HARDCHATS

Setup

NGINX setup

Create a certificate

sudo certbot certonly --standalone -d hardchats.com

Create an NGINX config

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/hardchats.com.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name dev.hardchats.com;

    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name dev.hardchats.com;

    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/hardchats.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/hardchats.com/privkey.pem;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:58080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;

        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}

sudo ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/hardchats.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx

UnrealIRCd setup

Create a listen block for websocket connections over TLS

listen {
    ip *;
    port 7000;
    options {
        tls;
        websocket { type text; }
    };
    tls-options {
        certificate "tls/irc.crt";
        key "tls/irc.key";
		options { no-client-certificate; }
    };
};

Note: The no-client-certificate is required to allow Chrome based browsers to connect. This is not required for Firefox though.

Load required modules

loadmodule "webserver";
loadmodule "websocket";
loadmodule "websocket_common";

Roadmap

Features

• End-to-end encryption
• Low bandwidth mode

TURN Improvements

• Utilize --use-auth-secret and --static-auth-secret=${TURN_STATIC_AUTH_SECRET}
• Add TLS support for TURN
• Add --no-loopback-peers & --no-multicast-peers

Mobile Issues

• Dont start with user list open by default on mobile
• User list & chatbox should be full sized when toggled on or off.
• Hang up button to close the tab

Touchups

• Cleaner IRC chat (hide server notices and redundant content)
• Better captcha system to prevent bot abuse
• Add a TEST button for the audio device selected in the user settings menu.
• Move debug buton into user settings

Fancy Pipe Dreams

• Improve debug menu to show resource utilization of ram, cpu, inbound and outbound traffic, network information, connected duration, better live logs, able to toggle debug mode on or off to retain the last 5000 lines of logs so you can conduct actions when closing the debug menu and check back on the debug logs afterwards.
• Option in the settings menu to turn on no-cam tile mode, where all users have a box on the screen, even if they are not on camera (Remembered via cookies)
• Color picker to replace the green accent with your own color choice (Remembered via cookies)
• Milkdrop animations from the audio (either background or for no-cam tile mode when people speak)
• Multiple room support + lobby system

Contribute

Come join us on irc.supernets.org in #hardchats for testing, feedback, & collaboration!

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