A Self hosted version of the irc cloud script (Meant for people who want to setup stuff on their own)
- Be sure to have
python-dev
installed in your machine. - Clone the repository with
git clone https://github.com/vijaiaeroastro/irccloud.self.git
- Enter into the cloned repository with
cd irccloud
- Install the requirements with
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
- If the above command fails, install
python-pip
- Use the bash script
irccloud_cronjob
provided for ease of use - You can also specify everything on a
crontab
entry instead. Just typecrontab -e
, choose your favourite text editor
and add this to it (this will be executed every hour):
0 * * * * IRCCLOUD_USERNAME="[email protected]" IRCCLOUD_PASSWORD="your_password" python3 /home/irccloud/irccloud/irccloud.py >/dev/null 2>&1
NOTE: If you have a VPS running Linux, i assume you know how to use basic Linux commands. I would highly advise you to do what suits your workflow the most.
If you do not have a VPS / would prefer a more automated solution, have a look at https://github.com/vijaiaeroastro/irccloud.git