Tool:Bridgebot

Toolforge tools

Description	A bot for bridging IRC and other chat platform channels
Keywords	irc, golang
Maintainer(s)	BryanDavis (View all)
Source code	https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge
License	Apache License 2.0
Admin log	Tools.bridgebot/SAL

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Bridgebot is a deployment of the FLOSS matterbridge software. It can be used to relay messages between multiple different chat systems. The current deployment in Toolforge is bridging various Wikimedia related Freenode IRC channels with similarly themed Telegram chats and channels.

Maintenance

The bot runs from Toolforge under the "bridgebot" account as a kubernetes pod.

---
kind: Deployment
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
  name: bridgebot.bot
  namespace: tool-bridgebot
  labels:
    name: bridgebot.bot
    toolforge: tool
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      name: bridgebot.bot
      toolforge: tool
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        name: bridgebot.bot
        toolforge: tool
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: bot
          image: docker-registry.tools.wmflabs.org/toolforge-buster-sssd:latest
          command:
            - "/data/project/bridgebot/matterbridge"
            - "-debug"
            - "-conf"
            - "/data/project/bridgebot/matterbridge.toml"
          workingDir: /data/project/bridgebot
          env:
            - name: HOME
              value: /data/project/bridgebot
          imagePullPolicy: Always

$ ssh dev.tools.wmflabs.org
$ become bridgebot

:# Deploying
$ kubectl create --validate=true -f deployment.yaml

:# Quick restart (pod delete)
$ kubectl delete po/$(kubectl get pods | grep Running | awk '{print $1}')

:# "Full" restart (Deployment delete; Deployment create)
$ kubectl delete deploy/bridgebot.bot
$ kubectl create --validate=true -f deployment.yaml

:# Upgrading the golang binary
$ wget https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/download/v{$version}/matterbridge-{$version}-linux-64bit
$ chmod a+x matterbridge-{$version}-linux-64bit
$ rm matterbridge
$ ln -s matterbridge-{$version}-linux-64bit matterbridge
$ kubectl delete po/$(kubectl get pods | grep Running | awk '{print $1}')

Joining a new channel

Maintainers of the tool can configure the bot to join a new channel;

$ ssh login.tools.wmflabs.org
$ become bridgebot
$ vim matterbridge.toml
:# Add a new "[[gateway]]" section defining the gateway name and the channels to bridge
$ kubectl delete po/$(kubectl get pods | grep Running | awk '{print $1}')