proto_hep Module


Table of Contents

1. Admin Guide
1.1. Overview
1.2. Dependencies
1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules
1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications
1.3. Exported Parameters
1.3.1. hep_id (str)
1.3.2. homer5_on (int)
1.3.3. homer5_delim (str)
1.3.4. hep_port (integer)
1.3.5. hep_send_timeout (integer)
1.3.6. hep_max_msg_chunks (integer)
1.3.7. hep_async (integer)
1.3.8. hep_async_max_postponed_chunks (integer)
1.3.9. hep_capture_id (integer)
1.3.10. hep_async_local_connect_timeout (integer)
1.3.11. hep_async_local_write_timeout (integer)
1.4. Exported Functions
1.4.1. correlate(hep_id, type1, correlation1, type2, correlation2)
2. Developer Guide
2.1. Available Functions
2.1.1. pack_hep(from, to, proto, payload, plen, retbuf, retlen)
2.1.2. register_hep_cb(cb)
2.1.3. hep_version
3. Contributors
3.1. By Commit Statistics
3.2. By Commit Activity
4. Documentation
4.1. Contributors

List of Tables

3.1. Top contributors by DevScore(1), authored commits(2) and lines added/removed(3)
3.2. Most recently active contributors(1) to this module

List of Examples

1.1. Set hep_id parameter
1.2. Set homer5_on parameter
1.3. Set homer5_on parameter
1.4. Set hep_port parameter
1.5. Set hep_send_timeout parameter
1.6. Set hep_max_msg_chunks parameter
1.7. Set hep_async parameter
1.8. Set hep_async_max_postponed_chunks parameter
1.9. Set hep_capture_id parameter
1.10. Set hep_async_local_connect_timeout parameter
1.11. Set hep_async_local_write_timeout parameter
1.12. correlate usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1.1. Overview

The proto_hep module is a transport module which implements hepV1 and hepV2 UDP-based communication and hepV3 TCP-based communication. It also offers an API with which you can register callbacks which are called after the HEP header is parsed and also can pack sip messages to HEP messages.The unpacking part is done internally.

Once loaded, you will be able to define HEP listeners in your configuration file by adding their IP and, optionally, a listening port. You can define both TCP and UDP listeners. On UDP you will be able to receive HEP v1, v2 and v3 packets, on TCP only HEPv3.

...
#HEPv3 listener
listen = hep_tcp:127.0.0.1:6061 		# change the listening IP
#HEPv1, v2, v3 listener
listen = hep_udp:127.0.0.1:6061 		# change the listening IP
...

1.2. Dependencies

1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

  • None.

1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running OpenSIPS with this module loaded:

  • None.

1.3. Exported Parameters

1.3.1. hep_id (str)

Specify a destination for HEP packets and the version of HEP protocol used. All parameters inside hep_id must be separated by ;. The parameters are given in key-value format, the possible keys being uri, transport and version, except destiantion's URI which doesn't have a key and is in host:port . transport key can be TCP or UDP. TCP works only for HEP version 3. Version is the hep protocol version and can be 1, 2 or 3.

HEPv1 and HEPv2 can use only UDP. HEPv3 can use both TCP and UDP having the default set to TCP. If no hep version defined, the default is version 3 with TCP.

NO default value. If hep_id the module can't be used for HEP tracing.

Example 1.1.  Set hep_id parameter

...
/* define a destination to localhost on port 8001 using hepV3 on tcp */
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_id",
"[hep_dst] 127.0.0.1:8001; transport=tcp; version=3")
/* define a destination to 1.2.3.4 on port 5000 using hepV2; no transport(default UDP) */
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_id", "[hep_dst] 1.2.3.4:5000; version=2")
/* define only the destination uri; version will be 3(default) and transport TCP(default) */
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_id", "[hep_dst] 1.2.3.4:5000")

1.3.2. homer5_on (int)

Specify how the data should be encapsulated in the HEP packet. If set to 0, then the JSON based HOMER 6 format will be used. Otherwise, if set to anything different than 0, the plain text HOMER 5 format will be used for encapsulation. On the capturing node, this parameter affects the behavior of the report_capture function from the sipcapture module.

Default value 1, HOMER5 format.

Example 1.2.  Set homer5_on parameter

modparam("proto_hep", "homer5_on", 0)

1.3.3. homer5_delim (str)

In case homer5_on is set (different than 0), with this parameter you will be able to set the delmiter between different payload parts.

Default value ":".

Example 1.3.  Set homer5_on parameter

modparam("proto_hep", "homer5_delim", "##")

1.3.4. hep_port (integer)

The default port to be used by all TCP/UDP listeners.

Default value is 5656.

Example 1.4. Set hep_port parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_port", 6666)
...

1.3.5. hep_send_timeout (integer)

Time in milliseconds after a TCP connection will be closed if it is not available for blocking writing in this interval (and OpenSIPS wants to send something on it).

Default value is 100 ms.

Example 1.5. Set hep_send_timeout parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_send_timeout", 200)
...

1.3.6. hep_max_msg_chunks (integer)

The maximum number of chunks in which a HEP message is expected to arrive via TCP. If a received packet is more fragmented than this, the connection is dropped (either the connection is very overloaded and this leads to high fragmentation - or we are the victim of an ongoing attack where the attacker is sending very fragmented traffic in order to decrease server performance).

Default value is 32.

Example 1.6. Set hep_max_msg_chunks parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_max_msg_chunks", 8)
...

1.3.7. hep_async (integer)

Specifies whether the TCP connect and write operations should be done in an asynchronous mode (non-blocking connect and write) or not. If disabled, OpenSIPS will block and wait for TCP operations like connect and write.

Default value is 1 (enabled).

Example 1.7. Set hep_async parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_async", 0)
...

1.3.8. hep_async_max_postponed_chunks (integer)

If hep_async is enabled, this specifies the maximum number of HEP messages that can be stashed for later/async writing. If the connection pending writes exceed this number, the connection will be marked as broken and dropped.

Default value is 32.

Example 1.8. Set hep_async_max_postponed_chunks parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_async_max_postponed_chunks", 16)
...

1.3.9. hep_capture_id (integer)

The parameter indicate the capture agent ID for HEPv2/v3 protocol. Limitation: 16-bit integer.

Default value is "1".

Example 1.9. Set hep_capture_id parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_capture_id", 234)
...

1.3.10. hep_async_local_connect_timeout (integer)

If hep_async is enabled, this specifies the number of milliseconds that a connect will be tried in blocking mode (optimization). If the connect operation lasts more than this, the connect will go to async mode and will be passed to TCP MAIN for polling.

Default value is 100 ms.

Example 1.10. Set hep_async_local_connect_timeout parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "hep_async_local_connect_timeout", 200)
...

1.3.11. hep_async_local_write_timeout (integer)

If hep_async is enabled, this specifies the number of milliseconds that a write op will be tried in blocking mode (optimization). If the write operation lasts more than this, the write will go to async mode and will be passed to bin MAIN for polling.

Default value is 10 ms.

Example 1.11. Set hep_async_local_write_timeout parameter

...
modparam("proto_hep", "tcp_async_local_write_timeout", 100)
...

1.4. Exported Functions

1.4.1.  correlate(hep_id, type1, correlation1, type2, correlation2)

Send a hep message with an extra correlation id containing the two correlation given as arguments. The two types must differ. All parameters are mandatory. This will help on the capturing side to correlate two calls for example, being given their callid as correlation ids.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE, ONREPLY_ROUTE, BRANCH_ROUTE, LOCAL_ROUTE.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

  • hep_id (string, pvar) the name of the hep_id defined in modparam section, specifying where to do the tracing.

  • type1 (string) the key name identify the first correlation id.

  • correlation1 (string, pvar) the first extra correlation id that will be put in the extra correlation chunk.

  • type2 (string) the key name identify the second correlation id.

  • correlation2 (string, pvar) the second extra correlation id that will be put in the extra correlation chunk.

Example 1.12. correlate usage

...
/* see declaration of hep_dst in trace_id section */
/* we suppose we have two correlations in two varibles: cor1 and cor2 */
	correlate("hep_dst", "correlation-no-1","$var(cor1)","correlation-no-2", "$var(cor2)");
...

Chapter 2. Developer Guide

2.1. Available Functions

2.1.1.  pack_hep(from, to, proto, payload, plen, retbuf, retlen)

The function packs connection details and sip message into HEP message. It's your job to free both the old and the new buffer.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

  • sockaddr_union *from - sockaddr_union describing sending socket

  • sockaddr_union *to - sockaddr_union describing receiving socket

  • int proto - protocol used in hep header;

  • char *payload SIP payload buffer

  • int plen SIP payload buffer length

  • char **retbuf HEP message buffer

  • int *retlen HEP message buffer length

2.1.2.  register_hep_cb(cb)

The function register callbacks to be called whenever a HEP message is received. The callbacks parameters are struct hep_desc*(see hep.h for details) a structure that holds all details about the hep header and the receive_info* structure. The callback can return HEP_SCRIPT_SKIP which stops the HEP message from being passed thrrough scripts.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

  • hep_cb_t cb HEP callback

2.1.3.  hep_version

Current version of hep used.

Chapter 3. Contributors

3.1. By Commit Statistics

Table 3.1. Top contributors by DevScore(1), authored commits(2) and lines added/removed(3)

 NameDevScoreCommitsLines ++Lines --
1. Ionut Ionita (@ionutrazvanionita)148668047998
2. Razvan Crainea (@razvancrainea)24226137
3. Bogdan-Andrei Iancu (@bogdan-iancu)18166729
4. Liviu Chircu (@liviuchircu)1194050
5. Dan Pascu (@danpascu)3111
6. Walter Doekes (@wdoekes)3111
7. Vlad Patrascu (@rvlad-patrascu)2110

(1) DevScore = author_commits + author_lines_added / (project_lines_added / project_commits) + author_lines_deleted / (project_lines_deleted / project_commits)

(2) including any documentation-related commits, excluding merge commits. Regarding imported patches/code, we do our best to count the work on behalf of the proper owner, as per the "fix_authors" and "mod_renames" arrays in opensips/doc/build-contrib.sh. If you identify any patches/commits which do not get properly attributed to you, please submit a pull request which extends "fix_authors" and/or "mod_renames".

(3) ignoring whitespace edits, renamed files and auto-generated files

3.2. By Commit Activity

Table 3.2. Most recently active contributors(1) to this module

 NameCommit Activity
1. Bogdan-Andrei Iancu (@bogdan-iancu)Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
2. Razvan Crainea (@razvancrainea)Nov 2015 - Jul 2020
3. Walter Doekes (@wdoekes)May 2020 - May 2020
4. Liviu Chircu (@liviuchircu)Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
5. Dan Pascu (@danpascu)May 2019 - May 2019
6. Vlad Patrascu (@rvlad-patrascu)May 2017 - May 2017
7. Ionut Ionita (@ionutrazvanionita)Oct 2015 - Apr 2017

(1) including any documentation-related commits, excluding merge commits

Chapter 4. Documentation

4.1. Contributors

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