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Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Ergo IRC Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Azure
Applications
Ergo, a modern IRC server written in Go with built in account and channel services, native TLS and message history.
Overview
Ergo is a modern IRC server (IRCd) written from scratch in Go. Where a traditional IRC daemon needs a separate services package for user accounts and channels, Ergo bundles NickServ account registration, ChanServ channel registration, native TLS, persistent message history and modern IRCv3 capabilities into a single self contained binary, so a full featured chat network runs from one process with no external database or runtime to manage.
It suits teams, communities and projects that want to run their own real time chat network inside their own cloud account, with the privacy and control of self hosting and none of the assembly a classic IRC stack usually demands.
Why the cloudimg image
cloudimg delivers Ergo fully installed and running under systemd, so an IRC server is listening on the standard plaintext and TLS ports within minutes of launch. The image is secure by default: there is no operator password baked in, and a unique operator password plus a unique self signed TLS certificate for the encrypted listener are generated on the machine's first boot and never shipped inside the image, with the account and channel database created fresh per machine. The operating system ships fully patched with unattended security updates enabled, and every image includes 24/7 cloudimg support and a step by step deploy guide tested against the exact image you launch.
Common uses
- Run a private IRC network for a team, community or open source project inside your own cloud account
- Host a self contained chat server with built in account and channel registration and no external database
- Provide a TLS enabled real time messaging backend for bots, tooling and IRCv3 clients
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