Routing

Step 1: Preparing your system

• you will need a few tools, like: wget, libssl-dev, etc.
• On Ubuntu, Debian and the like, you can install these with apt install wget build-essential python3 libssl-dev
• It is usually a good idea to run UnrealIRCd on it's own user. You can create a ircd user with adduser ircd
• Switch to the new ircd user with su ircd

Step 2: Downloading and building the IRCd

We will download Unrealircd

• Get the IRCD source code with wget --trust-server-names https://www.unrealircd.org/downloads/unrealircd-latest.tar.gz
• Configure it for compilation with ./Config
• The script will ask you a few questions. It is recommended to pick the defaults for everything, so you can just hit enter on every question.
• After you finish configuring, you can now compile and install UnrealIRCd with make && make install

Step 3: Preparing Your Configuration

Suggested server setup

UnrealIRCd by default does not send a fake quit/join for "Changing host" when a ip/spoof/cloak/vhost/whatever is changed. This can be an issue for some clients and bots. This setting will only send the fake quit/join to clients on your server that do not support CHGHOST. This setting will not override CHGHOST. NOTE: UnrealIRCd uses PART instead of QUIT.

/* Server specific configuration */ set {

   allow-userhost-change force-rejoin;

}