IRC Management

Management commands for the folk.zone IRC service.

Start Services

```bash cd /home/brennan/folkzone-new docker compose up -d folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Stop Services

```bash cd /home/brennan/folkzone-new docker compose stop folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Restart Services

```bash cd /home/brennan/folkzone-new docker compose restart folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge ```

View Logs

Ergo IRCd Logs ```bash docker logs folkzone-irc-ergo ```

The Lounge Logs ```bash docker logs folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Follow Logs in Real-Time ```bash docker logs -f folkzone-irc-ergo docker logs -f folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Check Service Status

```bash cd /home/brennan/folkzone-new docker compose ps folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Reload Ergo Config

After modifying ircd.yaml, reload without restarting:

```bash docker kill -s SIGHUP folkzone-irc-ergo ```

Verify successful reload: ```bash docker logs folkzone-irc-ergo –tail 10 ```

Look for “Rehash completed successfully”

Get Admin Credentials

Ergo generates admin credentials on first startup. To retrieve them:

```bash docker logs folkzone-irc-ergo | grep “Oper username” ```

Example output: Oper username:password is admin:dW86Jv_Yv2ZnjwE6GnYm

Update The Lounge Config

After modifying irc/config.js, restart The Lounge:

```bash docker compose restart folkzone-irc-lounge ```

Backup Data

Backup Ergo Data ```bash docker run –rm -v folkzone_irc_ergo_data:/data -v $(pwd):/backup alpine tar czf /backup/folkzone_irc_ergo_data_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /data ```

Backup The Lounge Data ```bash docker run –rm -v folkzone_irc_lounge_data:/data -v $(pwd):/backup alpine tar czf /backup/folkzone_irc_lounge_data_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /data ```

Restore Data

Restore Ergo Data ```bash docker run –rm -v folkzone_irc_ergo_data:/data -v $(pwd):/backup alpine tar xzf /backup/folkzone_irc_ergo_data_YYYYMMDD.tar.gz ```

Restore The Lounge Data ```bash docker run –rm -v folkzone_irc_lounge_data:/data -v $(pwd):/backup alpine tar xzf /backup/folkzone_irc_lounge_data_YYYYMMDD.tar.gz ```

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