[OpenSIPS-Users] [OpenSIPS-Devel] [NEW] Dialog replication using a new core interface

[Ryan Bullock]

This is pretty exciting!

What are the plans for how this will work with features such as dialog
pinging and accounting?

Regards,

Ryan


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org>wrote:

> **
> In long term we plan to use the BIN interface to replicate even more
> internal data between multiple OpenSIPS instances, like doing registration
> replication (instead of doing it from script via SIP). Theoretically it may
> be used for replicating even transaction state between 2 OpenSIPS instances
> - imagine having a call ringing on instance A and being accepted on
> instance B (after a failover) - 0% losses !
>
> Aside realtime data replication, the BIN interface is to be used also for
> exchanging any other type of information between OpenSIPS instances, like
> federating multiple instances.
>
> The main advantages of the BIN interface over the MI interface :
>     - BIN is binary encoded so much faster (as performance)
>     - BIN interface has both sender and receiver in OpenSIPS (MI has only
> the receiver)
>     - MI is for external usage, while BIN is internal (opensips2opensips)
>
> Regards,
>
> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
> OpenSIPS Founder and Developerhttp://www.opensips-solutions.com
>
>
> On 07/29/2013 06:22 PM, Liviu Chircu wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> OpenSIPS just got better with a *new core interface* and a *new failover
> mechanism*!
>
> The purpose of the new *Binary Internal Interface *is to offer a fast and
> efficient communication channel between OpenSIPS instances. OpenSIPS
> modules can now use this core interface to send/receive packets with
> specific information. A common usage case for this feature would be data
> replication between a primary instance and a backup one.
>
> This is especially useful in scenarios with OpenSIPS instances which
> handle large amounts of concurrent calls, so that failover through a
> database backend is not feasible anymore due to the significant time
> required in order to load the needed tables.
>
> As an example of using the interface, the dialog module now offers the
> possibility of *replicating dialogs* to another instance. The script
> writer may now configure a set of proxies which will receive dialog-related
> events: *creation*, *confirmation* and *deletion*, all in *realtime*.
> These messages are compact and they are sent over UDP. The dialog module
> now also exports several new statistics which show the total sent/received
> replication packets.
>
> Configuring UDP listeners for the new interface is trivial and explained
> in the OpenSIPS manuals [1].
>
> [1]: http://www.opensips.org/Documentation/Interface-Binary
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Liviu Chircu
> OpenSIPS Developerhttp://www.opensips-solutions.com
>
>
>
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