Copyright © 2003 FhG FOKUS
Copyright © 2004 voice-system.ro
This module translates a numerical prefix into a domain and updates accordingly the request URI.
The module looks up at the R-URI part of a message and if the user part begins with an established prefix it will update the URI. Updating the uri consists of: remove the prefix from the user part of the uri and keep the rest as the user part of the new uri. The host and port are changed with the domain matched for the leading prefix and the domain in From URI.
and the result will be:
Example 1-1. prefix-domain translation
prefix=123, domain(FROM)=siphub.org entry in database: sdomain=siphub.org domain=alpha.org domain=beta.org domain=gamma.org The RURI will be updated in the following way" sip:email@example.com => sip:firstname.lastname@example.org
The prefix could be prefixed by other digits. These digits will not be used to look up the domain (the classic example, 00 used for international calls, then follows the country prefix). For more information on this, see 'prefix' parameter.
A sample config file and the MySQL script to create the database needed by PDT are located in './doc/'.
Sample shell scripts to manage prefix-domain pairs are also located in './doc/' (pdt_fifo_add.sh, pdt_fifo_delete.sh, pdt_fifo_list.sh).
The following modules must be loaded before this module:
A OpenSER database module (e.g., mysql, dbtext).
The following libraries or applications must be installed before running OpenSER with this module loaded:
SQL URL of database--username, password, host, port and database (ex: mysql://username:email@example.com/database)
Default value is "mysql://firstname.lastname@example.org/pdt".
Default value is "pdt".
Name of 'sdomain' column.
Default value is "sdomain".
Name of 'prefix' column.
Default value is "prefix".
Name of 'domain' column.
Default value is "domain".
Default leading prefix who denotes what URI needs to be translated - if it is NULL the module will not check the R-URI against it and the PDT prefix is considered starting from the first digit. Otherwise, the module will check first if the R-URI starts with it and will skip it to look up the domain.
Default value is NULL.
Number of the hash entries = 2^hash_size.
Default value is 4.
Time in seconds to synchronize the cache of each process with the changes made through FIFO. Any prefix-domain change made through FIFO is guaranteed to have efect after this period of time past.
Default value is 600.
Time in seconds to clean the changes inserted via FIFO. The changes will be removed from FIFO diff list only when all OpenSER processes applied these changes.
Default value is 900.
Build a new URI if it is necessary. Returns 1 when the translation was made or there was nothing to translate (user part of the URI is empty, it does not match the prefix parameter or there is no domain associated with a possible prefix from user part). Returns -1 in error cases.
The translation is done based on lookup up for a entry in the database where the sdomain equals the domain in FROM uri, and the prefix matches the beginning of the user part of the RURI. If such an entry is found, then the domain in RURI is updated with the domain of this entry (sdomain, prefix, domain).
There is also the possibility to have the translation of URI regardless of source domain. This can be achieved inserting in the database entries where sdomain has the value "*".
The "rewrite_mode" parameter specifies whether to strip or not the prefix from user part. If the parameter is missing or it has the value "0", then the prefix is removed along with the leading prefix. If the value is "1", only the leading prefix is removed. If the values is "2" the user part of the URI is not changed.
The "multidomain_mode" parameter specifies the kind of multidomain support to use. There are three possible values:
0 : Translation of URI regardless of source domain.
1 : Translation of URI using as source domain the domain in From-URI.
2 : Translation of URI using as source domain the domain in From-URI. In case there is no entry for the required sdomain, it tries the translation using "*" as sdomain.
This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE.
The same as prefix2domain(rewrite_mode, "0"), that is without multidomain support, translation of URI being done regardless of the source domain.
... prefix2domain("2"); ...
The same as prefix2domain("0", "0").
... prefix2domain(); ...
The modules uses only the cache to look up domains. If you want to add or delete a new prefix-domain pair you have to use MI FIFO commands. All changes made via these commands are applied to database, while the database is loaded only at OpenSER start up time.
Adds a new sdomain-prefix-domain entry.
_sdomain_ : source domain
_domain_: domain corresponding to a pair of source domain and prefix
MI FIFO Command Format:
:pdt_add:_reply_fifo_file_ _sdomain_ _prefix_ _domain_ _empty_line_
Removes a sdomain-prefix-domain entry.
_sdomain_ : a source domain
_domain_: a domain associated via a prefix with the source domain
MI FIFO Command Format:
:pdt_delete:_reply_fifo_file_ _sdomain_ _domain_ _empty_line_
Produces a listing of the entries prefixes/domains/sdomains.
_sdomain_ : a source domain value.
_prefix_ : a prefix value
_domain_: a domain value
"." (dot) means NULL value
The comparison operation is 'START WITH' -- if domain is 'a' then all domains starting with 'a' are listed.
MI FIFO Command Format:
:pdt_list:_reply_fifo_file_ _sdomain_ _prefix_ _domain_ _empty_line_
"pdt_list siph 2 ." : Lists the entries where sdomain is starting with 'siph', prefix is starting with '2' and domain is anything
"pdt_list siph 2" : Lists the entries where sdomain is starting with 'siph', prefix is starting with '2' and domain is anything
"pdt_list . 2 open" : Lists the entries where sdomain is anything, prefix starts with '2' and domain starts with 'open'.
Make sure you have created the table needed by this module.
Example shell scripts for MI FIFO commands are placed in './doc/' (pdt_fifo_add.sh, pdt_fifo_delete.sh, pdt_fifo_list.sh).
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