Acc Module
Jiri Kuthan
iptel.org
<jiri@iptel.org>
Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
Voice Sistem SRL
<bogdan@voice-system.ro>
Ramona-Elena Modroiu
rosdev.ro
<ramona@rosdev.ro>
Edited by
Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
Voice Sistem SRL
<bogdan@voice-system.ro>
Edited by
Sven Knoblich
1&1 Internet AG
<sven.knoblich@1und1.de>
Copyright © 2002, 2003 FhG FOKUS
Copyright © 2004, 2006 Voice Sistem SRL
Copyright © 2011 1&1 Internet AG
__________________________________________________________________
Table of Contents
1. Admin Guide
1. Overview
1.1. General Example
2. Extra accounting
2.1. Overview
2.2. Definitions and syntax
2.3. How it works
3. Multi Call-Legs accounting
3.1. Overview
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Logged data
4. Call Data Record generation
4.1. Overview
4.2. CDR Extra
4.2.1. Definitions and syntax
4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Configuration
4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy
4.3.3. Logged data
5. Dependencies
5.1. Kamailio Modules
5.2. External Libraries or Applications
6. Parameters
6.1. early_media (integer)
6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
6.3. failed_filter (string)
6.4. report_ack (integer)
6.5. report_cancels (integer)
6.6. detect_direction (integer)
6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
6.9. multi_leg_info (string)
6.10. log_flag (integer)
6.11. log_missed_flag (integer)
6.12. log_level (integer)
6.13. log_facility (string)
6.14. log_extra (string)
6.15. db_flag (integer)
6.16. db_missed_flag (integer)
6.17. db_table_acc (string)
6.18. db_table_missed_calls (string)
6.19. db_url (string)
6.20. acc_method_column (string)
6.21. acc_from_tag_column (string)
6.22. acc_to_tag_column (string)
6.23. acc_callid_column (string)
6.24. acc_sip_code_column (string)
6.25. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
6.26. acc_time_column (string)
6.27. db_extra (string)
6.28. db_insert_mode (integer)
6.29. diameter_flag (integer)
6.30. diameter_missed_flag (integer)
6.31. diameter_client_host (string)
6.32. diameter_client_port (int)
6.33. diameter_extra (string)
6.34. cdr_enable (integer)
6.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
6.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
6.37. cdr_facility (integer)
6.38. cdr_extra (string)
6.39. cdr_start_id (string)
6.40. cdr_end_id (string)
6.41. cdr_duration_id (string)
6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
6.43. cdrs_table (str)
6.44. time_mode (int)
6.45. time_attr (str)
6.46. time_exten (str)
6.47. time_format (str)
6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
6.49. clone_msg (int)
6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
7. Functions
7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
7.3. acc_request(comment, table)
7.4. acc_diam_request(comment)
2. Frequently Asked Questions
List of Examples
1.1. early_media example
1.2. failed_transaction_flag example
1.3. failed_filter example
1.4. report_ack example
1.5. report_cancels example
1.6. detect_direction example
1.7. acc_prepare_flag example
1.8. acc_prepare_flag example
1.9. multi_leg_info example
1.10. log_flag example
1.11. log_missed_flag example
1.12. log_level example
1.13. log_facility example
1.14. log_extra example
1.15. db_flag example
1.16. db_missed_flag example
1.17. db_table_acc example
1.18. db_table_missed_calls example
1.19. db_url example
1.20. acc_method_column example
1.21. acc_from_tag_column example
1.22. acc_to_tag_column example
1.23. acc_callid_column example
1.24. acc_sip_code_column example
1.25. acc_sip_reason_column example
1.26. acc_time_column example
1.27. db_extra example
1.28. db_insert_mode example
1.29. diameter_flag example
1.30. diameter_missed_flag example
1.31. diameter_client_host example
1.32. diameter_client_host example
1.33. diameter_extra example
1.34. cdr_enable example
1.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable example
1.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed example
1.37. cdr_facility example
1.38. cdr_extra example
1.39. cdr_start_id example
1.40. cdr_end_id example
1.41. cdr_duration_id example
1.42. cdr_log_enable example
1.43. cdrs_table example
1.44. time_mode example
1.45. time_attr example
1.46. time_exten example
1.47. time_format example
1.48. reason_from_hf
1.49. clone_msg
1.50. cdr_on_failed
1.51. acc_log_request usage
1.52. acc_db_request usage
1.53. acc_db_request usage
1.54. acc_diam_request usage
Chapter 1. Admin Guide
Table of Contents
1. Overview
1.1. General Example
2. Extra accounting
2.1. Overview
2.2. Definitions and syntax
2.3. How it works
3. Multi Call-Legs accounting
3.1. Overview
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Logged data
4. Call Data Record generation
4.1. Overview
4.2. CDR Extra
4.2.1. Definitions and syntax
4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Configuration
4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy
4.3.3. Logged data
5. Dependencies
5.1. Kamailio Modules
5.2. External Libraries or Applications
6. Parameters
6.1. early_media (integer)
6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
6.3. failed_filter (string)
6.4. report_ack (integer)
6.5. report_cancels (integer)
6.6. detect_direction (integer)
6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
6.9. multi_leg_info (string)
6.10. log_flag (integer)
6.11. log_missed_flag (integer)
6.12. log_level (integer)
6.13. log_facility (string)
6.14. log_extra (string)
6.15. db_flag (integer)
6.16. db_missed_flag (integer)
6.17. db_table_acc (string)
6.18. db_table_missed_calls (string)
6.19. db_url (string)
6.20. acc_method_column (string)
6.21. acc_from_tag_column (string)
6.22. acc_to_tag_column (string)
6.23. acc_callid_column (string)
6.24. acc_sip_code_column (string)
6.25. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
6.26. acc_time_column (string)
6.27. db_extra (string)
6.28. db_insert_mode (integer)
6.29. diameter_flag (integer)
6.30. diameter_missed_flag (integer)
6.31. diameter_client_host (string)
6.32. diameter_client_port (int)
6.33. diameter_extra (string)
6.34. cdr_enable (integer)
6.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
6.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
6.37. cdr_facility (integer)
6.38. cdr_extra (string)
6.39. cdr_start_id (string)
6.40. cdr_end_id (string)
6.41. cdr_duration_id (string)
6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
6.43. cdrs_table (str)
6.44. time_mode (int)
6.45. time_attr (str)
6.46. time_exten (str)
6.47. time_format (str)
6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
6.49. clone_msg (int)
6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
7. Functions
7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
7.3. acc_request(comment, table)
7.4. acc_diam_request(comment)
1. Overview
1.1. General Example
ACC module is used to account transactions information to different
backends like syslog and SQL. With the separate module, radius support
is enabled.
There is some very early support of the Diameter protocol in the code
which is no longer included by default and will be deleted in coming
releases. This support is not up to date with the current Diameter
protocols and is disabled. If you need Diameter support, please use the
ims_charging module.
To account a transaction and to choose which set of backends to be
used, the script writer just has to set some flags (see the module
parameters section for flag definitions Section 6, “Parameters”). If
the accounting flag for a specific backend is set, the acc module will
then report on completed transaction. A typical usage of the module
takes no acc-specific script command -- the functionality binds
invisibly through transaction processing. Script writers just need to
mark the transaction for accounting with proper setflag. Even so, the
module allows the script writter to force accounting in special cases
via some script functions.
The accounting module will log by default a fixed set of attributes for
the transaction - if you customize your accounting by adding more
information to be logged, please see the next chapter about extra
accounting - Section 2, “Extra accounting”.
The fixed minimal accounting information is:
* Request Method name
* From header TAG parameter
* To header TAG parameter
* Call-Id
* 3-digit Status code from final reply
* Reason phrase from final reply
* Time stamp when transaction was completed
If a value is not present in request, the empty string is accounted
instead.
Note that:
* A single INVITE may produce multiple accounting reports -- that's
due to SIP forking feature.
* All flags related to accounting need to be set in request
processing route - only the "missed-call" flag may be toggled from
other types of routes.
* If a UA fails in middle of conversation, a proxy will never find
out about it. In general, a better practice is to account from an
end-device (such as PSTN gateway), which best knows about call
status (including media status and PSTN status in case of the
gateway). However, CDR-base logging has the option to log existing
information from expired dialogs (the dlg_vars in cdr_extra) Please
see cdr_expired_dlg_enable parameter - Section 6.35,
“cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)”.
The SQL backend support is compiled in the module. For DIAMETER you
need to enable it by recompiling the module with properly set defines:
uncomment the DDIAM_ACC lines in modules/acc/Makefile.
NOTE: diameter support was developed for DISC (DIameter Server Client
project at http://developer.berlios.de/projects/disc/). This project
seems to be no longer maintained and DIAMETER specifications were
updated in the meantime. Thus, the DIAMETER part in the module is
obsolete and needs rework to be usable with opendiameter or other
DIAMETER servers.
1.1. General Example
loadmodule "modules/acc/acc.so"
modparam("acc", "log_level", 1)
modparam("acc", "log_flag", 1)
if (uri=~"sip:+40") /* calls to Romania */ {
if (!proxy_authorize("sip_domain.net" /* realm */,
"subscriber" /* table name */)) {
proxy_challenge("sip_domain.net" /* realm */, "0" /* no qop */ );
exit;
}
if (method=="INVITE" && !check_from()) {
log("from!=digest\n");
sl_send_reply("403","Forbidden");
}
setflag(1); /* set for accounting (the same value as in log_flag!)
t_relay(); /* enter stateful mode now */
};
2. Extra accounting
2.1. Overview
2.2. Definitions and syntax
2.3. How it works
2.1. Overview
Along the static default information, ACC modules allows dynamical
selection of extra information to be logged. This allows you to log any
pseudo-variable (AVPs, parts of the request, etc).
2.2. Definitions and syntax
Selection of extra information is done via xxx_extra parameters by
specifying the names of additional information you want to log. This
information is defined via pseudo-variables and may include headers,
AVPs values or other message or system values. The syntax of the
parameter is:
* xxx_extra = extra_definition (';'extra_definition)*
* extra_definition = log_name '=' pseudo_variable
The full list of supported pseudo-variables in Kamailio is available
at: http://www.kamailio.org/wiki/cookbooks/devel/pseudovariables
Note: For all the ACK processed by tm, the registered callbacks (like
acc module) will be called with the corresponding INVITE transaction
contexts as long as this is still available. This means that the ACK
callbacks will see the AVPs setup for the INVITE transaction and not
the AVPs setup before t_relay().
Via log_name you define how/where the data will be logged. Its meaning
depends of the accounting support which is used:
* LOG accounting - log_name will be just printed along with the data
in log_name=data format;
* DB accounting - log_name will be the name of the DB column where
the data will be stored.IMPORTANT: add in db acc table the columns
corresponding to each extra data;
* RADIUS accounting - log_name will be the AVP name used for packing
the data into RADIUS message. The log_name will be translated to
AVP number via the dictionary. IMPORTANT: add in RADIUS dictionary
the log_name attribute.
* DIAMETER accounting - log_name will be the AVP code used for
packing the data into DIAMETER message. The AVP code is given
directly as integer, since DIAMETER has no dictionary support yet.
IMPORTANT: log_name must be a number.
2.3. How it works
Some pseudo variables may return more than one value (like headers or
AVPs). In this case, the returned values are embedded in a single
string in a comma-separated format.
3. Multi Call-Legs accounting
3.1. Overview
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Logged data
3.1. Overview
A SIP call can have multiple legs due forwarding actions. For example
user A calls user B which forwards the call to user C. There is only
one SIP call but with 2 legs ( A to B and B to C). Accounting the legs
of a call is required for proper billing of the calls (if C is a PSTN
number and the call is billed, user B must pay for the call - as last
party modifing the call destination-, and not A - as initiator of the
call. Call forwarding on server is only one example which shows the
necessity of the having an accounting engine with multiple legs
support.
3.2. Configuration
First how it works: The idea is to have a set of AVPs and for each call
leg to store a set of values in the AVPs. The meaning of the AVP
content is stricly decided by the script writer - it can be the origin
and source of the leg, its status or any other related information. If
you have a set of 4 AVPS (AVP1, AVP2, AVP3, AVP4), then for the "A call
B and B forwards to C" example, you need to set a different set of
values for the AVPs for each leg ([A,B] and [B,C]) . The script writer
must take care and properly insert all these AVP from the script (in
proper order and with the correct type).
When the accounting information for the call will be written/sent, all
the call-leg pairs will be added (based on the found AVP sets).
By default, the multiple call-leg support is disabled - it can be
enabled just be setting the per-leg set of AVPs via the multi_leg_info
module parameter.
3.3. Logged data
For each call, all the values of the AVP set (which defines a call-leg)
will be logged. How the information will be actually logged, depends of
the data backend:
* syslog -- all leg-sets will be added to one record string as
AVP1=xxx, AVP2=xxxx ,... sets.
* database -- each pair will be separately logged (due DB data
structure constraints); several records will be written, the
difference between them being only the fields corresponding to the
call-leg info.
Note
You will need to add in your DB (all acc related tables) the colums
for call-leg info (a column for each AVP of the set).
* Radius -- all sets will be added to the same Radius accounting
message as RADIUS AVPs - for each call-leg a set of RADIUS AVPs
will be added (corresponding to the per-leg AVP set). Note that
Radius support is in a separate module - acc_radius.
Note
You will need to add in your dictionary the RADIUS AVPs used in
call-leg AVP set definition.
4. Call Data Record generation
4.1. Overview
4.2. CDR Extra
4.2.1. Definitions and syntax
4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Configuration
4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy
4.3.3. Logged data
4.1. Overview
In addition to transaction-based logging, it is possible to generate
and log Call Data Records (CDRs) directly from Kamailio. Apart from a
basic set of CDR fields which are always included (covering start time,
end time, and duration), the approach allows flexible specification of
additional fields that should be taken into account using the
configuration script. This is very similar to how transaction-based
logging may be customized with the exception that CDRs rely on dialogs
instead of transactions to store relevant information during a call.
In order to set up CDR generation, you must enable the CDR switch and
load the dialog module. You probably also want to specify a set of
pseudo-variables that define more relevant CDR fields. Pseudo-variables
may be assigned arbitrarily during script execution, and the module
will make sure that the variable content will be transformed into a CDR
by the end of the dialog.
To use CDR logging in a correct manner, you should only use the
dialog-based pseudo-variables (dlg_var) from the dialog module. This
allows you to save values right from the beginning through all requests
and replies until termination of the call. While not recommended, it is
still possible to use other pseudo-variables as well. Except for
pseudo-variables valid in the call-final transaction, however,
information given will not be stored in the CDR as they cannot be
accessed by the end of the call when the CDR is logged.
Sometimes, dialogs expire because the UA has a problem and a final
message is never transmitted. You can toggle on/off the generation of
CDR-based logging in such cases with only the dlg_vars showing by using
the cdr_expired_dlg_enable parameter - Section 6.35,
“cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)”. Default behavior is not logging.
4.2. CDR Extra
This section is similar to the “LOG accounting” part of Section 2,
“Extra accounting”.
4.2.1. Definitions and syntax
Selection of extra information is done similar to the transaction extra
Section 2.2, “Definitions and syntax”.
* cdr_extra = cdr_extra_definition (';'cdr_extra_definition)*
* cdr_extra_definition = cdr_log_name '=' pseudo_variable
See also Section 6.38, “cdr_extra (string)”.
The full list of supported pseudo-variables in Sip-Router is available
at: http://sip-router.org/wiki/cookbooks/pseudo-variables/devel
4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs
4.3.1. Overview
As mentioned in Section 3, “Multi Call-Legs accounting”, a leg
represents a parallel or forwarded call. In contrast to the normal
accounting the cdr logging uses dialogs instead of transaction to log
data. This may reduce the amount of information but it also make it
possible to combine all important data in one cdr at once. A second
mechanism to process multiple data-sets into one cdr is not further
necessary.
4.3.2. Configuration
When you route messages multiple times through your proxy (e.g. to
handle “call-forwardings”) you have to use detect_spirals from the
dialog modules. Otherwise the proxy can't identify and reuse existing
dialogs.
To get the correct call-forwarding-chain you have to store each cf*
with the corresponding caller and callee in a dialog based
pseudo-variable (dlg_var) (e.g. chain=B;cfa;C|C;cfnr;D). Additionally
it is necessary to store the caller and callee for each leg. All this
helps to identify the involved phone parners and forwarding chain. When
you route such calls multiple times to the same Proxy, you could store
the caller and callee within an transaction based avp and write it into
the dialog based dlg_var pv during a 200 INVITE.
4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy
...
# A calls B (transaction 1)
$avp(caller)='A'
$avp(callee)='B';
$dlg_var(chain)='';
# B cfa C (transaction 2)
$avp(caller)='B'
$avp(callee)='C';
$dlg_var(chain)='B;cfu;C';
# C cfnr D (transaction 3)
$avp(caller)='C'
$avp(callee)='D';
$dlg_var(chain)=$dlg_var(chain) + "|" + "C;cfnr;D";
# C confirms call (200 reply of transaction 2)
$dlg_var(caller) = $avp(caller); #caller='B'
$dlg_var(callee) = $avp(callee); #callee='C'
...
4.3.3. Logged data
For each call, all dialog corresponding variables will be logged. After
a call is finished, the generated call data record information will be
logged as string (VAR1=xxx,VAR2=xxxx,...) to the syslog.
5. Dependencies
5.1. Kamailio Modules
5.2. External Libraries or Applications
5.1. Kamailio Modules
The module depends on the following modules (in the other words the
listed modules must be loaded before this module):
* tm -- Transaction Manager
* a database module -- If SQL support is used.
* rr -- Record Route, if “detect_direction” module parameter is
enabled.
* dialog -- Dialog, if “cdr_enable” module parameter is enabled.
5.2. External Libraries or Applications
The following libraries or applications must be installed before
running Kamailio with this module loaded:
* None
6. Parameters
6.1. early_media (integer)
6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
6.3. failed_filter (string)
6.4. report_ack (integer)
6.5. report_cancels (integer)
6.6. detect_direction (integer)
6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
6.9. multi_leg_info (string)
6.10. log_flag (integer)
6.11. log_missed_flag (integer)
6.12. log_level (integer)
6.13. log_facility (string)
6.14. log_extra (string)
6.15. db_flag (integer)
6.16. db_missed_flag (integer)
6.17. db_table_acc (string)
6.18. db_table_missed_calls (string)
6.19. db_url (string)
6.20. acc_method_column (string)
6.21. acc_from_tag_column (string)
6.22. acc_to_tag_column (string)
6.23. acc_callid_column (string)
6.24. acc_sip_code_column (string)
6.25. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
6.26. acc_time_column (string)
6.27. db_extra (string)
6.28. db_insert_mode (integer)
6.29. diameter_flag (integer)
6.30. diameter_missed_flag (integer)
6.31. diameter_client_host (string)
6.32. diameter_client_port (int)
6.33. diameter_extra (string)
6.34. cdr_enable (integer)
6.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
6.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
6.37. cdr_facility (integer)
6.38. cdr_extra (string)
6.39. cdr_start_id (string)
6.40. cdr_end_id (string)
6.41. cdr_duration_id (string)
6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
6.43. cdrs_table (str)
6.44. time_mode (int)
6.45. time_attr (str)
6.46. time_exten (str)
6.47. time_format (str)
6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
6.49. clone_msg (int)
6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
6.1. early_media (integer)
Should be early media (any provisional reply with body) accounted too ?
Default value is 0 (no).
Example 1.1. early_media example
...
modparam("acc", "early_media", 1)
...
6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
Per transaction flag which says if the transaction should be accounted
also in case of failure (status>=300).
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.2. failed_transaction_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "failed_transaction_flag", 4)
...
6.3. failed_filter (string)
A string of failure response codes from 300 to 999 separated by commas.
Failed transaction will not be accounted if its response code is in the
list even when failed_transaction_flag is set.
Default value is not-set (failure filtering is off).
Example 1.3. failed_filter example
...
modparam("acc", "failed_filter", "404,407")
...
6.4. report_ack (integer)
Shall acc attempt to account e2e ACKs too ? Note that this is really
only an attempt, as e2e ACKs may take a different path (unless RR
enabled) and mismatch original INVITE (e2e ACKs are a separate
transaction). The flag for accounting has to be set for each ACK as
well.
Default value is 0 (no).
Example 1.4. report_ack example
...
modparam("acc", "report_ack", 1)
...
6.5. report_cancels (integer)
By default, CANCEL reporting is disabled -- most accounting
applications wants to see INVITE's cancellation status. Turn on if you
explicitly want to account CANCEL transactions.
Default value is 0 (no).
Example 1.5. report_cancels example
...
modparam("acc", "report_cancels", 1)
...
6.6. detect_direction (integer)
Controlles the direction detection for sequential requests. If enabled
(non zero value), for sequential requests with upstream direction (from
callee to caller), the FROM and TO will be swapped (the direction will
be preserved as in the original request).
It affects all values related to TO and FROM headers (body, URI,
username, domain, TAG).
Default value is 0 (disabled).
Example 1.6. detect_direction example
...
modparam("acc", "detect_direction", 1)
...
6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
Per transaction flag which says if the transaction may be accounted
later, with flags set in TM module specific routes (e.g., like
failure_route). If this flag is not set and acc or missed_call flag are
not set either in request route block, there is no way to mark the
request for transaction later unless you set acc_prepare_always. If
either acc or missed_call flags are set in request route block, there
is no need to set this flag.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.7. acc_prepare_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_prepare_flag", 5)
...
6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
Prepare all request even if acc_prepare_flag is not set to mark the
request for transaction later.
Default value is not-set (previous behaviour).
Example 1.8. acc_prepare_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_prepare_always", 1)
...
6.9. multi_leg_info (string)
Defines the AVP set to be used in per-call-leg accounting. See
Section 3, “Multi Call-Legs accounting” for a detailed description of
the Multi Call-Legs accounting.
If empty, the multi-leg accounting support will be disabled.
Default value is 0 (disabled).
Example 1.9. multi_leg_info example
...
# for syslog-based accounting, use any text you want to be printed
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
"text1=$avp(src);text2=$avp(dst)")
# for mysql-based accounting, use the names of the columns
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
"leg_src=$avp(src);leg_dst=$avp(dst)")
# for DIAMETER-based accounting, use the DIAMETER AVP ID (as integer)
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
"2345=$avp(src);2346=$avp(dst)")
...
6.10. log_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account a transaction via syslog.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.10. log_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "log_flag", 2)
...
6.11. log_missed_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account missed calls via syslog.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.11. log_missed_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "log_missed_flag", 3)
...
6.12. log_level (integer)
Log level at which accounting messages are issued to syslog.
Default value is 1 (L_NOTICE).
Example 1.12. log_level example
...
modparam("acc", "log_level", 2) # Set log_level to 2 (L_INFO)
...
6.13. log_facility (string)
Log facility to which accounting messages are issued to syslog. This
allows to easily seperate the accounting specific logging from the
other log messages.
Default value is LOG_DAEMON.
Example 1.13. log_facility example
...
modparam("acc", "log_facility", "LOG_DAEMON")
...
6.14. log_extra (string)
Extra values to be logged. See section Section 2, “Extra accounting”
for more details.
Default value is NULL.
Example 1.14. log_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "log_extra", "ua=$hdr(User-Agent);uuid=$avp(i:123)")
...
6.15. db_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account a transaction -- database
specific.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.15. db_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "db_flag", 2)
...
6.16. db_missed_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account missed calls -- database
specific.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.16. db_missed_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "db_missed_flag", 3)
...
6.17. db_table_acc (string)
Table name of accounting successfull calls -- database specific. It can
contain config variables that will be evaluated at runtime.
Default value is “acc”
Example 1.17. db_table_acc example
...
modparam("acc", "db_table_acc", "myacc_table")
modparam("acc", "db_table_acc", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)")
...
6.18. db_table_missed_calls (string)
Table name for accounting missed calls -- database specific. It can
contain config variables that will be evaluated at runtime.
Default value is “missed_calls”
Example 1.18. db_table_missed_calls example
...
modparam("acc", "db_table_missed_calls", "myMC_table")
...
6.19. db_url (string)
SQL address -- database specific. If is set to NULL or emty string, the
SQL support is disabled.
Default value is “NULL” (SQL disabled).
Example 1.19. db_url example
...
modparam("acc", "db_url", "mysql://user:password@localhost/kamailio")
...
6.20. acc_method_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the request's method name as
string.
Default value is “method”.
Example 1.20. acc_method_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_method_column", "method")
...
6.21. acc_from_tag_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the From header TAG parameter.
Default value is “from_tag”.
Example 1.21. acc_from_tag_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_from_tag_column", "from_tag")
...
6.22. acc_to_tag_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the To header TAG parameter.
Default value is “to_tag”.
Example 1.22. acc_to_tag_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_to_tag_column", "to_tag")
...
6.23. acc_callid_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the request's Callid value.
Default value is “callid”.
Example 1.23. acc_callid_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_callid_column", "callid")
...
6.24. acc_sip_code_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the final reply's numric code
value in string format.
Default value is “sip_code”.
Example 1.24. acc_sip_code_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_sip_code_column", "sip_code")
...
6.25. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the final reply's reason
phrase value.
Default value is “sip_reason”.
Example 1.25. acc_sip_reason_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_sip_reason_column", "sip_reason")
...
6.26. acc_time_column (string)
Column name in accounting table to store the time stamp of the
transaction completion in date-time format.
Default value is “time”.
Example 1.26. acc_time_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_time_column", "time")
...
6.27. db_extra (string)
Extra values to be logged into database - DB specific. See section
Section 2, “Extra accounting” for more details.
Default value is NULL.
Example 1.27. db_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "db_extra", "ct=$hdr(Content-type); email=$avp(s:email)")
...
6.28. db_insert_mode (integer)
If set to 1, use INSERT DELAYED to add records to accounting tables
when the DB driver has support for it. If no INSERT DELAYED support is
offered by DB driver, then standard INSERT is used. Beware that MySQL
InnoDB engine doesn't support INSERT DELAYED, thus be sure the acc
tables are defined with different type (e.g., MyISAM).
If set to 2, async insert is used if the db driver module has support
for it and if async_workers core parameter value is greater than 0. If
not, then standard INSERT is used.
Default value is 0 (no INSERT DELAYED nor async insert).
Example 1.28. db_insert_mode example
...
modparam("acc", "db_insert_mode", 1)
...
6.29. diameter_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account a transaction -- DIAMETER
specific.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.29. diameter_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "diameter_flag", 2)
...
6.30. diameter_missed_flag (integer)
Request flag which needs to be set to account missed calls -- DIAMETER
specific.
Default value is not-set (no flag).
Example 1.30. diameter_missed_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "diameter_missed_flag", 3)
...
6.31. diameter_client_host (string)
Hostname of the machine where the DIAMETER Client is running --
DIAMETER specific.
Default value is “localhost”.
Example 1.31. diameter_client_host example
...
modparam("acc", "diameter_client_host", "3a_server.net")
...
6.32. diameter_client_port (int)
Port number where the Diameter Client is listening -- DIAMETER
specific.
Default value is 3000.
Example 1.32. diameter_client_host example
...
modparam("acc", "diameter_client_port", 3000)
...
6.33. diameter_extra (string)
Extra values to be logged via DIAMETER - DIAMETER specific. See section
Section 2, “Extra accounting” for more details.
Default value is NULL.
Example 1.33. diameter_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "diameter_extra", "7846=$hdr(Content-type);7847=$avp(s:email)")
...
6.34. cdr_enable (integer)
Should CDR-based logging be enabled?
0 - off (default). 1 - on.
Example 1.34. cdr_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_enable", 1)
...
6.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
Should CDR-based logging be enabled in case of expired dialogs?
0 - off (default). 1 - on.
Example 1.35. cdr_expired_dlg_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_expired_dlg_enable", 1)
...
6.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
Should the start time be taken from the time when the dialog is
created, or when the dialog is confirmed?
0 - use time of dialog creation (default). 1 - use time of dialog
confirmation.
Example 1.36. cdr_start_on_confirmed example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_start_on_confirmed", 1)
...
6.37. cdr_facility (integer)
Log facility to which CDR messages are issued to syslog. This allows to
easily seperate CDR-specific logging from the other log messages.
Default value is LOG_DAEMON.
Example 1.37. cdr_facility example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_facility", "LOG_DAEMON")
...
6.38. cdr_extra (string)
Set of pseudo-variables defining custom CDR fields. See Section 4.2,
“CDR Extra” for more details.
Default value is NULL.
Example 1.38. cdr_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_extra", "c1=$dlg_var(caller);c2=$dlg_var(callee)"
...
6.39. cdr_start_id (string)
Modifying the id which is used to store the start time.
Default value is 'start_time'
Example 1.39. cdr_start_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_start_id", "start")
...
6.40. cdr_end_id (string)
Modifying the id which is used to store the end time.
Default value is 'end_time'
Example 1.40. cdr_end_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_end_id", "end")
...
6.41. cdr_duration_id (string)
Modify the id which is used to store the duration.
Default value is 'duration'
Example 1.41. cdr_duration_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_duration_id", "d")
...
6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
Control if CDR-based accounting should be written to syslog.
0 - off. 1 - on (default).
Example 1.42. cdr_log_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_log_enable", 0)
...
6.43. cdrs_table (str)
Name of db table to store dialog-based CDRs.
Default value is "" (no db storage for dialog-based CDRs).
Example 1.43. cdrs_table example
...
modparam("acc", "cdrs_table", "acc_cdrs")
...
6.44. time_mode (int)
Store additional value related to the time of event.
Values can be:
* 0 - (default), save only unix timestamp for syslog and datetime for
database.
* 1 - save seconds in time_attr and microseconds in time_exten.
* 2 - save seconds.milliseconds in time_attr.
* 3 - save formatted time according to time_format parameter, using
the output of localtime(). Used for cdr entries too.
* 4 - save formatted time according to time_format parameter, using
the output of gmtime(). Used for cdr entries too.
Example 1.44. time_mode example
...
modparam("acc", "time_mode", 1)
...
6.45. time_attr (str)
Name of the syslog attribute or database column where to store
additional value related to the time of event.
For db accounting, the column has to be of different types, depending
on time_mode value. When time_mode is:
* 1 - time_attr column has to be int.
* 2 - time_attr column has to be double.
* 3 - time_attr column has to be varchar(128).
* 4 - time_attr column has to be varchar(128).
For time_mode=1, this attribute is not written in syslog, because time
value is already unix timestamp, but in db accounting time value is
datetime and requires a function to get the timestamp.
Example 1.45. time_attr example
...
modparam("acc", "time_attr", "seconds")
...
6.46. time_exten (str)
Name of the syslog attribute or database column where to store extended
value related to the time of event.
It is used now only for time_mode=1 and database column has to be int:
Example 1.46. time_exten example
...
modparam("acc", "time_exten", "microsecs")
...
6.47. time_format (str)
Specify the format to print the time for time_mode 3 or 4.
Default value is %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S".
Example 1.47. time_format example
...
modparam("acc", "time_format", "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
...
6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
Tells where to take sip_reason from. If value is 0, sip_reason is taken
from status line. Otherwise, sip_reason is taken from Reason header
field(s) if present. Currently only the first Reason header is used.
Default value is 0.
Example 1.48. reason_from_hf
...
modparam("acc", "reason_from_hf", 1)
...
6.49. clone_msg (int)
If set to 1, request structure from transaction is cloned temporarily
in the callback to get acc attributes. It is required if you account
values from SIP headers to avoid concurent access to the shared memory
transaction structure, specially when accounting 1xx events. If set to
0, it uses directly the shared memory structure, be sure you store all
needed attributes in AVPs/XAVPs inside request route.
Default value is 1.
Example 1.49. clone_msg
...
modparam("acc", "clone_msg", 0)
...
6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
If set to 1, the module stores the CDR for a failed dialog (calls not
answered). If set to 0, those records are not stored, only those for
answered calls.
Default value is 1.
Example 1.50. cdr_on_failed
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_on_failed", 0)
...
7. Functions
7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
7.3. acc_request(comment, table)
7.4. acc_diam_request(comment)
7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
acc_request reports on a request, for example, it can be used to report
on missed calls to off-line users who are replied 404 - Not Found. To
avoid multiple reports on UDP request retransmission, you would need to
embed the action in stateful processing.
Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
* comment - Comment to be appended. The string can contain any number
of pseudo-variables.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.51. acc_log_request usage
...
acc_log_request("Some comment");
$var(code) = 404;
$avp(reason) = "Not found";
acc_log_request("$var(code) Error: $avp(reason)");
...
7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
Like acc_log_request, acc_db_request reports on a request. The report
is sent to database at “db_url”, in the table referred to in the second
action parameter.
Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
* comment - Comment to be appended. The string can contain any number
of pseudo-variables.
* table - Database table to be used. It can contain config variables
that are evaluated at runtime.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.52. acc_db_request usage
...
acc_db_request("Some comment", "SomeTable");
acc_db_request("Some comment", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)");
acc_db_request("$var(code) Error: $avp(reason)", "SomeTable");
...
7.3. acc_request(comment, table)
Wrapper around acc_log_request and acc_db_request functions, writing
the accounting record to LOG and DATABASE backends. If “db_url”
parameter is not set, the acc record is written only to LOG backend.
Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
* comment - Comment to be used for generating the SIP response code
and text fields, if in the format “CODE TEXT”. The CODE should be a
valid SIP response code (100..699). The TEXT can be one or many
words. If CODE is missing, then 0 is used. The parameter can
contain pseudo-variables.
* table - Database table to be used. It can contain config variables
that are evaluated at runtime.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.53. acc_db_request usage
...
acc_request("100 Received", "acc");
acc_request("100 Received", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)");
acc_db_request("$var(code) $avp(reason)", "acc");
...
7.4. acc_diam_request(comment)
Like acc_log_request, acc_diam_request reports on a request. It reports
to the configured Diameter server.
Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
* comment - Comment to be appended. The string can contain any number
of pseudo-variables.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.54. acc_diam_request usage
...
acc_diam_request("Some comment");
acc_diam_request("$var(code) Error: $avp(reason)");
...
Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions
2.1. What happened with old log_fmt parameter
2.2. What happened with old multi_leg_enabled parameter
2.3. What happened with old src_leg_avp_id and dst_leg_avp_id
parameters
2.4. Where can I find more about Kamailio?
2.5. Where can I post a question about this module?
2.6. How can I report a bug?
2.1.
What happened with old log_fmt parameter
The parameter became obsolete with the restructure of the data logged
by ACC module (refer to the Overview chapter). For similar behaviour
you can use the extra accouting (see the coresponding chapter).
2.2.
What happened with old multi_leg_enabled parameter
The parameter becaome obsolete by the addition of the new
multi_leg_info parameter. The multi-leg accouting is automatically
enabled when multi_leg_info is defined.
2.3.
What happened with old src_leg_avp_id and dst_leg_avp_id parameters
The parameter was replaced by the more generic new parameter
multi_leg_info. This allows logging (per-leg) of more information than
just dst and src.
2.4.
Where can I find more about Kamailio?
Take a look at https://www.kamailio.org/.
2.5.
Where can I post a question about this module?
First at all check if your question was already answered on one of our
mailing lists:
* User Mailing List -
https://lists.kamailio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sr-users
* Developer Mailing List -
https://lists.kamailio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sr-dev
E-mails regarding any stable Kamailio release should be sent to
<sr-users@lists.kamailio.org> and e-mails regarding development
versions should be sent to <sr-dev@lists.kamailio.org>.
If you want to keep the mail private, send it to
<sr-users@lists.kamailio.org>.
2.6.
How can I report a bug?
Please follow the guidelines provided at:
https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/issues.