Itabashi is a bot that syncs messages between a Discord and an IRC channel. It is written in Python, using the discord.py and gIRC libraries.
Itabashi was developed by the Bibliotheca Anonoma to coordinate operations between its Discord and IRC channels.
- python3.4 (with venv)
- gcc
- libffi + development libraries
Debian/Ubuntu: :: sudo apt-get install python3.4 python3.4-venv gcc libffi-dev
Fedora: :: # dnf install python3 gcc libffi libffi-devel
Red Hat/CentOS:
Install Python34 as specified in this link: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-python34/
You will also need to fix the python34 package for pip as Red Hat forgot to include some files: http://stackoverflow.com/a/33767179
> Note: Itabashi requires Python 3.4 or above, as it uses the asyncio library.
Clone the repository and enter the folder: :: $ git clone https://github.com/bibanon/itabashi.git $ cd itabashi
Create a virtualenv and use it (this makes sure that your various installed packages don't conflict system-wide): :: $ python3 -m venv env # for Debian/Ubuntu $ pyvenv env # for Fedora/CentOS/RHEL $ source env/bin/activate
Install the dependencies: :: $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Create a configuration file: :: $ python3 create-config.py
Start using the bot! :: $ python3 startlink.py connect
The bot will then connect to both IRC and Discord using the provided credentials and start relaying messages.
We can also create a systemd daemon user to control the bot. :: $ cd /home # git clone https://github.com/bibanon/itabashi.git # useradd -s /bin/bash -d /home/itabashi -r itabashi # chown -R itabashi:itabashi /home/itabashi
Then, set up the discord bot as usual, but as the daemon user. :: # sudo -i -u itabashi $ python3 -m venv env $ source env/bin/activate $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt $ python3 create-config.py
Finally, use the command below to create a service.sh file for the systemd service to use: :: $ nano /home/itabashi/service.sh
Put the following lines inside that file: :: #!/bin/bash # Systemd Service launcher for Itabashi that runs in Python virtualenv. source env/bin/activate python3 startlink.py connect
Then finish up by making that script executable, exit the daemon user, and disable login for the daemon user: :: $ chmod +x /home/itabashi/service.sh $ exit # chsh -s /bin/false itabashi
Now we can create a systemd service file to use:
/etc/systemd/system/itabashi.service :: [Unit] Description=Itabashi Discord/IRC Bridge After=multi-user.target
[Service] ExecStart=/home/itabashi/service.sh
WorkingDirectory=/home/itabashi/
User=itabashi Group=itabashi
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
To start or stop the discord bridge, use these commands: :: # systemctl restart itabashi # systemctl stop itabashi
To enable the service at every boot, use this command: :: # systemctl enable itabashi
Copyright (C) 2016 Bibliotheca Anonoma
This file is part of Itabashi.
Itabashi is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Itabashi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Itabashi. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.