InspIRCd v4 is still early in development!
If you use this branch you may experience crashes, weird behaviour, and unannounced breaking changes.
You probably want to use InspIRCd v3 instead.
The "pgsql" Module (v4)
This module depends on a third-party library (libpq) and must be manually enabled at compile time.
Once you have installed the dependency you can enable this module using the following command:
./configure --enable-extras pgsql
Description
This module provides the ability for SQL modules to query a PostgreSQL database.
Configuration
To load this module use the following <module>
tag:
<module name="pgsql">
<database>
The <database>
tag defines a PostgreSQL database to connect to. This tag can be defined as many times as required.
Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
module | Text | None | Required! This MUST be set to "pgsql" to connect to a PostgreSQL database. |
id | Text | None | Required! The name that SQL-using modules can refer to this <database> tag using. |
host | Text | None | Required! The hostname or IP address of a PostgreSQL server. |
port | Number | None | Required! The port on which the PostgreSQL server is listening. |
tls | Boolean | No | Whether to connect to the PostgreSQL server using TLS (SSL). |
user | Text | None | Required! The username to log into the PostgreSQL server with. |
pass | Text | None | Required! The password to log into the PostgreSQL server with. |
name | Text | None | Required! The name of the PostgreSQL database to use. |
Example Usage
<database module="pgsql"
id="opers"
host="localhost"
port="5432"
tls="yes"
user="ircd_opers"
pass="changeme"
name="inspircd">