[SR-Users] new functionality: CDR-based accounting

[Timo Reimann]

Hello,


On 17.08.2011 11:46, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
> On 8/11/11 10:12 AM, Timo Reimann wrote:
>> Hey Graham,
>>
>>
>> On 10.08.2011 14:27, Graham Wooden wrote:
>>> I would be interested in the 1.5 backported module. Is that available
>>> for the masses?
>> I personally wouldn't mind publishing the backport code. One interesting
>> question, however, is in what form to do that. Several approaches come
>> to my mind:
>>
>> - A separate branch with just the patch.
>> - A separate Kamailio 1.5 branch with the modified code.
>> - Distribution via the mailing list.
>> - Distribution in private.
>>
>> Naturally, I'd favor something centralized to allow more people access
>> to the code.
>>
>> @Daniel: What's your thought on this? Do you have a preferred way?
> 
> Maybe uploading it (a tarball if big or just the patch file) on the
> tracker is another quite easy possibility. Either on the one from
> sip-router.org, or, since it is 1.5, can be even on the sourceforge.net.
> This will allow to upload new versions of the files if changes are
> needed in the future. Then provide the link to the tracker item on the
> mailing list.
> 
> I would prefer no commit on the mainstream SVN branches, so we do not
> open past releases, that will create lot of confusion.

As Daniel suggested, I put the patch on the Sourceforge tracker:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3394470&group_id=139143&atid=743022

If something's not working as expected, please let me know. Note,
however, that support for the 1.5 branch cannot be guaranteed and will
discontinue very soon from my side.


Cheers,

--Timo



>> Note, however, that the time frame we (as in my company) are going to
>> use, support, and maintain the 1.5 backport code is already now
> foreseeable.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --Timo
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 8/4/11 1:08 AM, "Timo Reimann"<timo.reimann at 1und1.de>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      Hi all,
>>>
>>>       as announced quite a while ago, I finally checked in code that
>>>      allows to
>>>       produce CDRs (Call Data Records) directly from SIP-Router and
> generate
>>>       logs accordingly.
>>>
>>>       The main code portion resides in modules_k/acc and provides a
> switch to
>>>       enable basic CDR generation including start time, end time, and
>>>       duration. Analogous to the existing logging approach, you may
> define an
>>>       extra parameter covering to-be-included dialog pseudo-variables
> that
>>>       must be assigned in the configuration script. The new code will
> take
>>>       care of transforming the basic and custom CDR fields into CDR
> logs at
>>>       the end of a dialog.
>>>
>>>       Speaking of dialogs: The implementation relies heavily on the
> dialog
>>>       module. It takes advantage of dialog variables introduces by
> Carsten
>>>       Bock and adds a few more features. Most notably, we had to
> change the
>>>       dialog callback signature to provide both request and response
>>>      messages.
>>>       Having only one of them proved to be insufficient in certain
> cases; for
>>>       instance, a locally generated 408 returned a FAKED_REPLY, thus
>>>      rendering
>>>       it impossible to access dialog variables through the PV framework.
>>>      Other
>>>       modules using dialog callbacks have been updated along the commit,
>>>       third-party modules outside the repository will need to do so
> too (and
>>>       think about whether using the request or response is the Right
>>>      Thing to do).
>>>
>>>       Due to the changes brought to the dialog module, I pushed the
> new acc
>>>       and dialog code into a separate branch called treimann/acc-cdr.
> Feel
>>>       free to give it a try by consulting the updated documentation and
>>>       suggesting (or, if it's good enough, implementing :) )
> improvements. A
>>>       Kamailio 1.5 backport of the code has been in usage for quite
> some time
>>>       with us, so generally there shouldn't be any major logical flaws.
>>>       SIP-Router certainly needs more testing, however, so I'd be glad
>>>      for any
>>>       feedback. My plan is to merge the code into master branch prior
> to the
>>>       3.2 feature freeze, unless significant objections arise.
>>>
>>>       Finally, big-time credits go to my co-worker Sven Knoblich who
> is the
>>>       main contributor of the code. He's been working on this stuff
> for the
>>>       past few months and dreams in CDRs by now.
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