Install required packages for compile:
dnf install -y wget telnet \
automake gcc make diffutils \
tcl-devel openssl-devel
Create a new user on the system for the bot:
adduser eggdrop
Chnage to eggdrop user:
su eggdrop
cd ~
Download the latest version:
wget https://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.9/eggdrop-1.9.5.tar.gz
Unpack archive:
tar -vxzf eggdrop-1.9.5.tar.gz
Create the destination folder for bots:
mkdir ~/bots
Run configuration script:
cd eggdrop-1.9.5
./configure && make config
Compile the bot:
make
Install bot into custom destination:
make install DEST=${HOME}/bots/kewl
Create bot SSL certificate:
make sslcert DEST=${HOME}/bots/kewl
Go to the directory you installed the bot and edit configuration file:
cd ${HOME}/bots/kewl
nano eggdrop.conf
To be able start the bot, you must update/change the following lines:
set username "kewl"
set admin "Sysop <email: sysop@kewldomain.com>"
set network "efnet"
set timezone "UTC"
set offset "4"
...
set userfile "kewl.user"
set pidfile "pid.kewl"
set chanfile "kewl.chan"
set notefile "kewl.notes"
...
listen 13377 all
set nick "kewl"
set altnick "kewl_"
set realname "Kewl"
...
server add irc.efnet.nl +6697
server add irf.efnet.fr +6669
Initially you need to star the bot with -m flag to create a user file (-t is interactive terminal):
./eggdrop -m eggdrop.conf -t
After you see the bot connected, introduce yourself as owner:
/msg kewl hello
/msg kewl pass <yourhexorpassword>
Now you should exit the interactive mode and install the bot as background process.
Amazon Linux don't come with cron service (run as root):
dnf install cronie -y
systemctl enable crond.service
systemctl start crond.service
systemctl status crond
Create a cron record that will start/restart the bot:
./scripts/autobotchk eggdrop.conf
Run the crontab file manually to start bot in background:
./kewl.botchk
Connect the but from without SSH using telnet:
telnet localhost 13377