[SR-Users] sipcapture logging

[Alexandr Dubovikov]

Hi Konstantin,

what do you mean in "huge data" ? Currently you can easy capture 3K m/s 
on the middle size server.

anyway, if you want to save the sipcapture data to the plain file, just 
change DB type.

Wbr,
Alexandr

6/12/2012 9:07 PM, Konstantin M. wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
>
> 2012/6/12 Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda at gmail.com 
> <mailto:miconda at gmail.com>>
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I am a bit confused now. sipcapture role is to store the SIP
>     signaling messages in database for the purpose of later analysis
>     -- you can export pcap from the database later.
>
>
> Well, I don't have enough experience with sipcapture module but (maybe 
> I'm wrong) I don't think it is a good idea to store so huge data in 
> mysql in high loading environment.
> Rather that I would suggest to keep them in some flat databases, like 
> mongo, redis, kassandra, etc...
> Eventually, by looking to the sources, I don't think there is another 
> way except mysql...
>
>
>     What is the obsolete logging system you think about?
>
>     If you look to log custom info messages, then see the xlog module:
>
>     * http://kamailio.org/docs/modules/3.3.x/modules_k/xlog.html
>
>     You can print your own message to syslog (or stderr), in the
>     format you wish.
>
>
> Yes, I'm using syslog but personally it's a backward way.
> Nowadays there is a lot of logging frameworks. I think that, 
> unofficial, log4XXXX (where XXXX - one of c, cpp, java, python, etc) 
> already a standard of
> logging system.
> When using syslog/logrotate - the only one way to modify a root 
> settings, no way to configure only userland part by configuring a 
> logging strategy inside application
> like a many software allows.
>
>     Cheers,
>     Daniel
>
>
>     On 6/12/12 11:54 AM, Konstantin M. wrote:
>>     Hello Daniel,
>>
>>     No I don't want to store in pcap format, I have it already.
>>     I would like to have a text logs instead of database.
>>
>>     About log format, I would like to have a functionality like
>>     log4cpp, for example:
>>
>>     # Call Logging
>>     log4cplus.appender.CALL_LOG_APPENDER=log4cplus::NullAppender
>>     log4cplus.appender.CALL_LOG_APPENDER.Directory=logs/call-logs
>>     log4cplus.appender.CALL_LOG_APPENDER.ImmediateFlush=true
>>     log4cplus.appender.CALL_LOG_APPENDER.layout=log4cplus::PatternLayout
>>     log4cplus.appender.CALL_LOG_APPENDER.layout.ConversionPattern=%D{%Y-%m-%d
>>     %H:%M:%S:%%q} [%t] %p - %c : %m%n
>>
>>
>>     I'm a very curious why we still have so absolete logging system ?
>>     There are too many cute logging frameworks.
>>     Why we don't switch to some soft of log4c or log4cpp ?
>>
>>
>>     2012/6/12 Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:miconda at gmail.com>>
>>
>>         Hello,
>>
>>
>>         On 6/9/12 8:59 PM, Konstantin M. wrote:
>>
>>             Hello,
>>
>>             Is it possible to log SIP sessions using sipcapture
>>             module to log files by log format instead of database ?
>>
>>
>>         what do you mean by log format?
>>
>>         If you just want to store pure pcap files, then you can use
>>         tools such as ngrep, wireshark/tshark.
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>         Daniel
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Daniel-Constantin Mierla - http://www.asipto.com
>>         http://twitter.com/#!/miconda
>>         <http://twitter.com/#%21/miconda> -
>>         http://www.linkedin.com/in/miconda
>>         Kamailio Advanced Training, Seattle, USA, Sep 23-26, 2012 -
>>         http://asipto.com/u/katu
>>         Kamailio Practical Workshop, Netherlands, Sep 10-12, 2012 -
>>         http://asipto.com/u/kpw
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>     -- 
>     Daniel-Constantin Mierla -http://www.asipto.com
>     http://twitter.com/#!/miconda  <http://twitter.com/#%21/miconda>  -http://www.linkedin.com/in/miconda
>     Kamailio Advanced Training, Seattle, USA, Sep 23-26, 2012 -http://asipto.com/u/katu
>     Kamailio Practical Workshop, Netherlands, Sep 10-12, 2012 -http://asipto.com/u/kpw
>
>
>
>
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