Here’s a simple guide for password-based authentication, based on the WeeChat quick-start guide.
If you haven’t already set up your connection to irc.bist.be, use this command:
/server add bistirc irc.bist.be/6697 -ssl
When you connect via weechat and the server your are connecting to is using a non-valid certificate you will a connection issue. Getting a free certificate is not straightforward with certbot without a webserver.
Therefore sometimes you just like to ignore the invalid certificate and just connect over SSL.
In Weechat this can be accomplished by setting a server property in the connection to the IRC server.
/set irc.server.bistirc.ssl_verify off
If you have already set up a connection to irc.bist.be, or if that command fails with a message like irc: server "bistirc" already exists, can't add it!, then use these commands to ensure that SSL/TLS is enabled for your connection:
/set irc.server.bistirc.addresses "irc.bist.be/6697"
/set irc.server.bistirc.ssl on
Now, configure SASL:
/set irc.server.bistirc.sasl_mechanism PLAIN
/set irc.server.bistirc.sasl_username <nickname>
/set irc.server.bistirc.sasl_password <password>
/save
Cheat sheet for WeeChat
