= The Lounge =

The Lounge is a web based IRC client for the modern world, see https://thelounge.chat/

If you have a [[Info/Supporter|supporter]] account you can run a self-hosted private instance of The Lounge and connect to any IRC network.

== Installation ==

SSH to the buildserver using:
`ssh buildserver`

Install thelounge via npm: (https://thelounge.chat/docs/install-and-upgrade#from-npm-releases)
`npm install --unsafe-perm thelounge`

Hop over to triton and add a user in thelounge:
`node node_modules/thelounge/index.js add <myusername>`

Edit `.thelounge/config.js` and change the port to your supporter account assigned TCP port.

Start thelounge (in tmux/screen):
`node node_modules/thelounge/index.js start`

Connect via web to http://supporter.blinkenshell.org:<yourport> and log in using the user you created previously

== TLS ==

If you have a custom domain name and want to enable HTTPS via TLS certificate maybe it can be done using letsencrypt and DNS-01 challenge? There are options to specify cert files in .thelounge/config.js