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diff --git a/doc/project_services/irker.md b/doc/project_services/irker.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..780a45bca20 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/project_services/irker.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Irker IRC Gateway + +GitLab provides a way to push update messages to an Irker server. When +configured, pushes to a project will trigger the service to send data directly +to the Irker server. + +See the project homepage for further info: http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/ + +## Needed setup + +You will first need an Irker daemon. You can download the Irker code from its +gitorious repository on https://gitorious.org/irker: `git clone +git@gitorious.org:irker/irker.git`. Once you have downloaded the code, you can +run the python script named `irkerd`. This script is the gateway script, it acts +both as an IRC client, for sending messages to an IRC server obviously, and as a +TCP server, for receiving messages from the GitLab service. + +If the Irker server runs on the same machine, you are done. If not, you will +need to follow the firsts steps of the next section. + +## Optional setup + +In the `app/models/project_services/irker_service.rb` file, you can modify some +options in the `initialize_settings` method: +- **server_ip** (defaults to `localhost`): the server IP address where the +`irkerd` daemon runs; +- **server_port** (defaults to `6659`): the server port of the `irkerd` daemon; +- **max_channels** (defaults to `3`): the maximum number of recipients the +client is authorized to join, per project; +- **default_irc_uri** (no default) : if this option is set, it has to be in the +format `irc[s]://domain.name` and will be prepend to each and every channel +provided by the user which is not a full URI. + +If the Irker server and the GitLab application do not run on the same host, you +will **need** to setup at least the **server_ip** option. + +## Note on Irker recipients + +Irker accepts channel names of the form `chan` and `#chan`, both for the +`#chan` channel. If you want to send messages in query, you will need to add +`,isnick` avec the channel name, in this form: `Aorimn,isnick`. In this latter +case, `Aorimn` is treated as a nick and no more as a channel name. + +Irker can also join password-protected channels. Users need to append +`?key=thesecretpassword` to the chan name. + |