source: code/trunk/doc/soju.1.scd@ 270

Last change on this file since 270 was 270, checked in by delthas, 5 years ago

Add support for the irc+insecure address scheme

Some servers do not support TLS, or have invalid, expired or self-signed
TLS certificates. While the right fix would be toi contact each server
owner to add support for valid TLS, supporting plaintext upstream
connections is sometimes necessary.

This adds support for the irc+insecure address scheme, which connects to
a network in plain-text over TCP.

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1soju(1)
2
3# NAME
4
5soju - IRC bouncer
6
7# SYNOPSIS
8
9*soju* [options...]
10
11# DESCRIPTION
12
13soju is a user-friendly IRC bouncer. It connects to upstream IRC servers on
14behalf of the user to provide extra features.
15
16- Multiple separate users sharing the same bouncer, each with their own
17 upstream servers
18- Clients connecting to multiple upstream servers via a single connection to
19 the bouncer
20- Sending the backlog (messages received while the user was disconnected from
21 the bouncer), with per-client buffers
22
23When joining a channel, the channel will be saved and automatically joined on
24the next connection. When registering or authenticating with NickServ, the
25credentials will be saved and automatically used on the next connection if the
26server supports SASL.
27
28When all clients are disconnected from the bouncer, the user is automatically
29marked as away.
30
31soju supports two connection modes:
32
33- Single upstream mode: one downstream connection maps to one upstream
34 connection. To enable this mode, connect to the bouncer with the username
35 "<username>/<network>". If the bouncer isn't connected to the upstream
36 server, it will get automatically added. Then channels can be joined and
37 parted as if you were directly connected to the upstream server.
38- Multiple upstream mode: one downstream connection maps to multiple upstream
39 connections. Channels and nicks are suffixed with the network name. To join
40 a channel, you need to use the suffix too: _/join #channel/network_. Same
41 applies to messages sent to users.
42
43For per-client history to work, clients need to indicate their name. This can
44be done by adding a "@<client>" suffix to the username.
45
46# OPTIONS
47
48*-h, -help*
49 Show help message and quit.
50
51*-config* <path>
52 Path to the config file. If unset, a default config file is used.
53
54*-debug*
55 Enable debug logging (this will leak sensitive information such as
56 passwords).
57
58*-listen* <address>
59 Listening address (default: ":6667").
60
61# CONFIG FILE
62
63The config file has one directive per line.
64
65*listen* <address>
66 Listening address (default: ":6667").
67
68*hostname* <name>
69 Server hostname (default: system hostname).
70
71*tls* <cert> <key>
72 Enable TLS support. The certificate and the key files must be PEM-encoded.
73
74*sql* <driver> <source>
75 Set the SQL driver settings. The only supported driver is "sqlite3". The
76 source is the path to the SQLite database file. By default, the path to the
77 database file is "soju.db".
78
79*log* <path>
80 Path to the bouncer logs root directory, or empty to disable logging. By
81 default, logging is disabled.
82
83# IRC SERVICE
84
85soju exposes an IRC service called *BouncerServ* to manage the bouncer.
86Commands can be sent via regular private messages
87(_/msg BouncerServ <command> [args...]_). Commands may be written in full or
88abbreviated form, for instance *network* can be abbreviated as *net* or just
89*n*.
90
91*help* [command]
92 Show a list of commands. If _command_ is specified, show a help message for
93 the command.
94
95*network create* *-addr* <addr> [options...]
96 Connect to a new network at _addr_. _-addr_ is mandatory.
97
98 _addr_ supports several connection types:
99 - _[ircs://]host[:port]_ connects with TLS over TCP
100 - _irc+insecure://host[:port]_ connects with plain-text TCP
101
102 Other options are:
103
104 *-name* <name>
105 Short network name. This will be used instead of _addr_ to refer to the
106 network.
107
108 *-username* <username>
109 Connect with the specified username. By default, the nickname is used.
110
111 *-pass* <pass>
112 Connect with the specified server password.
113
114 *-realname* <realname>
115 Connect with the specified real name. By default, the nickname is used.
116
117 *-nick* <nickname>
118 Connect with the specified nickname. By default, the account's username
119 is used.
120
121*network delete* <name>
122 Disconnect and delete a network.
123
124*network status*
125 Show a list of saved networks and their current status.
126
127# AUTHORS
128
129Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other
130open-source contributors. For more information about soju development, see
131https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/soju.
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