Tip of the day: UnrealIRCd 6 uses GeoIP by default. It is shown in WHOIS but also available as country in mask items,

for example it can be used in the TLD Block to serve a Spanish MOTD to people in Spanish speaking countries.

Include directive

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The include directive allows you to include other configuration files. This way you can split up your configuration instead of having one large unrealircd.conf.

Syntax

include "<file-name>";
include "<url>";

You can use:

  • A relative file name, such as include "modules.default.conf"; this will be read from your conf directory in UnrealIRCd.
  • A full path, such as include "/var/opt/whatever.conf"; or include "C:\\something\\xyz.conf";
  • An URL using Remote includes, such as: include "https://user:[email protected]/restricted/opers.conf";

Commonly included files

UnrealIRCd ships with a number of configuration files out-of-the-box that you can choose to include:

  • modules.default.conf: these contain all the modules, you almost always want to load this file
  • badwords.conf: needed to make channel mode +G and user mode +G work ("bad words filter")
  • spamfilter.conf: spamfilter (example) configuration
  • aliases/anope.conf: recommended if you use anope services. This provides aliases such as the /NS and /IDENTIFY commands.
  • aliases/atheme.conf: same but for atheme services

Example

include "modules.default.conf"; /* Load all modules */
include "operclass.default.conf"; /* Default operclass blocks */
include "spamfilter.conf"; /* Spamfilter configuration */
include "badwords.conf";
include "help.conf";
/* CUSTOM example */
include "opers.conf"; /* Oper blocks are all in this file*/
include "links.conf"; /* All link blocks */

If you have enabled "Remote includes" (this is the default on Windows) then you can also use URL's:

include "http://www.example.com/network/links.conf"; /* HTTP example */
include "https://user:[email protected]/network/opers.conf"; /* HTTPS example WITH username/password (HTTP Basic Auth) */

If you use remote includes then we recommend to use https for security. Do not use http, as http allows 3rd parties to (theoretically) intercept/see your configuration file with all its secrets and sensitive information.