This article is under construction
This short how-to will guide you through using your IRC nick via the Ubuntu Matrix IRC bridge. You will be able to set your IRC account so that you can participate on the IRC network within the Matrix, and retain your registered nick.
Register your IRC nick
Contact the IRC bridge bot
Join a bridged room: [TO-DO enter the name of a room]
You will receive 2 messages:
Check your IRC nick
Message the bot in the LiberaChat IRC Bridge status room, as that is a private room between you and the IRC bridge bot. Check your nick by typing:
!nick
The IRC bot should print the status of connected IRC network and assigned nick.
Format: '!nick DesiredNick' or '!nick irc.server.name DesiredNick'
Currently connected to IRC networks:
irc.eu.libera.chat as YourMatrixID[m]
Change your IRC nick
Enter this command to ask the bridge to use your registered nick:
!nick irc.eu.libera.chat yourIRCnick
If the nick is registered, you will get a private message from IRC nickserv: @libera_NickServ:chat.ubuntu.com. The private message will look like this:
This nickname is registered. Please choose a different nickname, or identify via /msg NickServ IDENTIFY yourIRCnick <password>
We are going to do exactly that, using this command in the LiberaChat IRC Bridge status room.
First, we store our preferred username so it is used automatically in case of network discusnnections.
!username irc.eu.libera.chat YourIRCnick
Then, we store our IRC password.
!storepass irc.eu.libera.chat YourSuperSecureAndSecretPassword
Last step, we reconnect to the IRC network by issuing this command:
!reconnect
Check IRC status
By now we should be logged on the IRC network with our IRC nick, and we should have received a direct message by SaslServ that looks like the one below here.
SaslServ (PM on irc.eu.libera.chat)
Last login from: ~YourIRCnick@IPv6 on date, time
To make sure your configuration is working, you can use the !nick command in the LiberaChat IRC Bridge status room. It will display your current IRC nick.
Format: '!nick DesiredNick' or '!nick irc.server.name DesiredNick'
Currently connected to IRC networks:
irc.eu.libera.chat as YourIRCnick
Useful documentation
If you are looking for more information about the Matrix IRC bridge bot, or more general information about the Ubuntu Matrix homeserver, you can refer to the documentation below for general direction and help.