ircbothist - IRC Bot for persistent history

Install (Debian-based system):

# apt update
# apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
# mkdir -p /opt/ircbothist
# wget -c "https://yougeek.dev/ircbothist/ircbothist.py" -O /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py
# python3 -m venv /opt/ircbothist
# source /opt/ircbothist/bin/activate
# pip install --upgrade pip
# pip install irc
# useradd -m -s /bin/bash ircbot
# chown ircbot:ircbot -R /opt/ircbothist

Edit configuration:

# vim /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py                                                                                                                                                                       

Replace these lines with your configuration:

######## CONFIGURATION (Edit with your settings)
SERVER   = "irc.example.net"
PORT     = 6667
USE_TLS  = False
NICK     = "history-bot"
REALNAME = "IRC Message History"
CHANNELS = ["#support", "#linux"]
MAX_HISTORY = 200
PERSIST_FILE = "history.pkl"
SAVE_INTERVAL = 60
#########

Add the bot at system startup:

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/ircbothist.service with the following:

[Unit]
Description=IRC history bot
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ircbot
Group=ircbot
WorkingDirectory=/opt/ircbothist
Environment=PATH=/opt/ircbothist/bin
ExecStart=/opt/ircbothist/bin/python3 /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Add the service at startup and start it:

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable ircbothist
# systemctl start ircbothist

How to uninstall:

# rm -rf /opt/ircbothist
# rm -rf /etc/system/system/ircbothist.service
# deluser ircbot

Dependencies

• python3
• python3-irc
• python3-pip