[OpenSIPS-Users] Request for Assistance: Issue with Load Balancing in OpenSIPS Container Deployment

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu bogdan at opensips.org
Thu Jan 16 08:19:37 UTC 2025


Hi,

Just follow the execution logic in your script and be sure no sequential 
INVITE reaches the lb_start() function. Functions like xlog() or 
script_trace() may help with the troubleshooting.

Regards,

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
   https://www.opensips-solutions.com
   https://www.siphub.com

On 16.01.2025 06:32, Vineeth Chigullapally wrote:
> Hi Bogdan-Andrei,
>
> Thank you for your response, Can you please explain what is wrong in 
> the config which is causing the load balancer to fail? Can you please 
> let us know what needs to be corrected in our configuration.
> we have followed this reference 
> https://opensips.org/Documentation/Tutorials-LoadBalancing-1-9, please 
> let us know or provide any configuration which helps us to resolve 
> this issue.
>
> regards
> Vineeth
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 22:28, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu 
> <bogdan at opensips.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Something tells me you are calling the balancer for a re-INVITE
>     (in-dialog INVITE, having a "tag" param in TO hdr).
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>
>     OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>        https://www.opensips-solutions.com
>        https://www.siphub.com
>
>     On 15.01.2025 15:30, Vineeth Chigullapally wrote:
>>     Hi Razvan, Please check the below link to view the logs and lb
>>     configuration.
>>
>>     https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GNRAfjGjfM0VRRIodpIVYp79wj53By0n?usp=drive_link
>>
>>
>>     regards
>>     Vineeth
>>
>>     On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 at 21:34, Răzvan Crainea
>>     <razvan at opensips.org> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi, Vineeth!
>>
>>         The dialog structure cannot be created - I suspect you are
>>         not calling
>>         the lb_start method for other methods than INVITE? Can you
>>         upload
>>         somewhere the full debugging logs?
>>         Also, have you tried creating the dialog from the script,
>>         before calling
>>         lb_start?
>>
>>         Best regards,
>>
>>         Răzvan Crainea
>>         OpenSIPS Core Developer / SIPhub CTO
>>         http://www.opensips-solutions.com / https://www.siphub.com
>>
>>         On 1/13/25 5:29 AM, Vineeth Chigullapally wrote:
>>         > Hi
>>         >
>>         > I hope this email finds you well. I am currently working on
>>         configuring
>>         > load balancing for one of my OpenSIPS instances, which is
>>         deployed as a
>>         > Docker container. The objective is to route traffic evenly
>>         between two
>>         > target servers, proc1 and proc2. However, I am encountering
>>         an issue during
>>         > the load-balancing process.
>>         >
>>         > Below are the log messages that I am observing:
>>         >
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13]
>>         DBG:load_balancer:lb_route: initial
>>         > call of LB - found requested 1/1 resource [sip]
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13]
>>         ERROR:load_balancer:lb_route:
>>         > initial call of LB - failed to create dialog
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13] DBG:tm:t_newtran:
>>         transaction on
>>         > entrance=0xffffffffffffffff
>>         >
>>         > I have followed
>>         >
>>         https://opensips.org/Documentation/Tutorials-LoadBalancing-1-9
>>         for
>>         > configuration but cannot identify the root cause of the
>>         issue. It seems
>>         > that the load balancer is unable to create a dialog, which
>>         might be
>>         > preventing the traffic from being routed correctly.
>>         >
>>         > Could you please provide your insights, suggestions, or
>>         possible solutions
>>         > to resolve this issue? If any additional details, such as
>>         configuration
>>         > files or environment specifics, are needed, I will be happy
>>         to share them.
>>         >
>>         > Thank you for your time and assistance. Looking forward to
>>         your suggestions.
>>         >
>>         > Best regards
>>         >
>>         > C Vineeth
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > Hi
>>         >
>>         > I hope this email finds you well. I am currently working on
>>         configuring
>>         > load balancing for one of my OpenSIPS instances, which is
>>         deployed as a
>>         > Docker container. The objective is to route traffic evenly
>>         between two
>>         > target servers, |proc1| and |proc2|. However, I am
>>         encountering an issue
>>         > during the load-balancing process.
>>         >
>>         > Below are the log messages that I am observing:
>>         >
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13]
>>         DBG:load_balancer:lb_route:
>>         > initial call of LB - found requested 1/1 resource [sip]
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13]
>>         ERROR:load_balancer:lb_route:
>>         > initial call of LB - failed to create dialog
>>         > opensips_lb     | Jan  9 12:40:08 [13] DBG:tm:t_newtran:
>>         transaction on
>>         > entrance=0xffffffffffffffff
>>         >
>>         > I have followed https://opensips.org/Documentation/Tutorials-
>>         > LoadBalancing-1-9
>>         <https://opensips.org/Documentation/Tutorials-
>>         > LoadBalancing-1-9> for configuration but cannot identify
>>         the root cause
>>         > of the issue. It seems that the load balancer is unable to
>>         create a
>>         > dialog, which might be preventing the traffic from being
>>         routed correctly.
>>         >
>>         > Could you please provide your insights, suggestions, or
>>         possible
>>         > solutions to resolve this issue? If any additional details,
>>         such as
>>         > configuration files or environment specifics, are needed, I
>>         will be
>>         > happy to share them.
>>         >
>>         > Thank you for your time and assistance. Looking forward to
>>         your suggestions.
>>         >
>>         > Best regards
>>         >
>>         > C Vineeth
>>         >
>>         >
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