A simple IRCd health-check utility, written in go, which returns a non-zero status code if unable to connect to a given IRC server. Perfect for use with monitoring systems. Download a binary of the latest release here.

Advanced usage:

$ ./healthcheck -server=ridley.stormbit.net:6697 -secure=true -skip-verification=true
$ echo $?
0 

Options:

  -secure
      Whether or not to use SSL/TLS when connecting.
  -server string
      Server and port to connect to. (format: irc.example.org:6667) (default "irc.stormbit.net:6667")
  -skip-verification
      Whether or not to skip verifying the certificate.
  -h
      Shows help.

Copyright (c) 2016, Alex Wilson a@ax.gy, Alice Jenkinson 0x52a100ff@gmail.com

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