Create eboard-managed Telegram bot for TeleIRC bridge to #rit-lug

[jwflory]

Summary

The main RITlug chat (#rit-lug on Freenode, #general on Slack) needs a new Telegram bot API token managed by a current member of eboard

Background

I set up the #rit-lug TeleIRC bot on my personal Telegram account. Now I have registered too many Telegram bots to register more, and I need bots for other things. So, I would like an eboard member (who also might not be a TeleIRC developer) to register the Telegram bot for the bridge.

Details

An eboard member needs to register a new bot per TeleIRC instructions and then securely share them with a member of the TeleIRC team. The team can swap out the API tokens for a quick and seamless upgrade.

Outcome

Telegram bot API token is registered by an eboard member who has a lower risk of hitting the Telegram bot registration limit

[jrtechs]

@jwflory where are we storing all the API tokens that we are using? Also, how do you register a Telegram bot?

[jwflory]

@jrtechs: where are we storing all the API tokens that we are using?

The TeleIRC bots running in RITlug infrastructure are inventoried here. The secret tokens are stored in an encrypted Ansible Vault file that only RIT Tech Team members have access to (see here).

@jrtechs: Also, how do you register a Telegram bot?

The best instructions for TeleIRC are here:

https://docs.teleirc.com/en/latest/quick-install/#create-a-telegram-bot

[jrtechs]

@jwflory does it matter what the username, etc are?

[jwflory]

Username doesn't matter. Anything that is available and makes sense to a human. :slightly_smiling_face:

[Tjzabel]

@jwflory did this ever get resolved?

[jwflory]

I don't believe so.

[Tjzabel]

I'm actually not even sure if anyone on current eboard uses Telegram. If not, I can take over any TeleIRC info for the RIT channels if this is still needed.

[tinywombat765]

We don't afaik