How to install and configure a ZNC IRC Bouncer

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ZNC 1.8.0 is already at /usr/local/bin/znc on KIRE. --makeconf is valid. SSH in. It daemonizes. Screen/tmux are for irssi/weechat.

AUP: max 2 IRC connections per shell to a given network. ZNC's connection to the net counts.

makeconf

/usr/local/bin/znc --makeconf

Answer the prompts:

Listen port — 1025–65535, not 6667. Remember it. Clients connect here (often via bnc.kire.net).
SSL — yes if you want TLS to the bouncer. Let it write a pem if asked.
Listen host / bind — your vhost/IP, not a random laptop. Blank = all addresses on the account (usually worse).
Global modules — load webadmin. Load playback if you want proper buffer replay (clients that speak the playback module).
Create an admin user, nick, altnick, ident (ident should be your shell username unless you were told otherwise).
IRC server the bouncer should stay on. That uplink is one of your two allowed connections to that net.

ZNC writes ~/.znc/configs/znc.conf and starts.

Webadmin: https://bnc.kire.net:YOURPORT/ (or the host you bound) when SSL is on. Same user/pass.
Playback: /msg *status loadmod playback if you skipped it in makeconf. Client must support it; otherwise you just get the regular buffer.
Bind vhost: set BindHost in webadmin (user or network) to the vhost you were assigned. Allowed BindHost list is global — add the vhost there first if the user cannot select it.

See Connecting your IRC client to ZNC. Host bnc.kire.net is fine (A 70.39.109.170).

Password reset: this. Restart: this. Hand-edit conf: znc.conf.