gitlab-irc

Summary

A lightweight gitlab irc bot that announces gitlab project notifications via webhooks.

Supports

• Connecting to an IRC server over SSL
• Authing with Nickserv
• Support for announcing Commits, Merge Requests, Tags, and Issues.

Requirements

• Tested on Ruby 2.2.3
• Tested with Gitlab CE 8.1.4

Configuration

The following parameters can be set either in the config.yml file or via environment variables.

Option	Example Value	Description	Required?	Default
IRC_HOST	irc.freenode.com	IRC Server Hostname	Yes
IRC_PORT	6667	IRC Server Port		6667
IRC_PASSWORD	sample_password	Server Password
SSL	true	if true, allows connection to irc server over ssl		false
IRC_CHANNELS	['#dev','#all']	Array of channels to join	Yes	['#gitlab-irc']
IRC_NICK	GitLab	Bot Name		GitLab
IRC_REALNAME	GitLabBot	Real Name		GitLabBot
IRC_USER_NAME	gitlab-irc	Username for authing with nickserv
IRC_USER_PASSWORD	user_password	Password for authing with nickserv
DEBUG	true			false

Installation

Docker (Recommended)

Start the gitlab-irc server with at least IRC_HOST and IRC_CHANNELS environment variables set:

docker run -e IRC_HOST=irc.freenode.com -e "IRC_CHANNELS=['#gitlab-irc']" -e IRC_NICK=gitlab-9875 -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name gitlab-irc chkelly/gitlab-irc:v1.0.5 

Manual

This assumes you have installed Ruby 2.2.3

Checkout the code

git clone https://github.com/chkelly/gitlab-irc.git;
cd gitlab-irc;
mv config/config.yml.example config/config.yml;

Edit the config file

vim config/config.yml

You can use the config.yml.example file that is provided to configure your connection.

Start it up

Once completed, you can start the server using the following commands

cd gitlab-irc;
bundle exec unicorn -c config/unicorn.conf -D

Configure Projects within Gitlab

Within Gitlab CE, select a project, then go to Settings -> Hooks, and enter in the below. Check all the boxes. Adjust the below host and port to point to the ip:port that the gitlab-irc service is running on.

http://localhost:5000

Troubleshooting

1. If you encounter the following error and installed ruby with RVM:

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /home/ckelly/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.3/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20151116-6706-1j2d19j.rb extconf.rb
    checking for CLOCK_MONOTONIC in time.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
    Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
    libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
    need configuration options.

reinstall your version of ruby with: rvm reinstall ruby-2.2.3 --disable-binary