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Connection error The client was unable to connect to the WeeChat relay

Connection settings

Usage instructions

Configuring the relay

To start using glowing bear, please enable the relay plugin in your WeeChat client: 
/set relay.network.password yourpassword
/relay add weechat 9001
WeeChat version 0.4.2 or higher is required.
The communication goes directly between your browser and your WeeChat relay in plain text. Check the instructions below for help on setting up encrypted communication. Connection settings, including your password, are saved locally in your own browser between sessions.

Shortcuts

Glowing Bear has a few shortcuts:
  • ALT+n: Toggle nicklist
  • ALT+l: Focus on input bar
  • ALT-[0-9]: Focus on buffer
  • ALT-a: Focus on next buffer with activity

Encryption instructions

If you check the encryption box, the communication between browser and WeeChat will be encrypted.
Note: Due to a bug encryption will not work in Firefox. Unless you are using a certificate trusted by your browser, you must also first visit the URL https://weechathost:relayport/ to accept the certificate.

If you want to use an encrypted session you first have to set up the relay using SSL. It is easiest to use a self-signed certificate, which you can create like this: 
$ mkdir -p ~/.weechat/ssl
$ cd ~/.weechat/ssl
$ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out relay.pem
If WeeChat is already running, you can reload the certificate and private key with these commands: 
/relay sslcertkey
/relay add ssl.weechat 8000

Install app

If you have a very recent version of Firefox you can install the frontend as an app. Click the button to install.

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