[asterisk-users] chan_sip and database integration

[Michiel van Baak]

On 10:56, Tue 24 Feb 09, Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I tried to understand how chan_sip can be configured by means of a
> database. I found these 2 different approaches (please correct me if I
> am wrong):
> 
> static configuration: the sip.conf file is mapped to a database table.
> The table contains one line for each line in sip.conf.
> 
> realtime configuration: the peers/users are stored in the database using
> a single line for each peer/user.
> 
> 
> "Static" does not eases provisioning as configuring a SIP peer/user
> using this approach is really complicated - it is just a method to store
> .conf files in database.
> 
> "realtime" really eases provisioning of SIP peers/users. You only have
> to insert/update/delete a single line. But functionality is different -
> there are limitations as these objects are not stored in memory (can be
> cached), for example device status information.
> 
> 
> What I am looking for is a method to provision peers/users with a single
> line in the database, but without limitations. Thus, the peers need not
> to be realtime but are loaded on "sip reload".
> 
> So is there a possiblity to have static peer/users configuration using a
> nice and easy way?

Store them in a database and use a combination of cron and some
scripting to generate the configuration files.

Some advice: keep track if an update has been done to the database since
last reload and only regen files and issue a reload when this is true.

> 
> thanks
> klaus
> 
> 
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