[SR-Users] 503 on DB Error

[Olle E. Johansson]

9 dec 2011 kl. 18:54 skrev Spencer Thomason:

> Hello all,
> Is it possible to configure Kamailio to reply to a request with a 503 if it cannot connect to a necessary database for the operation?
> 
> I.e.  Kamailio cannot connect to the database, when a REGISTER comes in and userloc can't find the credentials (due to DB failure), respond with a 503.  The requesting endpoint can then fail over properly.  The same behaviour would be desired for other modules as well, i.e. aliasdb.
> 
> 
> I noticed using 3.1.5 that it simply does not authorize the user. 
> 
> 
I have been thinking about this as well. We could implement a db_ping function so we could test in the routing script before
calling functions that use the DB. It's harder with stuff that happens in the background, like ACC and SIPTRACE. I don't know
what happens with them if the database fails.

/O