This is an update version for openSUSE.Asia 2017 Tokyo Original one : https://www.slideshare.net/hanyoungbin/how-and-why-we-integrated-slack-and-irc

1. How & Why
we have connected
Slack & IRC
Youngbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>
Leader, Ubuntu Korea Community – launchpad.net/~sukso96100
Student, Sungkonghoe University – Software Engineering

2. Slack & IRC
#

3. Problems
• People in Slack or IRC can’t communicate each other.
• Can’t see old history of messages from Slack.
• Dispute resolution might be difficult.
• People might have to participate both channel.
• Which can be a bit cumbersome.
• Separated channel, different information.

4. Facebook Groups & Forum

5. Survey
Yes
100%
Do you agree with connecting Slack & IRC?
Yes No Etc.
67%
25%
8%
Which channel from Slack should be
connected to IRC?
#general(Slack) #ubuntu-ko(IRC)
#irc(Slack) #ubuntu-ko(IRC)
Etc.

6. Sameroom.io
Referenced from the case of ubuntu-cn

7. Expensive & Not sustainable

8. Expensive & Not sustainable
Q : Is Slack-IRC integration of you guys working now?
A : It should be broken.

9. GCP – Always Free Usage Limits
• Google Cloud Platform provides a f1-micro VM for free!
• In US regions only. Except Northern Virginia.
• f1-micro is the cheapest one, and has the lowest spec among
GCP’s VMs. But it’s enough for running just one bot.

10. github.com/ekmartin/slack-irc

11. • Running ”npm install”
on f1-micro vm uses
too much time.
• So, We used docker to
pre-contain all
dependencies.

12. Inform to IRC Manager to
make sure the bot always
stays in the channel.

13. Result

14. Nowadays - Cats

15. Links to ubuntu-kr
• Homepage – ubuntu-kr.org
• ubuntu-kr on Ubuntu Wiki - wiki.ubuntu.com/KoreanTeam
• Forum – forum.ubuntu-kr.org
• Facebook – facebook.com/groups/ubuntu.ko
• IRC - #ubuntu-ko at freenode
• Slack
• Join - festi.kr/zlack/team/T068QEXT4/33
• Chat – ubuntu-kr.slack.com

16. Thank you!
Youngbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>
Leader, Ubuntu Korea Community – launchpad.net/~sukso96100
Student, Sungkonghoe University – Software Engineering