How do I setup a custom hostname for my IRC daemon?

Question

I have a registered domain and I want to make irc.mydomain.com the domain which any public user can access through port 6667.

I'm currently running ircd-hybrid but it's only setup to accept localhost connections.

What's necessary on my end from the DNS side to make irc.mydomain.com point to my server, and connect to 6667?

From the config file of ircd, I see this:

324 connect {
325         /* name: the name of the server */
326         name = "irc.example.net";
327 
328         /* host: the host or IP to connect to.  If a hostname is used it
329          * must match the reverse dns of the server.
330          */
331         host = "127.0.0.1";
332 
333         /* passwords: the passwords we send (OLD C:) and accept (OLD N:).
334          * The remote server will have these passwords reversed.
335          */
336         send_password = "password";
337         accept_password = "password";
338 
339         /* compressed: controls whether traffic is compressed via ziplinks.
340          * By default this is disabled
341          */
342         compressed = no;
343 };

So, would I set the name to "irc.mydomain.com" and then in my DNS manager make a A-record entry so that irc.mydomain.com points to my server's IP address? Or is this procedure not necessary and I just need to make a PTR record?

Also, afterwards do I just update the host to be the public IP of my server? Or does it stay local? Again, I want it to be publicly accessible...

Answer 1

Just go to your DNS managed and make 'irc.mydomain.com' a CNAME for the host's existing name. Alternatively, make it an A record with the correct IP address.

The 'connect' block has to do with outbound server-to-server connections.