This takes ii and wraps it up to be used in Docker. Since ii is simple (<= 1000 lines of code) and FIFO/filesystem-based, all that is needed to run it in Docker is to compile it. It runs on a base alpine image with no external dependencies, resulting in a tiny (~5MB) image.
ii can be used a simple IRC client, or as a basis for bots. By default, all this does is connect to a sever (irc.freenode.net by default) and will try to reconnect on connection loss. It does not join any channels or send any messages.
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Clone the repo:
% git clone https://www.github.com/bertiebaggio/ii-docker -
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Dockerfileto set environment variables for server, nick, fullname and ii directory as desired (alternatively, these can be specified at run time using-e/--env/--env-file) -
Build image
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Run container
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Use ii
Alternatively, you can use the Docker Hub image directly. For example
% docker run -d bertieb/ii-docker:latest --env SERVER=irc.oftc.net --env NICK=iiuser --env FULLNAME="II USER" --name ii
Upstream ii is relatively stable. Their latest published version and tag is 1.8 from 2018; this is mapped to tag :1.8. There have been commits since then, and tag :latest pulls these in.
If you wish to interact with ii from outside the container, you can create a volume for the directory specified by the envirment variable $IIDIR, which is /ii-io/ by default. For example:
% docker run -d -v ./ii/:/ii-io/ bertieb/ii-docker:latest
All development work on ii itself can be found at the upstream repo.
ii is copyright:
- 2014-2018 Hiltjo Posthuma
- 2005-2006 Anselm R. Garbe garbeam@wmii.de
- 2005-2011 Nico Golde