UID Domain Module

Juha Heinanen

   <jh@tutpro.com>

   Copyright © 2002-2010 Juha Heinanen
     __________________________________________________________________

   Table of Contents

   1. Admin Guide

        1. Overview

              1.1. Virtual Domains
              1.2. Domain-level Configuration Attributes
              1.3. Caching

        2. Dependencies
        3. Known Limitations
        4. Parameters

              4.1. db_url (string)
              4.2. db_mode (integer)
              4.3. domain_table (string)
              4.4. did_col (string)
              4.5. domain_col (string)
              4.6. flags_col (string)
              4.7. domattr_table (string)
              4.8. domattr_did (string)
              4.9. domattr_name (string)
              4.10. domattr_type (string)
              4.11. domattr_value (string)
              4.12. domattr_flags (string)
              4.13. load_domain_attrs (integer)

        5. Functions

              5.1. is_local(domain)
              5.2. lookup_domain(attr_group, domain)

        6. FIFO Interface

              6.1. domain.reload
              6.2. domain.dump

        7. Internal API

   List of Examples

   1.1. Virtual Domain iptel.org
   1.2. Database Representation of Virtual Domain
   1.3. Table domain_attrs
   1.4. Setting db_url parameter
   1.5. Setting db_mode parameter
   1.6. Setting domain_table parameter
   1.7. Setting did_col parameter
   1.8. Setting domain_col parameter
   1.9. Setting flags_col parameter
   1.10. Setting domattrs_table parameter
   1.11. Setting domattrs_did parameter
   1.12. Setting domattrs_name parameter
   1.13. Setting domattrs_type parameter
   1.14. Setting domattrs_value parameter
   1.15. Setting domattrs_flags parameter
   1.16. Setting load_domain_attrs parameter
   1.17. is_uri_host_local_local usage
   1.18. lookup_domain usage
   1.19. Calling load_domain_api

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

   Table of Contents

   1. Overview

        1.1. Virtual Domains
        1.2. Domain-level Configuration Attributes
        1.3. Caching

   2. Dependencies
   3. Known Limitations
   4. Parameters

        4.1. db_url (string)
        4.2. db_mode (integer)
        4.3. domain_table (string)
        4.4. did_col (string)
        4.5. domain_col (string)
        4.6. flags_col (string)
        4.7. domattr_table (string)
        4.8. domattr_did (string)
        4.9. domattr_name (string)
        4.10. domattr_type (string)
        4.11. domattr_value (string)
        4.12. domattr_flags (string)
        4.13. load_domain_attrs (integer)

   5. Functions

        5.1. is_local(domain)
        5.2. lookup_domain(attr_group, domain)

   6. FIFO Interface

        6.1. domain.reload
        6.2. domain.dump

   7. Internal API

1. Overview

   1.1. Virtual Domains
   1.2. Domain-level Configuration Attributes
   1.3. Caching

   Domain modules, as the name suggests, implements support for multiple
   independent virtual domains hosted on one SIP server. This is often
   useful if you have multiple domain names and you want to make them all
   work and appear as one. Alternatively you might find the module useful
   if you want to run a shared SIP service for multiple independent
   customers. The module stores all supported domains and associated
   configuration in a database table. Most of the information can be
   cached in memory for performance reasons.

1.1. Virtual Domains

   The domain module adds support for so-called virtual domains. A virtual
   domain is just a collection of domain names and associated
   configuration information identified by a unique identifier. We refer
   to the domain identifier as DID elsewhere in the documentation. DID
   stands for "Domain IDentifier". In traditional POST world the term DID
   has a different meaning though. Please be aware that this is just pure
   coincidence.

   All domain names that belong to one virtual domain are interchangeable.
   From SIP server's perspective there is no difference between them. They
   can be used in SIP URIs interchangeably and the behavior of the SIP
   server will not be affected. This is called "domain name normalization"
   and it is one of the steps performed early during SIP message
   processing.

   The DID identifier can be anything. To the SIP server DIDs are just
   opaque strings and what format you choose depends on your requirements
   and the type of the setup. You can use numbers in smaller setups if the
   size of the data is a concern. You can set the DID to the canonical
   domain name of the domain. You can use RFC 4122 style UUIDs if your
   setup is large and distributed. You can use anything as long as it can
   be represented as string. The only requirement is that the identifier
   of each virtual domain must be unique.

   The following example illustrates how one virtual domain can be
   represented. The iptel.org domain runs a public SIP service. The users
   of the service can use SIP URIs of form sip:username@iptel.org. The SIP
   service is distributed, there is a number of SIP servers. The SIP
   servers are also available through a number of other domain names, such
   as sip.iptel.org, proxy.iptel.org and so on. We created one virtual
   domain in the domain module and added all such domain names to the
   virtual domain:

   Example 1.1. Virtual Domain iptel.org
iptel
  |
  +---iptel.org
  +---sip.iptel.org
  +---proxy.iptel.org
  +---213.192.59.75

   In the example above, we chose "iptel" as the unique identifier for the
   virtual domain. This identifier is permanent. It never changes. Over
   time we may change domain names assigned to this virtual domain, but
   this identifier never changes. The main reason why virtual domain
   identifiers must never change is that because they are referenced from
   other tables, for example the accounting table. The data in the
   accounting table is long-lived, usually archived, and this ensures that
   the data will still reference correct virtual domain, no matter what
   domain names are assigned to it.

   The virtual domain described above will be stored in the domain table
   in the database:

   Example 1.2. Database Representation of Virtual Domain
+-------+-----------------+-------+
| did   | domain          | flags |
+-------+-----------------+-------+
| iptel | iptel.org       |    33 |
| iptel | sip.iptel.org   |    33 |
| iptel | proxy.iptel.org |    33 |
| iptel | 213.192.59.75   |    33 |
+-------+-----------------+-------+

   Because all domain names that belong to one particular virtual domain
   are equal, it does not matter which domain name is used in the host
   part of the SIP URI. Thus an imaginary user joe with SIP URI
   sip:joe@iptel.org will also be reachable as sip:joe@sip.iptel.org,
   sip:joe@proxy.iptel.org, and sip:joe@213.192.59.75. If we add a new
   domain name to this virtual domain then joe will also be able to use
   the new domain name in his SIP URI, without the need to change
   anything.

1.2. Domain-level Configuration Attributes

   In addition to a number of domain names, each virtual domain can also
   have extra configuration information associated with it. The
   possibility to configure the SIP server sightly differently in each
   virtual domain is, in fact, the main reason why we introduced the
   concept of virtual domains. We wanted to have one SIP server which will
   provide SIP service to multiple different customers and each of the
   customers may have slightly different configuration requirements.
   That's how domain-level configuration attributes were born.

   Because the administrator of the SIP server seldom knows configuration
   requirements in advance, we decided to implement a generic solution and
   store all configuration options in named attributes. Named attributes
   are just like variables, they have a name and they have a value.
   Attributes are accessible from the configuration script of the SIP
   server. Domain-level attributes are attributes that are associated with
   a particular virtual domain. They can be used to store additional
   configuration for the entire virtual domain, that is all users that
   belong (or have SIP URI) in that particular virtual domain.
   Domain-level attributes can be overridden be user-level attributes with
   the same name configured for a particular user. In other words a domain
   level attribute will only be effective if no user-level attribute with
   the same name exists.

   Domain-level attributes are stored in a separate table. The name of the
   table is domain_attrs and it is defined as follows:

   Example 1.3. Table domain_attrs
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| did   | varchar(64)      | YES  | MUL | NULL    |       |
| name  | varchar(32)      | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
| type  | int(11)          | NO   |     | 0       |       |
| value | varchar(255)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| flags | int(10) unsigned | NO   |     | 0       |       |
+-------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

   Each attribute has name, type and value. A single attribute can have
   multiple values and in that case it will occupy more rows in the table.
   Each attribute is associated with a particular virtual domain using the
   DID identifier. Domain-level attributes can contain just about
   anything. It is a generic configuration mechanism and it is up to you
   to define a list of attribute that are meaningful in your setup and use
   those attributes in the routing part of the configuration file.

   Attributes for a particular virtual-domain are made available to script
   function by the lookup_domain function. This is the function that is
   used to map domain names to DIDs. One of the side-effects of the
   function is that it makes domain-level attributes available to script
   function if a matching virtual domain is found.

   When caching is enabled, all attributes from domain_attrs table are
   cached in memory, just like virtual domain themselves. If you disable
   caching then the domain module will attempt to load attributes from the
   database each time you call lookup_domain. Attributes cached in memory
   can be reloaded with the domain.reload management function.

1.3. Caching

   Domain module operates in caching or non-caching mode depending on
   value of module parameter db_mode. In caching mode domain module reads
   the contents of domain table into cache memory when the module is
   loaded. After that domain table is re-read only when module is given
   domain_reload fifo command. Any changes in domain table must thus be
   followed by domain_reload command in order to reflect them in module
   behavior. In non-caching mode domain module always queries domain table
   in the database.

   Caching is implemented using a hash table. The size of the hash table
   is given by HASH_SIZE constant defined in domain_mod.h. Its "factory
   default" value is 128. Caching mode is highly recommended if you want
   to use domain-level attributes.

2. Dependencies

   The module depends on the following modules (in the other words the
   listed modules must be loaded before this module):
     * database - Any database module

3. Known Limitations

   There is an unlikely race condition on domain list update. If a process
   uses a table, which is reloaded at the same time twice through FIFO,
   the second reload will delete the original table still in use by the
   process.

4. Parameters

   4.1. db_url (string)
   4.2. db_mode (integer)
   4.3. domain_table (string)
   4.4. did_col (string)
   4.5. domain_col (string)
   4.6. flags_col (string)
   4.7. domattr_table (string)
   4.8. domattr_did (string)
   4.9. domattr_name (string)
   4.10. domattr_type (string)
   4.11. domattr_value (string)
   4.12. domattr_flags (string)
   4.13. load_domain_attrs (integer)

4.1. db_url (string)

   This is URL of the database to be used.

   Default value is "mysql://serro:47serro11@localhost/ser"

   Example 1.4. Setting db_url parameter
modparam("domain", "db_url", "mysql://ser:pass@db_host/ser")

4.2. db_mode (integer)

   Database mode. Value 0 means non-caching, 1 means caching is enabled.
   It is highly recommended to enable caching if you want to use
   domain-level attributes.

   Default value is 1 (caching).

   Example 1.5. Setting db_mode parameter
modparam("domain", "db_mode", 0)   # Do not use caching

4.3. domain_table (string)

   Name of table containing names of local domains that the proxy is
   responsible for. Local users must have in their SIP URI a host part
   that is equal to one of the domains stored in this table.

   Default value is "domain".

   Example 1.6. Setting domain_table parameter
modparam("domain", "domain_table", "new_name")

4.4. did_col (string)

   This is the name of the column in domain table that contains the unique
   identifiers of virtual domains. Domains names found in this table are
   arranged into virtual domains. Each virtual domain must have a unique
   identifier and it can contain one or more domain names.

   Default value is "did".

   Example 1.7. Setting did_col parameter
modparam("domain", "did_col", "did")

4.5. domain_col (string)

   Name of column containing domain names in the domain table.

   Default value is "domain".

   Example 1.8. Setting domain_col parameter
modparam("domain", "domain_col", "domain")

4.6. flags_col (string)

   This is the name of the column in domain table which stores various
   flags. Each row in the table has a bunch of generic flags that can be
   used mark the row disabled, deleted, etc. The flags allow for more
   flexible administration of the data in the database and they are
   present in several other tables too.

   Default value is "flags".

   Example 1.9. Setting flags_col parameter
modparam("domain", "flags_col", "domain")

4.7. domattr_table (string)

   This parameter can be used to configure the name of the table that is
   used to store domain-level attributes. Domain level attributes are
   attributes that are associated with a particular virtual domain. They
   are typically used to store additional domain-wide settings that should
   apply to all users who belong to the domain.

   Default value is "domain_attrs".

   Example 1.10. Setting domattrs_table parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_table", "domain_attrs")

4.8. domattr_did (string)

   Use this parameter to configure the name of the column in domain_attrs
   table that is used to store the did of the virtual domain the attribute
   belongs to. Normally there is no need to configure this parameter,
   unless you want adapt to module to a different database schema.

   Default value is "did".

   Example 1.11. Setting domattrs_did parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_did", "did")

4.9. domattr_name (string)

   Use this parameter to configure the name of the column in domain_attrs
   table that is used to store the name of the attribute. Normally there
   is no need to configure this parameter, unless you want adapt to module
   to a different database schema.

   Default value is "name".

   Example 1.12. Setting domattrs_name parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_name", "name")

4.10. domattr_type (string)

   Use this parameter to configure the name of the column in domain_attrs
   table that is used to store the type of the attribute. Normally there
   is no need to configure this parameter, unless you want adapt to module
   to a different database schema.

   Default value is "type".

   Example 1.13. Setting domattrs_type parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_type", "type")

4.11. domattr_value (string)

   Use this parameter to configure the name of the column in domain_attrs
   table that is used to store the value of the attribute. Normally there
   is no need to configure this parameter, unless you want adapt to module
   to a different database schema.

   Default value is "value".

   Example 1.14. Setting domattrs_value parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_value", "value")

4.12. domattr_flags (string)

   This is the name of the column in domain_attrs table which stores
   various flags. Each row in the table has a bunch of generic flags that
   can be used mark the row disabled, deleted, etc. The flags allow for
   more flexible administration of the data in the database and they are
   present in several other tables too. You do not have to touch this
   parameter under normal circumstances.

   Default value is "flags".

   Example 1.15. Setting domattrs_flags parameter
modparam("domain", "domattr_flags", "flags")

4.13. load_domain_attrs (integer)

   This parameter can be used to enable/disable user of domain-level
   attributes. Domain-level attributes are variables that can be used to
   store additional configuration that applies to the whole virtual domain
   and all users within the virtual domain. Domain-level attributes are
   stored in domain_attrs. If you set this parameter to a non-zero value
   then the server will make domain-level attributes available to the
   script every time you call function lookup_domain. If you set the
   parameter to 0 then domain-level attributes will be ignored, the domain
   module will not load them from the database and the lookup function
   will not make them available to the script.

   Default value is 0.

   Example 1.16. Setting load_domain_attrs parameter
modparam("domain", "load_domain_attrs", 1)

5. Functions

   5.1. is_local(domain)
   5.2. lookup_domain(attr_group, domain)

5.1. is_local(domain)

   This function can be used to test whether a given domain name in
   parameter belongs to one of the virtual domains defined in the domain
   table. Such domain name is said to be local. The function returns 1 if
   the domain name is found in the domain table and -1 otherwise.

   The first parameter of the function can be anything that returns a
   string with domain name. In its simplest form it can be a string with
   domain name: is_local("iptel.org"). You can also test a domain name
   stored in an attribute: is_local("$my_domain"). And finally you can
   test a domain name present in the SIP message with selects:
   is_local("@ruri.host").

   Note: Unlike function lookup_domain, this function does not make domain
   attributes of the virtual domain available to the script. Domain
   attributes are simply ignored by this function.

   Example 1.17. is_uri_host_local_local usage
...
if (is_local("@ruri.host")) {
    /* Domain part of Request-URI is local */
}
...

5.2. lookup_domain(attr_group, domain)

   This is the main function of the domain module. It can be used to
   implement support for virtual domains in the SIP server. Each virtual
   domain is identified by a unique identifier (opaque string) and it can
   have one or more associated domain names. Given a domain name in the
   second parameter, this function finds the associated virtual domain
   identifier (known as DID) and stores it in an attribute for later user.
   In addition to that the function also loads all domain-level attributes
   for the virtual domain and makes them available to the configuration
   script.

   The first parameter of the function identifies the group of attributes
   where the DID and domain-level attributes shall be stored. The value of
   the first parameter can be either "$fd" for the domain-level attribute
   group that belongs to the calling party (From), or "$td" for the
   domain-level attribute group that belongs to the called party
   (Request-URI).

   The value of the second parameter can be a simple string, an attribute
   name, or a select. See the documentation of function is_local for more
   details.

   If a match is found then the DID of the virtual domain will be stored
   either in $fd.did or in $td.did, depending on the value of the first
   parameter. In addition to that domain-level attributes, if any, will be
   available as either $fd.<name> or $td.</name>.

   The function returns 1 when a matching virtual domain for the given
   domain name was found and -1 otherwise.

   The following example shows a typical use of the function. In a multi
   domain setup, one has to typically figure out where the both the
   calling and the called domains are local (i.e. configured on the server
   as the domains the server is responsible for). This is typically done
   by calling function lookup_domain twice, once with the hostname part of
   the From header as parameter and secondly with the hostname part of the
   Request-URI as parameter.

   The type of the situation can be then determined from the value of
   corresponding attributes ($td.did and $fd.did). A non-existing
   attribute value indicates that the domain name is not local (it does
   not belong to any virtual domain configured in the domain table).

   Example 1.18. lookup_domain usage
lookup_domain("$fd", "@from.uri.host");
lookup_domain("$td", "@ruri.host");

if (strempty($fd.did) && strempty($td.did)) {
    # Neither the calling nor the called domain is local
    # This is a relaying attempt which should be forbidden
    sl_reply("403", "Relaying Forbidden");
    drop;
}
if (strempty($fd.did) && $td.did) {
    # The calling domain is not local and the called domain
    # is local, this is an inbound call from a 3rd party
    # user to one of local users
}
if ($fd.did && strempty($td.did)) {
    # The calling domain is local and the called domain
    # is not local, this is an outbound call from one of
    # our users to a 3rd party user
}
if ($fd.did && $td.did) {
    # Both the calling and the called domains are local,
    # one of our local users calls another local user,
    # either in the same virtual domain or in another
    # virtual domain hosted on the same server
}

6. FIFO Interface

   6.1. domain.reload
   6.2. domain.dump

6.1. domain.reload

   Causes domain module to re-read the contents of domain table into cache
   memory. If domain-level attributes are used then it will also re-load
   the contents of the domain_attrs table in the memory cache.

6.2. domain.dump

   Causes domain module to dump hash indexes and domain names in its cache
   memory.

7. Internal API

   The domain module has an internal API which can be used to access
   additional functions of the module (i.e. functions that are normally
   not available from the routing script). Currently the API exports only
   the function is_domain_local. That function can be used to determine
   whether a given domain name is on the list of locally configured domain
   names.

   If you want to use the internal API of domain module from your module
   then you need to include the header file domain_api.h and call
   load_domain_api first.

   Example 1.19. Calling load_domain_api
#include "../domain/domain_api.h"

domain_api_t dom_api;

if (load_domain_api(&dom_api) != 0) {
    /* error */
}

   After that you can call function is_domain_local whose pointer is
   stored in the initialized data structure:
str tmp = STR_STATIC_INIT("mydomain.com");

if (dom_api.is_domain_local(&tmp) == 1) {
    /* Domain is local */
} else {
    /* Domain is not local or an error was encountered */
}
