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Configuration
Creating a config file
To generate a basic configuration file, run znc --makeconf
after installation.
It is NOT a good idea to create a new config file manually, please use znc --makeconf
!
File locations
- Configuration - ZNC gets its configuration by reading the file
~/.znc/configs/znc.conf
. - Misc - Other files are also stored in the
~/.znc
directory, such as the SSL certificate (znc.pem) and the PidFile (znc.pid). - Local Modules - Stored in
~/.znc/modules
. ZNC will look in the local module directory first when trying to load a module. - Global Modules - Stored in
/usr/local/lib/znc
by default (where/usr/local
is the prefix you chose). This is/usr/lib/znc
if you used the Debian package. - Binaries -
znc
,znc-config
, andznc-buildmod
are all stored in/usr/local/bin
(or in/usr/bin
) by default. You can change this when you configure by using./configure --prefix=/whatever/path/you/want
.
Editing config
In most cases you should NOT edit znc.conf directly. Use webadmin instead.
If you really need to edit znc.conf by hand, do the following:
- pkill -SIGUSR1 znc
- to save current runtime configuration to znc.conf
- pkill znc
- to shutdown running ZNC instance
- Edit znc.conf
- znc
- to start it again with new configuration
Config file structure
Key = Value <Listener name> Key = Value </Listener> <User name> Key = Value <Network name> Key = Value <Chan name> Key = Value </Chan> </Network> <Pass password> Key = Value </Pass> </User>
Config file settings
ZNC 1.6 configuration file consists of the following settings.
Global
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
AnonIPLimit | UInt | Limits the number of unidentified connections per IP. |
BindHost | List | This is a list of allowed bindhosts. It is used by the webadmin module for users to select one. (Set different bindhosts in "Settings" on your Webadmin-Interface first - one per line - to make them appear in users configs afterwards) |
ConnectDelay | UInt | The time every connection will be delayed, in seconds. Some servers refuse your connection if you reconnect too fast. This affects the connection between ZNC and the IRC server; not the connection between your IRC client and ZNC. |
LoadModule | List | ... |
MaxBufferSize | UInt | Sets the global Max Buffer Size a user can have. |
Motd | List | The "message of the day" which is sent to clients on connect via notice from *status. Can be specified multiple times. |
PidFile | String | Make ZNC write a pid file. ZNC does not need this itself. See the FAQ on info how to crontab ZNC. |
ProtectedWebSessions | Bool | ... |
ServerThrottle | UInt | The time between two connect attempts to the same hostname. |
Skin | String | ... |
SSLCertFile | String | It's the TLS/SSL certificate file from which ZNC reads its server certificate. |
SSLCiphers | String | Allowed SSL ciphers. For example SSLCiphers = ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+3DES:!aNULL:!MD5:!DS
|
StatusPrefix | String | The prefix for the status and module queries. This setting may be overwritten by users. |
TrustedProxy | List | ... |
Version | String | The ZNC version that wrote this file. |
Listener
Definition of a port that znc should listen on.
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
AllowIRC | Bool | If IRC connections are allowed on this listener. |
AllowWeb | Bool | If web connections are allowed on this listener. |
Host | String | The host or IP on which ZNC listens. |
IPv4 | Bool | If this port is listening using IPv4. |
IPv6 | Bool | If this port is listening using IPv6. |
Port | UInt | The port number used. |
SSL | Bool | If this port is listening using SSL. |
URIPrefix | String | Prefix that ZNC should make the web interface available under. This can be used to make ZNC available behind a reverse proxy. |
User
The user definition, you can have more than one. Each user may only connect to one network, so you need a separate user for each network. This is intended behavior! (See the FAQ about multiple networks)
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Admin | Bool | If set to true , the user has admin rights (e.g. in the webadmin module).
|
Allow | List | By default everyone is able to connect to ZNC as this user. With an Allow line you can restrict access to the specified IPs. Wildcards (*) are supported and multiple Allow lines can be set up. |
AltNick | String | The alternate nick ZNC will use if your main nick is in use. |
AppendTimestamp | Bool | Whether to append the timestamps to the message or not |
AutoClearChanBuffer | Bool | If set to false , it will buffer channels even while you are attached, and play the whole buffer back to you each time you connect. If set to true , it won't buffer channels while you are attached, and the buffer will be reset upon each playback.
|
AutoClearQueryBuffer | Bool | If set to false , it will buffer queries even while you are attached, and play the whole buffer back to you each time you connect. If set to true , it won't buffer queries while you are attached, and the buffer will be reset upon each playback.
|
BindHost | String | ... |
Buffer | UInt | This is the amount of lines that the playback buffer will store before dropping off the oldest line. The buffers are stored in the memory by default. |
ChanModes | String | Default modes ZNC will set when you join an empty channel. |
ClientEncoding | String | ... |
CTCPReply | List | A request-reply-pair for CTCP-requests. Format: <request> <reply> , e.g. VERSION unknown v1.0
|
DCCBindHost | String | ... |
DenyLoadMod | Bool | If set to true , the user isn't able to load modules.
|
DenySetBindHost | Bool | If set to true , the user isn't able to change his vhost.
|
Ident | String | ... |
JoinTries | UInt | How often should ZNC try to join if the first join failed, e.g. due to channel mode +i/+k or if you're banned. |
LoadModule | List | Load a module for this user on startup. |
MaxJoins | UInt | How many channels should ZNC join at once. Lower this if you get disconnected for 'Excess flood. |
MaxNetworks | UInt | Maximum number of networks a user is allowed to have. |
MaxQueryBuffers | UInt | Maximum number of query buffers that are stored. 0 is unlimited.
|
MultiClients | Bool | Set this to true , if you want to be able to connect with multiple clients at once.
|
Nick - Your primary nick. | String | |
PrependTimestamp | Bool | Whether to prepend the timestamps to the message or not |
QuitMsg | String | The default quit message ZNC will use when you jump servers or call shutdown. |
RealName | String | ... |
Skin | String | ... |
StatusPrefix | String | The prefix for the status and module queries. |
TimestampFormat | String | The format for the timestamps used in buffers, for example [%H:%M:%S]
|
Timezone | String | Set this to your local setting, so you'll get correct times in your timestamps. Format is Europe/Berlin, and is case sensitive, dropdown box will not work in IE. |
Network
The user definition, you can have more than one. Each user may only connect to one network, so you need a separate user for each network. This is intended behavior! (See the FAQ about multiple networks)
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
AltNick | String | ... |
BindHost | String | ... |
Encoding | String | ... |
FloodBurst | Double | How many lines ZNC sends at once. |
FloodRate | Double | How many lines per second ZNC sends after the FloodBurst |
Ident | String | ... |
IRCConnectEnabled | Bool | If set to false , user doesn't connect to IRC servers.
|
JoinDelay | UInt | Defines the delay in seconds, until channels are joined after getting connected. |
LoadModule | List | Load a module for this network on startup. |
Nick | String | ... |
QuitMsg | String | A network specific quit message ZNC will use when you jump servers or call shutdown. |
RealName | String | ... |
Server | String | Adds a server to the list of servers this user will be able to connect to. If you want ZNC to connect to the IRC server using SSL, put '+' in front of the port number. The IP can be IPv6. If the server requires a password, just add it as the third argument. Format: Server = <IP-Address/Host> [+]<Port> [<Password>]
|
Chan
Channels you want ZNC to join when connecting.
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
AutoClearChanBuffer | Bool | Use this to override the AutoClearChanBuffer setting set in the User section. |
Buffer | UInt | Use this to override the Buffer setting set in the User section. |
Detached | Bool | If true , ZNC will join this channel as detached so that the IRC client will not be bothered by it.
|
Disabled | Bool | If true , ZNC will not join this channel at all.
|
Key | String | Key for the channel. |
Modes | String | Use this to override the ChanModes setting set in the User section. |
Pass
Used by the client to connect to ZNC. A hash may be generated using znc --makepass
.
Key | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Hash | String | ... |
Method | String | ... |
Salt | String | ... |
Config file change history
Added in 1.6
- SSLCiphers
- TrustedProxy
- Listener
- URIPrefix
- User
- AutoClearQueryBuffer
- ClientEncoding
- MaxQueryBuffers
- Network
- Encoding
- JoinDelay
- QuitMsg
- Chan
- Disabled
Added in 1.2
- User
- MaxJoins
Older pre 1.x settings
- DCCVHost - This is the IP address used for DCC bouncing.
- BounceDCCs - If set to
true
, the DCCs will be bounced by ZNC. - DCCLookupMethod - If set to
default
, ZNC will use the IP the clients sends for the DCC connections; if set toclient
, ZNC will use the IP the client connects from. - Listener = [web_only|irc_only] [host or IP] [+]port - Configuration of listening port. Use web_only or irc_only, if you don't want port to be universal. Put host/IP before the port with a space between to bind to a specific IP (notice that in this case the listener can't listen on both ipv4 and ipv6). Then goes the port ZNC will listen on. If the port is prepended with a '+' (without space) then ZNC listens using SSL. You can have several listeners in one ZNC. (Introduced in 0.090, see next chapter for older versions)
- Listener4 or Listener6 - Exactly the same as Listener, but will use only IPv4 or IPv6.
- ISpoofFile - ZNC will write the ident of the user trying to connect to this file. Very useful if your shell supports oidentd.
- ISpoofFormat - The format of the ISpoofFile.
Before 0.096
- BindHost was named vHost
Before 0.090:
- Listen was similar to Listener4 from last version, without irc_only/web_only support.
- Listen6 was similar to Listener or Listener6 (depending on your OS) from last version, without irc_only/web_only support.
- TODO: When did Listeners become their own substructure?