Starting with version 3.0, OpenSIPS will offer script writers full support for piping the opensips.cfg file (including any other files imported by it) to a generic preprocessing command. What's So New About It? Until now, the core problem of templating opensips.cfg was solved using fully externalized solutions such as GNU m4, which grabbed an input configuration file … Continue reading Generic Preprocessor Support in OpenSIPS 3.0
During all the OpenSIPS trainings, one of the first questions that pops up when talking about configuring OpenSIPS is : "How do I know how many processes should I configure on my OpenSIPS?". And later, this question escalates into the one of the most troubling question for people operating OpenSIPS : "Does my OpenSIPS have … Continue reading Auto process scaling – a cure for load and resources concerns
While the SIP protocol is one of the most popular protocols used for voice calls, the SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer) is one of the most widely used protocols for sending text messages. Having both of them offered by your service enhances your platform with more compatibility and flexibility. In order for your customers to have … Continue reading Gateway between SIP and SMPP messages
There are approximately 4 months left to the OpenSIPS Summit 2019 in Amsterdam and we are full steam ahead with getting everything in place. One of the last milestone (before getting into straight line) was to open the registration process. So, we welcome everyone, participants, speakers and sponsors to join us and to be part … Continue reading Be part of OpenSIPS Summit 2019
You already know the story - one more year, one more evolution cycle, one more OpenSIPS major release. Even more, a new OpenSIPS direction is about to start. So let me introduce you to the upcoming OpenSIPS 3.0 . For the upcoming OpenSIPS 3.0 release (and 3.x family) the main focus is on the devops … Continue reading Introducing OpenSIPS 3.0
The distributed SIP user location support is one of the major features of the latest stable OpenSIPS release, namely 2.4. The aim of this extension of the OpenSIPS usrloc module is to provide a horizontally scalable solution that is easy to set up and maintain, while remaining flexible enough to cope with varying needs of … Continue reading Clustered SIP User Location: The “Full Sharing” Topology
There are scenarios where you need OpenSIPS to route SIP traffic across more than one IP interface. Such a typical scenario is where OpenSIPS is required to perform bridging. The bridging may be between different IP networks (like public versus private, IPv4 versus IPv6) or between different transport protocols for SIP (like UDP versus TCP … Continue reading SIP bridging over multiple interfaces
As time goes by, code, pull requests and patches for an open-source project will naturally keep arriving in a steady stream. Depending on the volume of these contributions, some projects end up doing just well with a single maintainer, while others require an entire team of maintainers, each specializing in one of the project's major … Continue reading A Better Way of Saying “Thank You!” to OpenSIPS Contributors
Time is flying when you're having good time. Last week we celebrated 10 year of fun under the name of OpenSIPS. Nevertheless we count almost 17 years of fun under the SER, OpenSER and OpenSIPS names together. During these years we've built a long-lasting relation with the VoIP community and industry - this relation helped … Continue reading 10 years of OpenSIPS and more
The first OpenSIPS Bootcamp was held in Miami, 10 years ago and the first OpenSIPS Certified Professional was Alex Goulis who took the test in this same training. Since then, many things changed. In this post we are going to cover what is the Bootcamp and why you should also participate of the next edition … Continue reading 10 years of the OpenSIPS Bootcamp
