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# Setting up Appservice IRC bridging (optional)
**Note**: bridging to [IRC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat) can also happen via the [Heisenbridge](configuring-playbook-bridge-heisenbridge.md) bridge supported by the playbook.
The playbook can install and configure the [matrix-appservice-irc](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc) bridge for you.
See the project's [documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/blob/master/HOWTO.md) to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.
## Adjusting the playbook configuration
To enable the bridge, add the following configuration to your `inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml` file:
```yaml
matrix_appservice_irc_enabled: true
matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers:
irc.example.com:
name: "ExampleNet"
port: 6697
ssl: true
sasl: false
allowExpiredCerts: false
sendConnectionMessages: true
botConfig:
enabled: true
nick: "MatrixBot"
joinChannelsIfNoUsers: true
privateMessages:
enabled: true
federate: true
dynamicChannels:
enabled: true
createAlias: true
published: true
joinRule: public
groupId: +myircnetwork:localhost
federate: true
aliasTemplate: "#irc_$CHANNEL"
membershipLists:
enabled: false
floodDelayMs: 10000
global:
ircToMatrix:
initial: false
incremental: false
matrixToIrc:
initial: false
incremental: false
matrixClients:
userTemplate: "@irc_$NICK"
displayName: "$NICK (IRC)"
joinAttempts: -1
ircClients:
nickTemplate: "$DISPLAY[m]"
allowNickChanges: true
maxClients: 30
idleTimeout: 10800
reconnectIntervalMs: 5000
concurrentReconnectLimit: 50
lineLimit: 3
```
## Installing
After configuring the playbook, run it with [playbook tags](playbook-tags.md) as below:
<!-- NOTE: let this conservative command run (instead of install-all) to make it clear that failure of the command means something is clearly broken. -->
```sh
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,ensure-matrix-users-created,start
```
**Notes**:
- The `ensure-matrix-users-created` playbook tag makes the playbook automatically create the bot's user account.
- The shortcut commands with the [`just` program](just.md) are also available: `just install-all` or `just setup-all`
`just install-all` is useful for maintaining your setup quickly when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your `vars.yml` to remove other components, you'd need to run `just setup-all`, or these components will still remain installed.
## Usage
You then need to start a chat with `@irc_bot:example.com` (where `example.com` is your base domain, not the `matrix.` domain).