irssi and znc - what am I doing wrong?
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f0rgot · 2023-12-18 05:54

I am trying to set up znc on my virtual private server, and then
connect to it via irssi.

I got znc installed on the vps, configured it, and started it up. I am
running the irc listener on port 3008. I can see that it is
successfully binding to port "3008". Here is the IRC listener part of
my configuration.


            AllowIRC = true
            AllowWeb = false
            Host = localhost
            IPv4 = true
            IPv6 = false
            Port = 3008
            SSL = false
            URIPrefix = /


However, when I try to connect with \`irssi\` to my bouncer, using
\`/connect  3008\`, the connection times out. I even ran \`znc
--debug\` but it doesn't show any relevant logs. On the server, I can
run \`netstat -plunt\` and see that znc is running:

    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3008          0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN      9353/znc


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scriminal · 2023-12-18 08:37

Using a bouncer in the first place.  They all suck, they have always
sucked forever and always will.

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nawcom · 2023-12-18 10:29

You're telling it to only be accessible on localhost. And as you can
see, that's also what netstat is telling you. Completely delete that
line (Host = localhost), and change AllowWeb to true as it's far
easier to configure it via its web interface. Restart znc and connect
via a web browser via the same port number. And if this is truly
public-facing and you aren't on the same local network as it, I'd
recommend setting up SSL once you log in via Let's Encrypt assuming
you have a domain name assigned to that public IP address.

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timsofteng · 2023-12-18 17:48

Why?

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magnum7385 · 2023-12-18 20:23

You made it bind to localhost.  It'll only accept connections via
localhost.  Don't do that.

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scriminal · 2023-12-18 22:57

they always break, or fail or spam cycle the channel or all 3 at once
and they have for 20 years.  it's just not a stable thing to do.  just
use ssh in and use screen or tmux and run irssi from there

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LuciferTowers · 2023-12-19 00:38

Skill issue.

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scriminal · 2023-12-19 01:24

Could be, I never use the worthless things so I don't know.  All I see
is the mess they make.

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scriminal · 2023-12-19 08:20

Down voting me on this is admitting you just started irc this week

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f0rgot · 2023-12-19 16:04

Thanks for the reply. It turns out that my VPS had a firewall enabled
and port 3008 was closed. The web port worked because nginx is
listening on port 443 and forwarding that to ZNC's port 3007.

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Now to understand how scrollback / buffer between irssi and znc work.