Wired Server is BBS-oriented server for UNIX-based operating systems. It uses libwired and provide an implementation of the Wired 2.0 protocol. This project is a fork of the original Wired Server developed by Axel Andersson at Zanka Software.
This program is mainly tested on Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The source code is under BSD license and is totally free for use with respect of its attributed license.
To install the Wired server, you need the following prerequisites:
- OpenSSL: http://www.openssl.org/source/
- libxml2: http://xmlsoft.org/
- zlib: http://zlib.net/
- git: http://git-scm.com/
These are usually distributed with operating systems.
Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf screen git libsqlite3-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev autotools-dev automake
Archlinux
sudo pacman -Sy base-devel autoconf screen git sqlite3 libxml2 zlib
CentOS 7
sudo yum -y install screen git libtool openssl-devel sqlite-devel.x86_64 libxml2-devel zlib-devel autoconf gcc make
CentOS 8 / Fedora 28/29/30/31 (and probably even older versions of Fedora)
sudo yum -y install screen git libtool openssl-devel sqlite-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel autoconf gcc make
openSUSE Leap 42.3 (and probably other Versions)
sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
sudo zypper install screen git sqlite3-devel libxml2-devel libz1 openssl-devel
Installing Wired Server from sources will be done using the Autotools standard (configure, make, make install).
git clone https://github.com/ProfDrLuigi/wired wired
Then move to the wired directory:
cd wired/
Initialize and update submodules repositories:
git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
libwired/bootstrap
Let´s do some minor fixes:
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/\-O2/\-O2\ \-fno\-stack\-protector/gI' {} \;
Then check that the libwired directory was not empty and configure file exists.
During the configuration, scripts will check that your environment fills the requirements described at the top of this document. You will be warned if any of the required component is missing on your operating system.
To start configuration for Intel/AMD, use the following command:
./configure
To start configuration for arm64, use the following command:
./configure --build=aarch64 --host=aarch64
Wired Server is designed to be installed into /usr/local by default. To change this, run:
./configure --prefix=/path
To change the default user the installation will write files as, run:
./configure --with-user=USER
If you installed OpenSSL in a non-standard path, use the following command example as reference:
env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib ./configure
Use ./configure --help in order to display more options.
On GNU-like unices, type:
make
Or, on BSD-like unices, type:
gmake
On GNU-like unices, type:
make install
Or, on BSD-like unices, type:
gmake install
This will require write permissions to /usr/local/, or whatever directory you set as the prefix above. Depending of your OS setup, you may require to use sudo.
By default a user with the login "admin" and no password is created. Use Wired Client or Wire to connect to your newly installed Wired Server.
Wired is compiled as foreground Task in Debug mode. Thats why you nee to run it in a screen-Session. If you run it in Daemon Mode your CPU will going crazy after some time (100% usage).
To start an installed Wired server, run:
screen -Sdm wired /usr/local/wired/wiredctl start
To enter the running screen session (wiredctl) simply type:
screen -rS wired
To leave the session (not closing!) type
ctrl + a and than d
If you are not familiar with "screen" visit this Site e.g.:
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-linux-screen
If you are interested in the Wired project, check the Website at https://wired.read-write.fr/
This implementation of the Wired 2.0/2.5 protocol is not compliant with the version of the protocol distributed by Zanka Software, for several deep technical reasons.