newserv Modules
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+===============
This is a brief overview of the newserv modules.
core
-~~~
+----
This is not actually a module. Instead, this is the code of the "newserv" binary
which provides minimal support for loading modules.
authext, bans, chanindex, channel, irc, nick, server
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+----------------------------------------------------
These modules provide basic support for accounts, channels, nicks and server
connections. Virtually all other modules depend on at least some of these
modules.
localuser
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Implements functionality for creating local users that are "connected" to the
newserv instance.
control
-~~~~~~
+-------
Spawns the control user for your newserv instance. The control user provides
an IRC-based interface for newserv commands, e.g. to manage loaded modules
Other modules can register their own commands.
-You can create a user on your control instance using /msg N hello (where N is
-the nick of your control instance). You need to be opered in order to use this
-command.
-
-Once you have an account you should have a look at /msg N showcommands for a
-list of available commands.
-
Configuration:
[control]
nick=N3
#ident=control
#hostname=your.hostname.here
-#realname=NewServ Control Service
+#realname=newserv Control Service
#authname=C
+control_commands
+----------------
+
+Provides commonly-used oper commands.
+
+control_management
+------------------
+
+Provides user management commands.
+
auth
-~~~
+----
Supports sending AC tokens. You should only use this module if you don't have
some other form of authentication service on your network (such as Q). This
module lets opers use arbitrary account names and IDs.
chanfix
-~~~~~~
+-------
-Keeps track of channel ops and can be used to re-op opless channels.
+Keeps track of channel ops and can be used to re-op opless channels. However,
+since its chanfixing commands require oper, it should be paired with the request
+module, which provides REQUESTOP for users and uses chanfix internally.
chanserv
-~~~~~~~
+--------
This is QuakeNet's channel service (Q). In order to load this module you will
need also need to load the pqsql module.
+Configuration:
+
+[chanserv]
+nick=Q
+user=TheQBot
+host=some.host
+realname=ChannelService
+account=Q
+secret=
+ticketsecret=
+createaccountsecret=
+
+secret can be an arbitrary string, at most 128 characters long. If not set, Q
+will generate a random one and not write it to the configuration.
+
+ticketsecret can be an arbitrary string, at most 256 characters long and must
+be set for ticket auth to work. Note that you must implement ticket auth
+yourself if you wish to use it.
+
+createaccountsecret must be a hex string of exact 128 characters (i.e. 64 bytes
+of hex-encoded data).
+
pqsql
-~~~~
+-----
Provides support for PostgreSQL database queries.
port=5432
username=gunnar
password=changeme
+#database=newserv
dbapi2
-~~~~~
+------
Implements database functionality used by some other modules. In addition to
loading the dbapi2 module you will also need to load one of the database
provider modules: sqlite-dbapi2 or pqsql-dbapi2
fakeusers
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Provides a way to spawn fake users.
glines
-~~~~~
+------
Implements gline commands and general gline functionality that is used by other
modules.
geoip
-~~~~
+-----
Provides geo-location services for other modules.
#db=GeoIP.dat
helpmod2
-~~~~~~~
+--------
This is QuakeNet's G service. It is primarily used on official support channels.
invalidbans
-~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------
This module automatically removes invalid IPv6 bans as these can desync channel
modes on snircd 1.3.4a.
jupe
-~~~
+----
Provides commands to set, list and remove jupes.
lua
-~~
+---
Provides support for Lua scripts. For an example of a fairly complex script
have a look at the labspace repository at http://hg.quakenet.org/lua-labspace/
Configuration:
[lua]
+#botnick=U
+#scriptsuffix=.lua
scriptdir=./luascripts
script=labspace
lua/lib directory into it.
newsearch
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Provides functionality to search for nicks and channels based on certain
criteria.
+nickwatch
+---------
+
+Implements event-based nicksearch queries.
+
+nterfacer
+---------
+
+Implements a protocol that allows external services to communicate with this
+newserv instance.
+
+You will need to implement your own client if you wish to use this.
+
+Configuration:
+
+[nterfacer]
+#debug=0
+# listening port
+#port=2438
+# Each individual permit/allowed client must have a hostname and password
+hostname=127.0.0.1
+password=changeme
+
miscreply
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Implements rping and various other status query commands.
#admin2=Network IRC Service
#admin3=No administrative info available
+patrol
+------
+
+Implements functionality to spawn trojanscan swarm clones.
+
+Configuration:
+
+[patrol]
+#minpoolhosts=5000
+
patricia, patricianick, patriciasearch
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+--------------------------------------
Implements finding nicks based on CIDR prefixes.
proxyscan
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Does on-connect proxy scans and glines open proxies.
+Configuration:
+
+[proxyscan]
+# listen port
+port=9999
+# bind IP
+ip=127.0.0.1
+maxscans=200
+rescaninterval=3600
+nick=P
+user=proxyscan
+host=some.host
+realname=Proxyscan
+
request
-~~~~~~
+-------
+
+This is QuakeNet's channel service request bot (R).
-This is QuakeNet's channel service request bot (R). Some of the module
-parameters are not configurable - instead you will have to modify the
-request/request.h header file and recompile the module.
+Configuration:
+
+[request]
+#nick=R
+#user=request
+#host=request.quakenet.org
+#real=Service Request v0.23
+#snick=S
+#sserver=spamscan.quakenet.org
+#qnick=Q
+#qserver=cserve.quakenet.org
+#auth=R
+#authid=1780711
+# Auth to S
+#user=R
+#password=bla
serverlist
-~~~~~~~~~
+----------
Implements the serverlist command which shows various information about
connected servers (including their network latency).
+Configuration:
+
+[serverlist]
+q_server=CServe.quakenet.org
+s_server=services2.uk.quakenet.org
+service_re=^services\d*\..*$
+hub_re=^hub\d*\..*$
+not_client_re=^(testserv\d*\.).*$
+
settime
-~~~~~~
+-------
Provides commands to set the network time.
splitlist
-~~~~~~~~
+---------
Keeps track of servers that were lost during a netsplit. This module is used
by chanfix to determine when it shouldn't re-op users.
+ticketauth
+----------
+
+Provides ticketauth, a way to authenticate to noperserv using a one-time
+ticket. It works similar to the ticket auth in chanserv.
+
+If you want to use ticketauth, you'll need to implement a method to issue
+tickets using the shared secret yourself.
+
+Configuration:
+
+[ticketauth]
+sharedsecret=
+
+sharedsecret is an arbitrary string of at most 512 characters.
+
trojanscan
-~~~~~~~~~
+----------
Used to find and gline drones on the network.
+Note that this module uses MySQL exclusively and in a blocking manner, so that
+a hanging connection to the MySQL database can and will block all network I/O.
+For this reason, you will probably want a newserv instance dedicated to running
+trojanscan if you wish to run it.
+
+Configuration:
+
+[trojanscan]
+nick=T
+ident=trojanscan
+hostname=trojanscan.quakenet.org
+realname=Trojanscan v2.73
+authname=T
+# MySQL credentials
+dbhost=localhost
+dbport=3306
+dbuser=moo
+dbpass=changeme
+db=moo
+maxchans=750
+cycletime=16000
+parttime=2600
+maxusers=20
+minchansize=150
+
trusts
-~~~~~
+------
Implements connection limits. Supports the TRUST protocol which is used
by quakenet-iauthd to determine whether to allow users to connect to the
server=test.gnb.netsplit.net,changeme
You can use the QuakeNet IAuth daemon available at
-http://hg.quakenet.org/iauthd/ to enforce connection limits using IAuth rather
+https://hg.quakenet.org/iauthd/ to enforce connection limits using IAuth rather
than g:lines.
whowas, whowas_channels
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------------------
Keeps track of historical user records. Used by the glines module to chase
nicks and by newsearch.
The whowas_channels module optionally keeps track of which channels users
were on.
+Configuration:
+
+[whowas]
+maxentries=1000
+
xsb
-~~
+---
-Provides replication capabilities. Used by the trusts modules to sync
-trusts between newserv instances.
+Provides newserv<->newserv communication capabilities. Used by the trusts
+modules to sync trusts between newserv instances.
Configuration: