration to your inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml file:

matrix_appservice_irc_enabled: true

matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers:
  irc.example.com:
    name: "ExampleNet"
    port: 6697
    ssl: true
    sasl: false
    allowExpiredCerts: false
    sendConnectionMessages: true
    botConfig:
      enabled: true
      nick: "MatrixBot"
      joinChannelsIfNoUsers: true
    privateMessages:
      enabled: true
      federate: true
    dynamicChannels:
      enabled: true
      createAlias: true
      published: true
      joinRule: public
      groupId: +myircnetwork:localhost
      federate: true
      aliasTemplate: "#irc_$CHANNEL"
    membershipLists:
      enabled: false
      floodDelayMs: 10000
      global:
        ircToMatrix:
          initial: false
          incremental: false
        matrixToIrc:
          initial: false
          incremental: false
    matrixClients:
      userTemplate: "@irc_$NICK"
      displayName: "$NICK (IRC)"
      joinAttempts: -1
    ircClients:
      nickTemplate: "$DISPLAY[m]"
      allowNickChanges: true
      maxClients: 30
      idleTimeout: 10800
      reconnectIntervalMs: 5000
      concurrentReconnectLimit: 50
      lineLimit: 3

Installing

After configuring the playbook, run the installation command: just install-all or just setup-all

Usage

You then need to start a chat with @irc_bot:example.com (where example.com is your base domain, not the matrix. domain).