Chapter 3. Configuration

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Quick setup

CtrlProxy is configured by a set of plain-text files that live in the .ctrlproxy directory in the users' home directory.

Quick setup

By running ctrlproxy with the --init argument, you can quickly create a configuration file.

gwalcmai:~% ctrlproxy --init
Please specify port the administration interface should listen on.
Prepend with a colon to listen on a specific address.
Example: localhost:6668

Port [6680]: 6680
Please specify a password for the administration interface:
Configuration created in /home/jelmer/.ctrlproxy.

Once you have created a configuration file, you can hand-edit the files in ~/.ctrlproxy or connect to administration port as specified above using your IRC client and use the admin interface.