Core configuration settings

Below is a list of all known configuration options for the core bot. In the config file, lists are separated by commas without spaces. True/False values can be specified with the word True or False.

Settings list

Name	Purpose	Example
nick	The nickname for the bot	Willie
user	The "user" for your bot (the part that comes before the @ in the hostname)	willie
name	The "real name" of you bot for WHOIS responses	Willie Embosbot, http://willie.dftba.net
host	The server to connect to	irc.dftba.net
port	the port to connect to	6667
use_ssl	Whether to use a SSL secured connection	False
verify_ssl	Whether to require a trusted SSL certificate	True
ca_certs	The path of the CA Certs pem file	/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem
bind_host	Bind the connection to a specific IP	None
channels	A list of the channels to join when the bot connects	#tech,#YourPants
owner	The IRC name of the owner of the bot.	Embolalia
debug_target	The name of the channel to print debugging messages to, or stdio to print to the terminal	stdio
verbose	Verbosity level. If None, all debug messages are discarded. Valid options are warning, verbose, and None	verbose
nickserv_password	The bot's NickServ password	cecinestpasunepassword
server_password	The password to connect to the server	None
oper_name	The OPER username for the bot, if it is being given those privileges	Willie
oper_pass	The OPER password for the bot, if it is being given those privileges	password1234
admins	The list of people (other than the owner) who can administer the bot	elad,Tyrope
exclude	A list of modules which should not be loaded	bucket,reddit
enable	A whitelist of the only modules you want to enable	admin,url
extra	A list of other directories you'd like to include modules from	/home/you/willie/other_modules
nick_blocks	A list of nicks which Willie should ignore. Regular expression syntax is used.	sp[aA]me?r*
host_blocks	A list of hostmasks which Willie should ignore. Regular expression syntax is used.	.*@.*\.spam\.net
prefix	The prefix to add to the beginning of commands. (i.e, the . in .t) Regular expression syntax is used.	\.
modes	User modes to set on connection.	BT
logdir	Directory in which to place logs.	/home/you/.willie/logs/or/something
log_raw	False if you do not want to keep a log of the raw lines as sent to and received from the server	False