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# matterbridge
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Simple bridge between mattermost and IRC. Uses the in/outgoing webhooks.
Relays public channel messages between mattermost and IRC.
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Requires mattermost 1.2.0+
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There is also [matterbridge-plus] (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge-plus) which uses the mattermost API and needs a dedicated user (bot). But requires no incoming/outgoing webhook setup.
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## binaries
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Binaries can be found [here] (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/tag/v0.3)
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## building
Make sure you have [Go ](https://golang.org/doc/install ) properly installed, including setting up your [GOPATH] (https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
```
cd $GOPATH
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go get github.com/42wim/matterbridge
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```
You should now have matterbridge binary in the bin directory:
```
$ ls bin/
matterbridge
```
## running
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1) Copy the matterbridge.conf.sample to matterbridge.conf in the same directory as the matterbridge binary.
2) Edit matterbridge.conf with the settings for your environment. See below for more config information.
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3) Now you can run matterbridge.
```
Usage of matterbridge:
-conf="matterbridge.conf": config file
```
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Matterbridge will:
* start a webserver listening on the port specified in the configuration.
* connect to specified irc server and channel.
* send messages from mattermost to irc and vice versa, messages in mattermost will appear with irc-nick
## config
### matterbridge
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matterbridge looks for matterbridge.conf in current directory. (use -conf to specify another file)
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Look at matterbridge.conf.sample for an example
```
[IRC]
server="irc.freenode.net"
port=6667
UseTLS=false
SkipTLSVerify=true
nick="matterbot"
channel="#matterbridge"
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UseSlackCircumfix=false
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[mattermost]
#url is your incoming webhook url (account settings - integrations - incoming webhooks)
url="http://mattermost.yourdomain.com/hooks/incomingwebhookkey"
#port the bridge webserver will listen on
port=9999
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#address the webserver will bind to
BindAddress="0.0.0.0"
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showjoinpart=true #show irc users joining and parting
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#the token you get from the outgoing webhook in mattermost. If empty no token check will be done.
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#if you use multiple IRC channel (see below, this must be empty!)
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token=yourtokenfrommattermost
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#disable certificate checking (selfsigned certificates)
#SkipTLSVerify=true
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#whether to prefix messages from IRC to mattermost with the sender's nick. Useful if username overrides for incoming webhooks isn't enabled on the mattermost server
PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
#how to format the list of IRC nicks when displayed in mattermost. Possible options are "table" and "plain"
NickFormatter=plain
#how many nicks to list per row for formatters that support this
NicksPerRow=4
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#multiple channel config
#token you can find in your outgoing webhook
[Token "outgoingwebhooktoken1"]
IRCChannel="#off-topic"
MMChannel="off-topic"
[Token "outgoingwebhooktoken2"]
IRCChannel="#testing"
MMChannel="testing"
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[general]
#request your API key on https://github.com/giphy/GiphyAPI. This is a public beta key
GiphyApiKey="dc6zaTOxFJmzC"
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```
### mattermost
You'll have to configure the incoming en outgoing webhooks.
* incoming webhooks
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Go to "account settings" - integrations - "incoming webhooks".
Choose a channel at "Add a new incoming webhook", this will create a webhook URL right below.
This URL should be set in the matterbridge.conf in the [mattermost] section (see above)
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* outgoing webhooks
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Go to "account settings" - integrations - "outgoing webhooks".
Choose a channel (the same as the one from incoming webhooks) and fill in the address and port of the server matterbridge will run on.
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e.g. http://192.168.1.1:9999 (9999 is the port specified in [mattermost] section of matterbridge.conf)