Setting Info About Your Atheme Instance

Server Info

The serverinfo{} block defines how Atheme Services will appear on your IRC network. This configuration segment also will define how your Atheme instance will handle specific components of user registration.

All configuration options will be within the serverinfo{} block.

A fully configured serverinfo{} block may look like:

serverinfo {
    name = "services.example.tld";
    desc = "Atheme IRC Services";
    netname = "example irc network";
    numeric = "00A";
    recontime = 10;
    hidehostsuffix = "users.example";
    adminname = "example admin";
    adminemail = "admin@example.tld";
    registeremail = "noreply@example.tld";
    #hidden;
    mta = "/usr/sbin/sendmail";
    loglevel = { error; info; admin; network; wallops; };
    maxlogins = 5;
    maxusers = 5;
    mdlimit = 30;
    emaillimit = 10;
    emailtime = 300;
    auth = none;
    casemapping = rfc1459;
};

name

The name option defines the server name Atheme Services will use on your IRC network. This is the name you will need to use in your IRCd's link blocks -- when you're ready, visit the uplink configuration page for more information on link blocks.

The name value must be unique on your IRC network and must contain at least one dot, but it does not have to be a valid DNS name.

Example: name = "services.int";

desc

The desc option defines the server comment, or server name, Atheme will send to the IRC network. This value may be set to any string you prefer, and will generally appear when a user performs a /whois on one of the Atheme bots (e.g. NickServ).

Example: desc = "Atheme IRC Services";

netname

The netname option defines the name of your network to Atheme. Although this value is not required to be the same as your IRCd's netname-equivalent value, it is recommended to use the same name for user consistency.

This value is displayed when a users runs /admin on your Atheme Services server.

Example: netname = "misconfigured network";

numeric

Some IRCd protocols (Such as Charybdis, ircd-ratbox, P10, IRCNet, etc.) require a server id, also known as a numeric. Please consult your IRCd's documentation or review our general summary on the uplink configuration page for more information on if your server requires a numeric.

When required, the numeric option defines what server id to send to your uplink IRCd. Note: The numeric must follow your IRCd's formatting and must be unique to this server, no two servers can share the same numeric.

Example: numeric = "00A";

recontime

The recontime value specifies the time, in seconds, to wait before reconnecting to the uplink server if Atheme is disconnected.

Example: recontime = 10;

hidehostsuffix

On P10-based IRCds (Asuka, Snircd, Nefarious), user mode +x gives <account>.<hidehostsuffix>. If using +x on any of these IRCds, Atheme's hidehostsuffix value must agree with F:HIDDEN_HOST.

Example: hidehostsuffix = "users.misconfigured";

adminname

The adminname option displays the name of the person running your Atheme instance when a user runs /admin against your Atheme Services instance. This field is freeform and may be filled however you prefer.

Example: adminname = "misconfigured admin";

adminemail

The adminemail option displays an email address for the person running this service. This field is also freeform and may contain an email, a web URL, or any other text you would prefer.

Example: adminemail = "misconfigured@admin.tld";

registeremail

The registeremail option defines the email address any outgoing emails will originate from; this is used if email authentication is required for account registration, for emailed password resets, and so forth. If this value is not set, it will default to noreply.$adminemail. This value should formatted as a valid email address, although an actual account/inbox for this address may not be required.

Example: registeremail = "noreply@admin.tld";

hidden

If the hidden value is enabled, Atheme will indicate to the uplink IRCd that the Atheme server should not be included in /links output. This feature is only supported on the following IRCds: charybdis, ircd-seven, ratbox.

This option has no value, it is either enabled by being uncommented or disabled by being commented.

Example (enabled): hidden;

mta

The mta option defines the full path to your mail transfer agent. This is the application used for email authorizations and password retrieval. If this value is commented out, sending email will be disabled.

Warning: Sending email can disclose the IP address of your services instance unless you take additional precautions (not discussed here further).

Example: mta = "/usr/sbin/sendmail";

loglevel

This value takes a selection of the following keywords to define the default categories of logging information to record in Atheme's master logfile, usually located in var/atheme.log. You may use any combination of the following keywords.

Your loglevel value may be formatted as follows:

loglevel = { keyword; another; };

Unlike most freeform values, such as the admin* options, you will not need quotation marks around the keywords within the loglevel component.

Keyword	Information Provided
Meta-Keywords	These keywords provide various bundled categories
debug	meta-keyword for all possible categories
all	alternative name for debug
trace	meta-keyword for a little bit of info
misc	like trace, but with some more miscellaneous info
notice	meta-keyword for notice-like information
Individual Keywords	These keywords provide specific information
error	critical errors
info	miscellaneous log notices
verbose	A bit more verbose than info, not quite as spammy as debug
commands	all command use
admin	administrative command use
register	account and channel registrations
set	changes of account or channel settings
request	user requests (currently only vhosts)
network	log notices related to network status
rawdata	log raw data sent and received by services
wallops	not yet used

Example: loglevel = { error; info; admin; network; wallops; };

maxlogins

The maxlogins option specifies the maximum number of sessions allowed to log into a singular account. Once a user has reached this number of simultaneous logins, they will not be able to login on additional clients until a current session is logged out.

Example: maxlogins = 5;

maxusers

The maxusers option defines the maximum amount of accounts which can be registered to a single email address. Setting this option to 0 will disable this check, and allow an uncapped amount of registrations per email.

Example: maxusers = 5;

mdlimit

This value defines how many metadata entries may be added to an object, such as a channel or a user account.

This value defaults to 30 and generally does not need adjusted, but may be increased or decreased as you see fit. Note: Increasing this value excessively may cause slowness in situations where metadata is abused.

Example: mdlimit = 30;

emaillimit, emailtime

These two values are paired together as their values are combined to ensure proper network maintanence. emaillimit defines the maximum amount of emails to be sent in emailtime time (in seconds). If this is exceeded, up to one wallop per minute will be sent to alert network operators.

Example:

emaillimit = 10;
emailtime = 300;

auth

The auth value defines what type of user registration authorization you want for your network.

• If email, Atheme will send a confirmation email to the address to ensure it's valid. If registration is not completed within one day, the username will expire.
• If none, no message will be sent and the username will be fully registered.

Valid options for this value are: email, none.

Example: auth = none;

casemapping

This value specifies which casemapping to use.

• The majority of IRCds will use the rfc1459 casemapping.
• Bahamut, Unreal and other Dalnet-style IRCds will use ascii casemapping.

Valid options for this value are: rfc1459, ascii.

Example: casemapping = rfc1459;