Creating an Raspberry pi IRC and web server
reddit / irc

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Benben377 · 2021-07-27 20:00

By follow [this guide](https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-irc-
server/) on how to create an IRC server with my Raspberry pi I easily
managed to get an IRC server up and running. But in the tutorial it
explains how to use a client to connect to the IRC. What I would like
to achieve is something more [like this](http://www.librairc.net/)
where the IRC is completely open to the entire world to join. What is
the best way to do this? I know I need to somehow set up an web server
on the raspberry pi and open the ports on my router to make it
accessible for everyone. I also already own a domain which I can
redirect to my router.

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anths · 2021-07-27 20:55

If you have the server running (and haven’t otherwise locked it down),
then it already is open to the entire world. But if you mean you want
people to be able to access it without installing a client of their
own, then you probably want to provide a web-based client on your
server. I have not used any of those, but KiwiIRC is popular.

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Benben377 · 2021-07-28 05:06

Yes, thank you very much, that's exactly what I meant and needed

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Benben377 · 2021-07-28 21:17

Ok so I installed both the IRC server and the Kiwi client on my
Raspberry and I can easily connect to the IRC with any client using
the Raspberry pi ip address as the server address and port 6667. I can
also see the Kiwi page if I enter the ip address in a browser. What I
can't manage to do is connect the both. I'm sure there are some
settings of the kiwi client I missed, but I can't find them.