Zinebot is a chatbot designed to help Fedora Magazine editors run their weekly meetings.
$ sudo semanage permissive -a container_t $ buildah unshare ./build.sh zinebot $ sudo make selinux-policy $ touch $HOME/.local/opt/zinebot/config $ chmod 600 $HOME/.local/opt/zinebot/config $ cat << 'END' > $HOME/.local/opt/zinebot/config # Matrix HOMESRVR = fedora.ems.host USERNAME = @zinebot:fedora.im PASSWORD = # zinebot usr password here ATHTOKEN = # zinebot matrix token here ROOMNAME = \#meeting:fedoraproject.org # Fedora Account System (FAS) JSONSRVR = fasjson.fedoraproject.org FASACCNT = zinebot FASREALM = @FEDORAPROJECT.ORG FEDORAPW = # zinebot usr password here # Discourse FORUMSRV = discussion.fedoraproject.org FORUMUSR = zinebot FORUMKEY = # zinebot forum api key here CALENDAR = # calendar post topic id num # Pagure FORGESRV = pagure.io FORGEPTH = /api/0/fedora-magazine-newsroom FORGEKEY = # pagure repo api key here FORGEBRD = articles # Kanban Columns # - KBCOLUMN and COLCOLOR are ordered arrays # - the first assigned value will be at index 0, the second at index 1, etc. KBINICOL = 2 # the index of the initial/default kanban column KBCOLUMN = stalled COLCOLOR = red KBCOLUMN = ideas COLCOLOR = orange KBCOLUMN = in-progress COLCOLOR = yellow KBCOLUMN = review COLCOLOR = green KBCOLUMN = to-edit COLCOLOR = aqua KBCOLUMN = scheduled COLCOLOR = fuchsia END $ zinebot
The ROOMNAME line may be repeated to have the bot listen in multiple rooms.
The above commands for building the container image and creating the configuration file only need to be run once. Notice that the hash symbol (#) on the ROOMNAME line must be prefixed with a backslash (\) to prevent it from being interpreted as the start of a comment.
There are a few passwords and API keys that need to be added to the example configuration file so Zinebot can access the various systems. Obviously, these should be kept secret. You will need to obtain the passwords and API keys from another Fedora Magazine editor. Be sure to use an encrypted means of communication such as an encrypted DM on chat.fedoraproject.org or GPG-encrypted messages when exchanging the secrets.
Once the container image is built and a configuration file is defined, enter zinebot to start the container and Ctrl-C to stop the container. Zinebot will dump a log of all the chat messages that it saw while it was running when it is stopped.
Tip: After Zinebot is running on your system, you can enter Zinebot's call sign -- ⋄ -- in the Matrix room that it should be listening in to see if it is working. Zinebot should reply with "zinebot is online".
Note: It has been known for Zinebot to take a long time to respond after start-up. You may need to wait several seconds (or even tens of seconds) for Zinebot to respond to the first command you enter in Matrix. The cause of this delay is unknown.
The commands that Zinebot will respond to are defined in the $HOME/.local/opt/zinebot/commands.pm file.
If you add any package dependencies to run, commands.pm, or any modules under the commands directory, be sure to list them in the build.sh script. The container will need to be rebuilt if you add package dependencies.
Zinebot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See the Perl 5 License for details.
This package is provided "as is" and without any express or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantibility and fitness for a particular purpose.