[SR-Users] SER or Kamailio

[Alex Balashov]

My perception is that SER is something like a kernel, but Kamailio a user-oriented distribution and ecosystem wrapper around it that serves to "practicalise" it in an applied way.

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Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>if you install from sources, there is practically everything: ser + 
>kamailio together, it is up to you what modules you want to use.
>
>If you install from kamailio packages (debian, centos), you get only 
>kamailio specific modules (what is located in modules/ and modules_k/).
>
>Maturity of the code is the same, I am more into kamailio specific 
>modules, though, since I use them. Kamailio is traditionally more 
>interactive in terms of public relations, having a clear release policy, 
>with packages built every time.
>
>Also, kamailio specific modules have more into SIMPLE extensions (I mean 
>here presence, xcap, ...), but this is not a problem since you can use 
>the modules with the ones developed in the past by SER. So there is 
>nothing different between Kamailio and SER if you install from sources. 
>As mentioned in the link, there are just some inter-module dependencies, 
>so when using a module, you have have to use another specific one. This 
>is actually valid in the same group of modules (like in modules_k), one 
>module requires another one.
>
>What really make the difference in a deployment is the database 
>structure used behind. If you start from scratch, it does not matter 
>probably, but people upgrading from older versions, tend to stick to 
>what they have, so they continue using one or the other.
>
> From my observations on this mailing list, it is more likely you get 
>people answering more often for kamailio than ser. Also, there are more 
>tutorials showing how to use kamailio, including integration with 
>asterisk, if that is main concern, for example:
>
>   * http://kb.asipto.com/asterisk:index
>
>Cheers,
>Daniel
>
>
>
>On 4/9/12 9:43 PM, Daniel Gonzalez wrote:
>> Thanks for the link.
>>
>> If I understand correctly, both projects share the same source code, 
>> and implement more or less the same functionality.
>> Is there a list of specific features which are only available in SER 
>> or in Kamailio?
>>
>> Which is the most widely deployed / documented option? Which is more 
>> mature / stable? Which is the option which interoperates easier with 
>> Asterisk?
>>
>> Sorry for the beginner questions, but I have found no place where this 
>> questions are adressed.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:17 PM, SamyGo <govoiper at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:govoiper at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     :-|
>>
>>     http://www.kamailio.org/w/sip-router-releases/
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Daniel Gonzalez
>>     <gonvaled at gonvaled.com <mailto:gonvaled at gonvaled.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hello,
>>
>>         I am starting to deploy a SIP router, and after reading the
>>         documentation in http://sip-router.org I am a bit confused. I am
>>         planning to integrate the SIP router with an asterisk PBX.
>>         Which of
>>         the available projects is  recommended to get in touch with the
>>         technology, SER or Kamailio? Which are most of you in the list
>>         using?
>>         Is there a particular use case where one or the other is more
>>         appropriate?
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Daniel Gonzalez
>>
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