Minutemin Bootcamp
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Welcome to IRCNow!
Before you apply
Unix101: Learn the Command Line
?Unix201: Understand Network Civics
?Unix301: Learn the Unix Work Ethic
?Unix401: Shell Script
?Perl101: Perl Scripting
?Unix601: Program in C
Required for Training
Get Familiar with IRCNow Culture
Learn about our commitment to user freedom
Learning Basic Utilities
Give yourself root powers using doas
Patch your system using syspatch
Setting up IRC
Setup Ngircd, your IRC server
Configure hopm, an open proxy monitor that detects and bans spammers
Network Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot networking applications with netcat
Troubleshoot basic networking connectivity with ping
Troubleshoot DNS servers and records with dig
Setting up SSL
Configure your webserver, openhttpd
Get an SSL certificate to go with your web server with acme-client
Customizing your Web Server
Set up and configure PHP
Install PMWiki, your own private wiki
Installing a Bouncer
Set up znc, a bouncer we will provide for users
Configure relayd as a reverse proxy for your znc web panel
Set up oidentd, which is needed to prevent abuse for the bouncer
Configuring DNS
Learn how to configure a vhost
Troubleshoot DNS issues with ?host and dig
Configure your local caching nameserver using unbound
Configure your authoritative nameserver, nsd.
Configuring Networking
Test basic connectivity with ping
Setting up a Mail Server
Configure OpenSMTPd, our mail server
Send an email message to your personal email address such as Gmail or Outlook. Also practice sending a message from your personal email to your mail server.
Double check to ensure you do not have an open mail relay
Install and configure Dovecot, our IMAP server. Connect your email client to the server
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