As part of TINET, this server allows you to host your own NETCHAT instance.
You would need to make an App API Key on TINET to get authentication working.
This system ensures that, in case you abuse the authentication system, we can ban the account the API key is being used on and take action by banning this server instance from TINET authentication.
It is pretty simple, clone this repository
git clone -b master https://github.com/tkbstudios/netchatserver
cd netchatserver- run
python3 server.pyto set up files and directories. - edit the .env to include your App API Key instead of the changeme value (only if using online-mode, more on it later)
- open server.properties and modify the settings as you'd like.
- run
python3 server.py
want to use Docker? Runsudo docker-compose up -d
host is the IP address the server should listen on,
leave on 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces.
port is the port the server should listen on,
leave on 2052 so clients don't need to enter the port
themselves, the client defaults to 2052 for TINET
hosted services.
online-mode is the setting that allows you to turn
TINET authentication on or off. It's NOT recommended
to turn it off, because people will be able to use
any username/session token they want, which might
result in server spam and impersonation.
public-access-host is the host that you give to your users that can be displayed to the user for them to connect to.
enable-welcome-message defines if you want to send a welcome message to the user. (true or false)
welcome-message is the message that gets displayed after the user connects to the server successfully.
max-message-length is the amount of characters a message can be
(will likely be filtered by client but still useful in case you want shorter messages)
announce-new-clients will announce newly connected users to the global lobby. (true or false)
hook-enabled defines if you want to bridge the message over to discord (can be true or false)
hook-url is the URL to the discord webhook