Starting with version 2.7, Sipwise C5 uses a dedicated network.yml file to configure the IP addresses of the system. The reason for this is to be able to access all IPs of all nodes for all services from any particular node in case of a distributed system on one hand, and in order to be able the generate /etc/network/interfaces automatically for all nodes based on this central configuration file.
The basic structure of the file looks like this:
hosts:
self:
role:
- proxy
- lb
- mgmt
interfaces:
- eth0
- lo
eth0:
ip: 192.168.51.213
netmask: 255.255.255.0
type:
- sip_ext
- rtp_ext
- web_ext
- web_int
lo:
ip: 127.0.0.1
netmask: 255.255.255.0
type:
- sip_int
- ha_intSome more complete, sample configuration is shown in network.yml Overview section of the handbook.
The file contains all configuration parameters under the main key: hosts
In Sipwise C5 systems all hosts of the system are defined, and the names are the actual host names instead of self, like this:
hosts:
sp1:
peer: sp2
role: ...
interfaces: ...
sp2:
peer: sp1
role: ...
interfaces: ...There are three different main sections for a host in the config file, which are role, interfaces and the actual interface definitions.
role: The role setting is an array defining which logical roles a node will act as. Possible entries for this setting are:
lo, eth0, eth1 physical and a number of virtual interfaces,
like: bond0, vlanXXX
Additional main parameters of a node:
hwaddr: MAC address of the interface
ip: IPv4 address of the node
v6ip: IPv6 address of the node; optional
netmask: IPv4 netmask
shared_ip: shared IPv4 address of the pair of nodes; this is a list of addresses
shared_v6ip: shared IPv6 address of the pair of nodes; optional; this is a
list of addresses
advertised_ip: the IP address that is used in SIP messages when Sipwise C5 system
is behind NAT/SBC. An example of such a deployment is Amazon AMI, where the
server doesn’t have a public IP, so load-balancer component of Sipwise C5 needs to
know what his public domain is (→ advertised_ip).
type: type of services that the node provides; these are usually the VLANs
defined for a particular Sipwise C5 system.
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You can assign a type only once per node. |
Available types are:
api_int: internal, API-based communication interface. It is used for the
internal communication of such services as faxserver, fraud detection and others.
aux_ext: interface for potentially insecure external components like remote
system log collection service.
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For example the CloudPBX module can use it to provide time services and remote logging facilities to end customer devices. The type aux_ext is assigned to lo interface by default. If it is needed to expose this type to the public, it is recommended to assign the type aux_ext to a separate VLAN interface to be able to limit or even block the incoming traffic easily via firewalling in case of emergency, like a (D)DoS attack on external services. |
mon_ext: remote monitoring interface (e.g. SNMP)
rtp_ext: main (external) interface for media traffic
sip_ext: main (external) interface for SIP signalling traffic between NGCP
and other SIP endpoints
sip_ext_incoming: additional, optional interface for incoming SIP signalling
traffic
sip_int: internal SIP interface used by Sipwise C5 components (lb, proxy, etc.)
ssh_ext: command line (SSH) remote access interface
ssh_int: command line (SSH) internal NGCP access interface
web_ext: interface for web-based or API-based provisioning and administration
web_int: interface for the administrator’s web panel, his API and generic
internal API communication
li_int: used for LI (Lawful Interception) traffic routing
ha_int: HA (High Availability) communication interface between the nodes
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Please note that, apart from the standard ones described so far, there might be other types defined for a particular Sipwise C5 system. |
vlan_raw_device: tells which physical interface is used by the particular VLAN
post_up: routes can be defined here (interface-based routing), for example:
post_up: - route add -host 1.2.3.4 gw 192.168.1.1 dev vlan70 - route add -net 10.11.12.0/21 gw 192.168.1.2 dev vlan300 - route del -host 1.2.3.4 gw 192.168.1.1 dev vlan70 - route del -net 10.11.12.0/21 gw 192.168.1.2 dev vlan300
bond_XY: specific to "bond0" interface only; these contain Ethernet bonding properties
You have a typical deployment now and you are good to go, however you may need to do extra configuration depending on the devices you are using and functionality you want to achieve.
The file /etc/hosts is generated by a template, containing entries for basic
host configuration (localhost and basic IPv4/IPv6), and the IPs of other nodes
in Pro/Carrier configurations.
To add extra entries in this file, it can be done in several ways:
etc_hosts_global_extra_entries at the global level, added to all hosts
etc_hosts_global_extra_entries at the host level, which overrides the
global one if for some reason the whole content is undesired for a particular
host (e.g. to have some but not all of the "default" global entries)
etc_hosts_local_extra_entries at the host level, which are added only to
the hosts where this entry is present, if for some reason it is desired to
have extra entries only visible in some subset of the hosts
The behaviour is the same in all cases, to append the entries directly to
/etc/hosts.
Example of both in a configuration file:
---
hosts_common:
etc_hosts_global_extra_entries:
- 10.100.1.1 server-1 server-1.internal.example.com
- 10.100.1.2 server-2 server-2.internal.example.com
hosts:
db01b:
etc_hosts_local_extra_entries:
- 127.0.1.1 local-alias-1.db01b
- 127.0.2.1 local-alias-2.db01b
- 172.30.52.180 db01b.example.com
...
web01a:
etc_hosts_local_extra_entries:
- 127.0.1.1 local-alias-1.web01a
- 127.0.2.1 local-alias-2.web01a
- 172.30.52.168 web01a.example.com
etc_hosts_global_extra_entries:
- 10.100.1.1 server-1 server-1.internal.example.com
...With this, the additional output in /etc/hosts for db01b will be:
# local extra entries for host 'db01b' 127.0.1.1 local-alias-1.db01b 127.0.2.1 local-alias-2.db01b 172.30.52.180 db01b.example.com # global extra entries 10.100.1.1 server-1 server-1.internal.example.com 10.100.2.1 server-2 server-2.internal.example.com
and in web01a:
# local extra entries for host 'web01a' 127.0.1.1 local-alias-1.web01a 127.0.2.1 local-alias-2.web01a 172.30.52.168 web01a.example.com # global extra entries overridden for host 'web01a' 10.100.1.1 server-1 server-1.internal.example.com
By default, the load-balancer listens on the UDP and TCP ports 5060 (kamailio→lb→port) and TLS port 5061 (kamailio→lb→tls→port). If you need to setup one or more extra SIP listening ports or IP addresses in addition to those standard ports, please edit the kamailio→lb→extra_sockets option in your /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml file.
The correct format consists of a label and value like this:
extra_sockets:
port_5064: udp:10.15.20.108:5064
test: udp:10.15.20.108:6060The label is shown in the outbound_socket peer preference (if you want to route calls to the specific peer out via specific socket); the value must contain a transport specification as in example above (udp, tcp or tls). After adding execute ngcpcfg apply:
ngcpcfg apply 'added extra socket' && ngcpcfg push all
The direction of communication through this SIP extra socket is incoming+outgoing. The Sipwise C5 will answer the incoming client registrations and other methods sent to the extra socket. For such incoming communication no configuration is needed. For the outgoing communication the new socket must be selected in the outbound_socket peer preference. For more details read the next section Section 11.2.3, “Extra SIP and RTP Sockets” that covers peer configuration for SIP and RTP in greater detail.
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In this section you have just added an extra SIP socket. RTP traffic will still use your rtp_ext IP address. |
If you want to use an additional interface (with a different IP address) for SIP signalling and RTP traffic you need to add your new interface in the /etc/network/interfaces file. Also the interface must be declared in /etc/ngcp-config/network.yml.
Suppose we need to add a new SIP socket and a new RTP socket on VLAN 100. You can use the ngcp-network tool for adding interfaces without having to manually edit this file:
ngcp-network --set-interface=eth0.100 --host=sp1 --ip=auto --netmask=auto --hwaddr=auto --type=sip_ext_incoming --type=rtp_int_100 ngcp-network --set-interface=eth0.100 --host=sp2 --ip=auto --netmask=auto --hwaddr=auto --type=sip_ext_incoming --type=rtp_int_100
The generated file should look like the following:
sp1:
..
..
eth0.100:
hwaddr: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ip: 192.168.1.2
netmask: 255.255.255.0
shared_ip:
- 192.168.1.3
shared_v6ip: ~
type:
- sip_ext_incoming
- rtp_int_100
..
..
interfaces:
- lo
- eth0
- eth0.100
- eth1
..
..
sp2:
..
..
eth0.100:
hwaddr: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ip: 192.168.1.4
netmask: 255.255.255.0
shared_ip:
- 192.168.1.3
shared_v6ip: ~
type:
- sip_ext_incoming
- rtp_int_100
..
..
interfaces:
- lo
- eth0
- eth0.100
- eth1As you can see from the above example, extra SIP interfaces must have type sip_ext_incoming. While sip_ext should be listed only once per host, there can be multiple sip_ext_incoming interfaces. The direction of communication through this SIP interface is incoming only. The Sipwise C5 will answer the incoming client registrations and other methods sent to this address and remember the interfaces used for clients' registrations to be able to send incoming calls to him from the same interface.
In order to use the interface for the outbound SIP communication it is necessary to add it to extra_sockets section in /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml and select in the outbound_socket peer preference.
So if using the above example we want to use the vlan100 IP as source interface towards a peer, the corresponding section may look like the following:
extra_sockets:
port_5064: udp:10.15.20.108:5064
test: udp:10.15.20.108:6060
int_100: udp:192.168.1.3:5060The changes have to be applied:
ngcpcfg apply 'added extra SIP and RTP socket' && ngcpcfg push all
After applying the changes, a new SIP socket will listen on IP 192.168.1.3 and this socket can now be used as source socket to send SIP messages to your peer for example. In above example we used label int_100. So the new label "int_100" is now shown in the outbound_socket peer preference.
Also, RTP socket is now listening on 192.168.1.3 and you can choose the new RTP socket to use by setting parameter rtp_interface to the Label "int_100" in your Domain/Subscriber/Peer preferences.
Normally, each interface that was configured with a type that starts with rtp_ can be selected individually as RTP interface in the Domain/Subscriber/Peer preferences. For example, if the interface types rtp_ext, rtp_int, and rtp_int_100 have been configured, the Domain/Subscriber/Peer preferences will allow the RTP interfaces to be selected as either ext, int, or int_100 in addition to "default".
The same rtp_ interface type can be configured on multiple interfaces. If this is the case, and if ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) is enabled for a Domain/Subscriber/Peer, it is possible to use ICE to automatically negotiate which interface should be used for RTP communications. ICE must be supported by the remote client for this to work.
For example, rtp_ext can be configured on multiple interfaces like so (abbreviated):
..
..
eth0.100:
type:
- rtp_ext
..
eth0.150:
type:
- rtp_ext
..
eth1:
type:
- rtp_ext
..
..In this example, the RTP interface ext will be available for selection in the Domain/Subscriber/Peer preferences. If selected and if ICE is enabled, the addresses of all three interfaces will be presented to the remote client, and ICE will be used to negotiate which one of them will be used for communications. This can be useful in multi-homed environments, or when remote clients are on private networks.
If the RTP port range configured via the config.yml keys rtpproxy.minport and rtpproxy.maxport
is not sufficient to handle all concurrent calls, it is possible to load-balance the RTP ports across
multiple interfaces. This is useful if the RTP proxy runs out of ports and if not enough additional
ports are available.
To enable this, multiple interfaces with different addresses must be configured, and interface types of the format rtp_NAME:SUFFIX must be assigned to them. For example, if the RTP interface named ext should be load-balanced across three interfaces, they can be configured like so (abbreviated):
..
..
eth0.100:
type:
- rtp_ext:1
..
eth0.150:
type:
- rtp_ext:2
..
eth1:
type:
- rtp_ext:3
..
..In this example, all three given RTP interface types will be available for selection in the Domain/Subscriber/Peer preferences individually (as ext:1 and so on), but in addition to that, an interface named just ext will also be available for selection. If ext is selected, only one of the three RTP interfaces will be selected in a round-robin fashion, thus increasing the number of available RTP ports threefold. The round-robin algorithm only selects an interface if it actually has RTP ports available.