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page_title: Where to chat or get help
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page_description: Describes Docker's communication channels
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page_keywords: IRC, Google group, Twitter, blog, Stackoverflow
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# Where to chat or get help
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There are several communications channels you can use to chat with Docker
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community members and developers.
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<td>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</th>
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<p>
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IRC a direct line to our most knowledgeable Docker users.
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The <code>#docker</code> and <code>#docker-dev</code> group on
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<strong>irc.freenode.net</strong>. IRC was first created in 1988.
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So, it is a rich chat protocol but it can overwhelm new users. You can search
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<a href="https://botbot.me/freenode/docker/#" target="_blank">our chat archives</a>.
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Read our IRC quickstart guide below for an easy way to get started.
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<td>Google Groups</td>
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There are two groups.
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<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/docker-user" target="_blank">Docker-user</a>
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is for people using Docker containers.
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The <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/docker-dev" target="_blank">docker-dev</a>
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group is for contributors and other people contributing to the Docker
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project.
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<td>Twitter</td>
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You can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/docker/" target="_blank">Docker's twitter</a>
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to get updates on our products. You can also tweet us questions or just
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share blogs or stories.
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<td>Stack Overflow</td>
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Stack Overflow has over 7000K Docker questions listed. We regularly
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monitor <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=docker" target="_blank">Docker questions</a>
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and so do many other knowledgeable Docker users.
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## IRC Quickstart
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IRC can also be overwhelming for new users. This quickstart shows you
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the easiest way to connect to IRC.
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1. In your browser open <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net" target="_blank">http://webchat.freenode.net</a>
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2. Fill out the form.
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<td><b>Nickname</b></td>
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<td>The short name you want to be known as in IRC.</td>
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<td><b>Channels</b></td>
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<td><code>#docker</code></td>
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<td><b>reCAPTCHA</b></td>
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<td>Use the value provided.</td>
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3. Click "Connect".
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The system connects you to chat. You'll see a lot of text. At the bottom of
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the display is a command line. Just above the command line the system asks
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you to register.
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4. In the command line, register your nickname.
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/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremail@example.com
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The IRC system sends an email to the address you
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enter. The email contains instructions for completing your registration.
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5. Open your mail client and look for the email.
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6. Back in the browser, complete the registration according to the email.
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/msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER moxiegirl_ acljtppywjnr
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7. Join the `#docker` group using the following command.
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/j #docker
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You can also join the `#docker-dev` group.
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/j #docker-dev
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8. To ask questions to the channel just type messages in the command line.
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9. To quit, close the browser window.
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### Tips and learning more about IRC
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Next time you return to log into chat, you'll need to re-enter your password
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on the command line using this command:
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/msg NickServ identify <password>
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If you forget or lose your password see <a
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href="https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#sendpass" target="_blank">the FAQ on
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freenode.net</a> to learn how to recover it.
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This quickstart was meant to get you up and into IRC very quickly. If you find
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IRC useful there is a lot more to learn. Drupal, another open source project,
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actually has <a href="https://www.drupal.org/irc/setting-up" target="_blank">
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written a lot of good documentation about using IRC</a> for their project
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(thanks Drupal!).
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