# IRC Input Plugin - Identify with nickserv?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/irc-input-plugin-identify-with-nickserv/114350>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 6, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/irc-input-plugin-identify-with-nickserv/114350 "2018-01-06T02:12:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![egdetti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/egdetti/32/26297_2.png) [@egdetti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/egdetti)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/irc-input-plugin-identify-with-nickserv/114350/1 "2018-01-06T02:12:16Z")

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Is there a way to get the IRC Input plugin to identify with the irc server's nickserv upon connection? Many IRC channels limit access to identified users only.

Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![guyboertje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guyboertje/32/31592_2.png) [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/irc-input-plugin-identify-with-nickserv/114350/2 "2018-01-09T19:18:27Z")

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We use the Cinch ruby library under the hood.  
Here is the Cinch dev answering your question - [https://github.com/cinchrb/cinch/issues/204](https://github.com/cinchrb/cinch/issues/204)

We don't do this in the plugin though.

Maybe you can create an issue in our plugin repo?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/irc-input-plugin-identify-with-nickserv/114350/3 "2018-02-06T19:18:30Z")

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Closed on February 6, 2018, 7:18pm UTC

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