[OpenSIPS-Users] OpenSIPS-CP for admin, what for user provisioning?

[Gavin Henry]

2009/5/26 Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at voice-system.ro>:
> Hi Gavin,
>
> Gavin Henry wrote:
>>
>> 2009/5/25 Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at voice-system.ro>:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Gavin,
>>>
>>> Gavin Henry wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Couple of questions as I'm setting up OpenSIPS for a charity and need
>>>> to pick some off the shelf tools:
>>>>
>>>> 1. I've watched most of the great new vids for the cp and actually
>>>> installed it, but looks like only rtpproxy is supported? (will double
>>>> check)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> what you mean by "only" rtpproxy is supported?
>>>
>>
>> I mean:
>>
>> http://opensips-cp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/nathelper-db_list.jpg
>> http://opensips-cp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/nathelper-cache_list.jpg
>>
>> I see no tabs for MediaProxy module config etc.
>>
>
> yes, OpenSIPS CP has RTPproxy support, but if someone is willing to write a
> new tool for CP to add MEdia Proxy support, why not :)

Ah, ok. Is there is reason for the preference?

>>>>
>>>> 2. What is the minimum opensips.cfg you need to drive everything from
>>>> the
>>>> cp?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> well, normally you go the other way around - what functionality you need
>>> for
>>> your service?
>>>
>>
>> I meant that do you just need some modules pointing OpenSIPS to MySQL and
>> then
>> the control panel puts everything in there, or does the control panel
>> edit opensips.cfg?
>>
>
> CP does not changes the cfg.
> How it actually works:
>   - cfg provides the routing logic
>   - CP (via DB) provides the routing data
>
> So, you put the logic (as script) in opensips.cfg and then use the CP to
> provision (at runtime) the data used by the script logic.

OK. Is there a way to drive it all via the DB?

>> You must need to bootstrap OpenSIPS so everything can be driven via the
>> cp?
>>
>
> Not really.

OK.

>>>>
>>>> 5. I would also like to put auth and DDI lookup in OpenLDAP. What are
>>>> your experiences of this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> LDAP works fine with opensips (use for more than auth and DIDs) , but
>>> openSIPS CP has no support for LDAP.
>>>
>>
>> Are there any plans for LDAP auth to login into the CP with roles? That
>> way you could just add some config for an admin group and junior admin
>> group LDAP lookup etc, for authentication to login.
>>
>
> I think this kind of change is simple to do - so, if anybody comes across
> such a requirements, it should be really easy to change the auth part from
> the actual implementation.

OK.

>>>>
>>>> 6. Asterisk with res_config_ldap will be used for media as I maintain
>>>> it and wonder if there is a specific LDAP schema file for OpenSIPS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> you can use whatever scheme you want from openSIPS script - the LDAP
>>> interface allows you to push any kind of lookup
>>>
>>
>> Ok, but no specific ones you've seen or can point me too? Don't want to
>> have
>> to write one specifically. But yeah, will look at some RFCs and see if
>> there is anything.
>>
>
> Has nothing to do with examples and RFCs ...See:
>   http://www.opensips.org/html/docs/modules/1.5.x/ldap.html#ldap-search-fn
>
> it like using ldapsearch command line.

Yes, OK. I meant looking for any RFC SIP ldap schemas.

>>>> 9. I have the OpenSER book. Are the technologies and packages listed
>>>> in there still the best way to deploy a pure open source platform?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 95% yes..some things improved, but the lines are still good.
>>>
>>
>> OK, great. Read a lot about rtpproxy and mediaproxy, but I guess it just
>> depends
>> on what you need (billing fixes). Maybe also depends if you're a Emacs
>> or Vi guy ;-)
>>
>>
>
> yes, something like this :)

:-)


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