[asterisk-users] Queues and distributed device state over WAN

[Matthew Jordan]

On 01/25/2013 01:59 PM, Alec Davis wrote:
> 
>> I've not tried to publish device state with XMPP yet but I've 
>> discovered this issue 
>> https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-18078
>> I'm planning to install my XMPP server on the same machine as 
>> one asterisk server so hopefully, I won't be hit by the issue 
>> above but have you met this issue ?
>> Could you get around ? 
>>
>>
> 
> I installed Tigase on the asterisk server hosting the queues, our main
> office.
> 
> Yes I have experienced
> https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-18078
> But for us, we have a fibre link between 3 offices, so hardly ever see the
> problem, only when I reboot the server with XMPP do the other 2 asterisk's
> segfault.
> 
> The work around for us is:
>   Don't reboot XMPP/Asterisk server during critical periods, however they
> have a cron script checking to see whether asterisk is alive, and if not
> restart asterisk.
> 
> Prior to having the luxury of private 10Mb fibre links, we had to rely on
> internet ADSL VPN links between our offices, no good for voice, but reliably
> enough for device state updates.
> 

Not that this is an excuse or a valid workaround for everyone, but I
believe that issue won't apply if you're using Asterisk 11 and res_xmpp.

res_jabber: yup, totally still a problem.

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Matthew Jordan
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