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The **homepage** of the ngIRCd project is <https://ngircd.barton.de>.
Installation of ngIRCd is described in the file `INSTALL.md` in the source
directory; please see the file `doc/QuickStart.md` in the `doc/` directory for
some configuration examples.
directory; please see the file `doc/QuickStart.md` in the `doc/` directory or
[online](https://ngircd.barton.de/doc/QuickStart.md) for some real-world
configuration examples.
More documentation can be found in the `doc/` directory and
[online](https://ngircd.barton.de/documentation).

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This *Quick Start* document explains how to configure ngIRCd, the lightweight
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, using some "real world" scenarios.
## Introduction
The ngIRCd daemon can be run without any configuration file using built-in
defaults. These defaults are probably sufficient for very simple single-node
setups, but most probably need further tweaking for more "advanced" setups.
You can check the current settings by running `ngircd --configtest`. This
command not only shows the settings, it shows error, warning and hits, if it
detects any.
Therefore it is definitely best practice to *always run this check* after
making any changes to the configuration file(s) and double-check that
everything was parsed as expected!
### Configuration File and Drop-in Directory
The `ngircd --configtest` command shows the name of the default configuration
file, too. For example `/etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf`.
In addition, ngIRCd supports further configuration file snippets in a "drop-in"
directory which is configured with the `IncludeDir` variable in the `[Options]`
section and has a built-in default value (like `/etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf.d/`).
All configuration files must match `*.conf`.
It is a good idea to not edit a default `ngircd.conf` file but to create one
ore more new files in this include directory, overriding the defaults as
needed. This way you don't get any clashes when updating ngIRCd to newer
releases.
## Configuration File Syntax
The configuration consists of sections and parameters.
A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets (like
`[Example]`) and continues until the next section begins. Sections contain
parameters of the form `name = value`.
Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
Please see the `ngircd.conf`(5) manual page for an in-depth description of the
configuration file, its syntax and all supported configuration options.
## Simple Single-Instance Server
ngIRCd needs at least a valid IRC server name configured, therefore the
simplest configuration file looks like this:
A good starting point is to configure a valid (and unique!) IRC server name
(which is *not* related to a host name, it is purely a unique *server ID* that
must contain at least one dot ".").
This looks like this:
``` ini
[Global]
Name = irc.example.net
Name = my.irc.server
```
This results in the following *warning* in the logs when starting the daemon: