Figure 8.15. Advanced IRC notification configuration
In addition to the hostname, port, channel, and nickname we mentioned earlier, you can also configure
IRC server password or NIckServ password if your environment requires them. Command prefixes need
to be configured if you want to interact with the server via IRC messages. This is basically the same as
using Jabber (see Section 8.7, “Instant Messaging”). Finally, you may want to let the IRC plugin use the
/notice command instead of the default /msg command. /notice is the same as /msg except that
the message will be contained in dashes, which will prevent a response from most robots.
Once the global configuration is ready, you can enable IRC notification for each build job and set up
a notification strategy. Open the build job configuration page, go to the Post-build Actions section and
click on the IRC Notification option. If you want to set up a notification strategy rather than using
the default one, click the “Advanced...” button (see Figure 8.16, “Advanced build job IRC notification
configuration”).