The Sipwise C5 version mr6.2.1 has the following important changes:
Please find the complete changelog in our release notes on our WEB site.
The Sipwise C5 software upgrade procedure to mr6.2.1 will perform several fundamental tasks:
Sipwise C5 is a PRO-style system that has "A" and "B" sets of nodes with specific roles. The number of nodes can differ between installations and must be clarified before the upgrade at the planning stage.
The software upgrade is usually performed by Sipwise engineers according to the following steps:
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The only allowed software upgrade path is the one described above. All the other theoretically possible upgrade scenarios can lead to unpredictable results. |
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Nodes "A" and "B" MUST be used as described in this document. It is NOT allowed to swap them unless proxy replication (of MySQL on port 3308) is configured on the db01b node. |
Confirm the following information:
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Make sure that all the SIP domains and peering servers have the appropriate rtp_interface option (e.g. ext) selected in the NAT and Media Flow Control section. If you leave default there, the incorrect network interface may be used for sending and receiving RTP traffic after the software upgrade. |
It is recommended to execute the preparatory steps in this chapter a few days before the actual software upgrade. They do not cause a service downtime, so it is safe to execute them during peak hours.
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Use the static server IP address so you can switch between the nodes. |
Run the terminal multiplexer under the sipwise user (to reuse the Sipwise .screenrc settings that are convenient for working in multiple windows):
screen -S ngcp-pre-upgrade-checks
Become root inside your screen session:
sudo -s
Check the overall system status:
ngcp-status --all
Make sure that the cluster health status is OK: Check the nodes in parallel, using the clish command:
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Software must be identical on all nodes (before and after the upgrade!) |
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to exit from ngcp-clish press Ctrl+Z (or type exit): |
# ngcp-clish Entering 'clish-enable' view (press Ctrl+Z to exit)... # exit #
For the below steps, investigate and make sure you understand why the custom modifications were introduced and if they are still required after the software upgrade. If the custom modifications are not required anymore, remove them (e.g. if a bug was fixed in the target release and the existing patch becomes irrelevant).
Create tickets to Sipwise developers to make relevant custom modifications part of the product in future releases. This allows you to get rid of the customtt files one day.
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If you directly change the working configuration (e.g. add custom templates or change the existing ones) for some reason, then the system must be thoroughly tested after these changes have been applied. Continue with the software upgrade preparation only if the results of the tests are acceptable. |
Find the local changes to the template files:
ngcp-customtt-diff-helper
The script will also ask you if you would like to download the templates for your target release. To download the new templates separately, execute:
ngcp-customtt-diff-helper -d
In the tmp folder provided by the script, you can merge the current customtt with the new tt2 templates, creating the new customtt.tt2 files. Once this is done, archive the new customtt files to deploy the new templates after the software upgrade:
ngcp-customtt-diff-helper -t
Find all available script options with the "-h" parameter.
Check if there are any *.tt2.dpkg-dist files among the templates. They usually appear when tt2 files are modified directly instead of creating customtt files. If you find any *.tt2.dpkg-dist files, treat the corresponding tt2 files as if they were customtt.tt2 and introduce the changes from the existing tt2 files into the new templates (create associated *.customtt.tt2) before the software upgrade.
find /etc/ngcp-config -name \*.tt2.dpkg-dist
Note that in the end all *.tt2.dpkg-dist files must be removed before the software upgrade as they prevent the upgrade script from updating the tt2 files.
Check and remove dpkg files left from previous software upgrades.
Make sure that the list is empty before you continue:
find /etc/ngcp-config -name \*.tt2.dpkg\*
Log into all the servers.
Open separate windows for all the servers inside your "screen" session.
(Press Ctrl+a + c to open a new window, Ctrl+a + a or Ctrl+a + [0-9] to
change the window. Ctrl+a + " shows the list of all your windows.
Use Ctrl+a + A to change the window names to corresponding hosts).
Changes made directly in tt2 templates will be lost after the software upgrade. Only custom changes made in customtt.tt2 files will be kept. Hence, check the system for locally modified tt2 files on all nodes:
ngcp-status --integrity
Check the configuration framework status on all nodes. All checks must show the "OK" result and there must be no actions required:
ngcpcfg status
Check the replication on both central DB servers and on ports 3306 and 3308 of all the proxy servers. Ensure that all the proxy nodes replicate the read-only DB (127.0.0.1:3308) from the db01a node. Otherwise, discuss a special plan to address your particular configuration. The result must always show:
Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Seconds_Behind_Master: 0
Test the cluster failover to see if everything works fine on "B" nodes as well. On all the standby nodes execute:
ngcp-make-active
Create two test subscribers or use the credentials for existing ones. Register subscribers with the platform and perform a test call to ensure that call routing and media flow are working fine.
Run "apt-get update" on all nodes and ensure that you do not have any warnings and errors in the output.
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If the installation uses locally specified mirrors, then the mirrors must be switched to the Sipwise APT repositories (at least for the software upgrade). Otherwise, the public Debian mirrors may not provide packages for old Releases anymore or at least provide outdated ones! |
Log in to all nodes and execute the checks from Section 12.4, “Preparing the software upgrade” again. This will ensure that nothing was broken since the preparation steps were finished. Also, execute ngcpcfg show and ngcpcfg status to check the latest configuration changes.
Perform the BFT test.
Sipwise C5 introduces Maintenance Mode with its mr5.4.1 release. The maintenance mode of Sipwise C5 will disable some background services (for instance: mediator) during the software upgrade. It thus prevents the system from getting into an inconsistent state while the upgrade is being performed. You can activate maintenance mode by applying a simple configuration change as described later.
ngcpcfg pull
ngcpcfg set /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml "general.maintenance=yes"
ngcpcfg apply 'Enabling maintenance mode before the upgrade to mr6.2.1' ngcpcfg push all
To upgrade Sipwise C5 CARRIER to mr6.2.1 release, execute the following commands on the standby management "A" node:
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Sometimes the DB and MGMT roles are assigned to the same host. This is OK. |
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Do NOT execute the software upgrade on web01a and db01a in parallel! |
The main goal of the following commands is to download the new packages into the approx cache. So all the nodes in the cluster will get identical packages.
NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat /etc/ngcp_version)
sed -i "s/${NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION}/mr6.2.1/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sipwise.list
ngcp-approx-cache-helper --auto --node localhost
apt-get update
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Don’t worry, ngcp-upgrade-carrier does not exist, use ngcp-upgrade-pro as outlined above. |
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Do not use "ngcpcfg apply/build" after executing the steps from the above section, otherwise the changes will be overwritten and you will have to redo these steps. The same applies to similar sections below. |
Run the upgrade script on the standby node as root:
ngcp-upgrade
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Sipwise C5 can be upgraded to mr6.2.1 from previous release or previous build only. The script ngcp-upgrade will find all the possible destination releases for the upgrade and allow to choose the proper one. |
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If there is an error during the upgrade, the ngcp-upgrade script will
request you to solve it. Once you’ve fixed the problem, just execute
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Merge/add the custom configuration templates if needed.
Apply the changes to configuration templates:
ngcpcfg apply 'applying customtt for new release mrX.X on node xxx01a'
Send the new templates to the shared storage and the other nodes
ngcpcfg push --nobuild --noapply all
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Do NOT execute ngcpcfg push --shared-only at this stage, as it will affect further upgrades due to noticed outdated local ngcpcfg storage. If you did so, run ngcpcfg push --nobuild --noapply all once again to pull ngcpcfg changes on all the nodes from glusterfs. |
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If the DB and MGMT roles are assigned to the same host, then skip this step as you have already upgraded the standby MGMT node "A" above. |
Run the following commands to upgrade the standby DB node "A" (select the same release version as above and follow the on-screen recommendations):
NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat /etc/ngcp_version)
sed -i "s/${NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION}/mr6.2.1/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sipwise.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ngcp-upgrade-pro
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It is important to upgrade db01a node before upgrading any proxy nodes.
Otherwise, the "local" MySQL (127.0.0.1:3308) on proxy nodes may become out of
sync in case the new release has |
Run the below commands selecting the same release version and follow the on-screen recommendations:
NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat /etc/ngcp_version)
sed -i "s/${NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION}/mr6.2.1/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sipwise.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ngcp-upgrade-pro
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Ensure that all standby nodes "A" are:
* upgraded to the new release (check /etc/ngcp_version or use |
On all "A" nodes run:
ngcp-make-active
Ensure that the "A" nodes became active, by executing the 'ngcp-status' and 'ngcp-clish' commands described above.
Ensure that ALL "B" nodes are standby now!
Run the following commands selecting the same release version and following the on-screen recommendations:
NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat /etc/ngcp_version)
sed -i "s/${NGCP_CURRENT_VERSION}/mr6.2.1/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sipwise.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ngcp-upgrade-pro
ngcp-upgrade| info | |
You can upgrade all standby "B" nodes simultaneously (including the ones with the mgmt and db roles). |
Starting from mr6.2.1, location, acc and dialogs data are stored in RedisDB allowing better system performaces. In order to be more flexible and to reduce the downtime of the system, only acc and dialogs data have been moved to RedisDB during the upgrade. To complete the process with the location data, execute the following commands:
ngcpcfg pull
ngcpcfg set /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml "kamailio.proxy.redis.usrloc=yes"
ngcpcfg apply 'Enable location data storage on RedisDB'
ngcp-location-migrate -a
ngcpcfg push db01a lb01a prx01a prx02a ...
ngcp-make-active
ngcpcfg push db01b lb01b prx01b prx02b ...
In order to disable the maintenance mode, do the following:
ngcpcfg pull
ngcpcfg set /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml "general.maintenance=no"
ngcpcfg apply 'Disable the maintenance mode after the upgrade to mr6.2.1' ngcpcfg push all
When everything has finished successfully, check that replication is running.
Check ngcp-status --all.
Finally, do a basic functionality test.
Check the web interface, register two test subscribers and perform a test call
between them to ensure call routing works.
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You can find a backup of some important configuration files of your existing installation under /var/backup/ngcp-mr6.2.1-* (where * is a place holder for a timestamp) in case you need to roll back something at any time. A log file of the upgrade procedure is available at /var/backup/ngcp-mr6.2.1-*/upgrade.log. |
If your current release is already the latest or you prefer to be on the LTS release, we still suggest appling the latest hotfixes and critical bug fixes.
Execute all steps as described in Section 12.4, “Preparing the software upgrade”. They include the system checks, customtt handling and others. It is important to execute all the steps from the above chapter.
It is suggested to promote B-nodes to active and start the update with A-nodes.
The main goal of the following command is to download the new packages into the approx cache. So all the nodes in the cluster will get identical packages.
ngcp-approx-cache-helper --auto --node localhost
Execute on the standby nodes as root:
ngcp-make-active
Check in a minute that the nodes became active:
ngcp-check-active