Berkeley DB Module

Will Quan

   Cisco Systems

Edited by

Will Quan

   Copyright © 2007 Cisco Systems
   Revision History
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   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. auto_reload (integer)
              1.3.2. log_enable (integer)
              1.3.3. journal_roll_interval (integer seconds)

        1.4. Exported Functions
        1.5. Exported MI Functions

              1.5.1. bdb_reload

        1.6. Installation and Running
        1.7. Database Schema and Metadata
        1.8. METADATA_COLUMNS (required)
        1.9. METADATA_KEYS (required)
        1.10. METADATA_READONLY (optional)
        1.11. METADATA_LOGFLAGS (optional)
        1.12. DB Maintaince Script : opensipsdbctl
        1.13. DB Recovery : bdb_recover
        1.14. Known Limitations

   List of Examples

   1.1. Set auto_reload parameter
   1.2. Set log_enable parameter
   1.3. Set journal_roll_interval parameter
   1.4. METADATA_COLUMNS
   1.5. contents of version table
   1.6. METADATA_COLUMNS
   1.7. METADATA_KEYS
   1.8. METADATA_LOGFLAGS
   1.9. opensipsdbctl
   1.10. bdb_recover usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1.1. Overview

   This is a module which integrates the Berkeley DB into
   OpenSIPS. It implements the DB API defined in OpenSIPS.

1.2. Dependencies

1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules

   The following modules must be loaded before this module:
     * No dependencies on other OpenSIPS modules.

1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications

   The following libraries or applications must be installed
   before running OpenSIPS with this module loaded:
     * Berkeley Berkeley DB 4.6 - an embedded database.

1.3. Exported Parameters

1.3.1. auto_reload (integer)

   The auto-reload will close and reopen a Berkeley DB when the
   files inode has changed. The operation occurs only duing a
   query. Other operations such as insert or delete, do not invoke
   auto_reload.

   Default value is 0 (1 - on / 0 - off).

   Example 1.1. Set auto_reload parameter
...
modparam("db_berkeley", "auto_reload", 1)
...

1.3.2. log_enable (integer)

   The log_enable boolean controls when to create journal files.
   The following operations can be journaled: INSERT, UPDATE,
   DELETE. Other operations such as SELECT, do not. This
   journaling are required if you need to recover from a corrupt
   DB file. That is, bdb_recover requires these to rebuild the db
   file. If you find this log feature useful, you may also be
   interested in the METADATA_LOGFLAGS bitfield that each table
   has. It will allow you to control which operations to journal,
   and the destination (like syslog, stdout, local-file). Refer to
   bdblib_log() and documentation on METADATA.

   Default value is 0 (1 - on / 0 - off).

   Example 1.2. Set log_enable parameter
...
modparam("db_berkeley", "log_enable", 1)
...

1.3.3. journal_roll_interval (integer seconds)

   The journal_roll_interval will close and open a new log file.
   The roll operation occurs only at the end of writing a log, so
   it is not guaranteed to to roll 'on time'.

   Default value is 0 (off).

   Example 1.3. Set journal_roll_interval parameter
...
modparam("db_berkeley", "journal_roll_interval", 3600)
...

1.4. Exported Functions

   No function exported to be used from configuration file.

1.5. Exported MI Functions

1.5.1. bdb_reload

   Causes db_berkeley module to re-read the contents of specified
   table (or dbenv). The db_berkeley DB actually loads each table
   on demand, as opposed to loading all at mod_init time. The
   bdb_reload operation is implemented as a close followed by a
   reopen. Note- bdb_reload will fail if a table has not been
   accessed before (because the close will fail).

   Name: bdb_reload

   Parameters: tablename (or db_path); to reload a particular
   table provide the tablename as the arguement (eg subscriber);
   to reload all tables provide the db_path to the db files. The
   path can be found in opensipsctlrc DB_PATH variable.

1.6. Installation and Running

   First download, compile and install the Berkeley DB. This is
   outside the scope of this document. Documentation for this
   procedure is available on the Internet.

   Next, prepare to compile OpenSIPS with the db_berkeley module.
   In the directory /modules/db_berkeley, modify the Makefile to
   point to your distribution of Berkeley DB. You may also define
   'BDB_EXTRA_DEBUG' to compile in extra debug logs. However, it
   is not a recommended deployment to production servers.

   Because the module dependes on an external library, the
   db_berkeley module is not compiled and installed by default.
   You can use one of the next options.
     * edit the "Makefile" and remove "db_berkeley" from
       "excluded_modules" list. Then follow the standard procedure
       to install OpenSIPS: "make all; make install".
     * from command line use: 'make all
       include_modules="db_berkeley"; make install
       include_modules="db_berkeley"'.

   Installation of OpenSIPS is performed by simply running make
   install as root user of the main directory. This will install
   the binaries in /usr/local/sbin/. If this was successful,
   OpenSIPS control engine files should now be installed as
   /usr/local/sbin/opensipsdbctl.

   Decide where (on the filesystem) you want to install the
   Berkeley DB files. For instance,
   '/usr/local/etc/opensips/db_berkeley' directory. Make note of
   this directory as we need to add this path to the opensipsctlrc
   file. Note: OpenSIPS will not startup without these DB files.

   Edit opensipsctlrc - There are two parameters in this file that
   should be configured before opensipsctldb script can work
   properly: DBENGINE and DB_PATH. Edit file:
   '/usr/local/etc/opensips/opensipsctlrc'
                ## database type: MYSQL, PGSQL, DB_BERKELEY, or DBTEXT,
by default none is loaded
                # DBENGINE=DB_BERKELEY

                ## database path used by dbtext or db_berkeley
                # DB_PATH="/usr/local/etc/opensips/db_berkeley"

   (Optional) Pre creation step- Customize your meta-data. The DB
   files are initially seeded with necessary meta-data. This is a
   good time to review the meta-data section details, before
   making modifications to your tables dbschema. By default, the
   files are installed in
   '/usr/local/share/opensips/db_berkeley/opensips' By default
   these tables are created Read/Write and without any journalling
   as shown. These settings can be modified on a per table basis.
   Note: If you plan to use bdb_recover, you must change the
   LOGFLAGS.
                METADATA_READONLY
                0
                METADATA_LOGFLAGS
                0

   Execute opensipsdbctl - There are three (3) groups of tables
   you may need depending on your situation.
                opensipsdbctl create            (required)
                opensipsdbctl presence          (optional)
                opensipsdbctl extra             (optional)

   Modify the OpenSIPS configuration file to use db_berkeley
   module. The database URL for modules must be the path to the
   directory where the Berkeley DB table-files are located,
   prefixed by "berkeley://", e.g.,
   "berkeley:///usr/local/etc/opensips/db_berkeley".

   A couple other IMPORTANT things to consider are the 'db_mode'
   and the 'use_domain' modparams. The description of these
   parameters are found in usrloc documentation.

   Note on db_mode- The db_berkeley module will only journal the
   moment usrloc writes back to the DB. The safest mode is mode 3
   , since the db_berkeley journal files will always be
   up-to-date. The main point is the db_mode vs. recovery by
   journal file interaction. Writing journal entries is 'best
   effort'. So if the hard drive becomes full, the attempt to
   write a journal entry may fail.

   Note on use_domain- The db_berkeley module will attempt natural
   joins when performing a query. This is basically a
   lexigraphical string compare using the keys provided. In most
   places in the db_berkeley dbschema (unless you customize), the
   domainname is identified as a natural key. Consider an example
   where use_domain = 0. In table subscriber, the db will be
   keying on 'username|NULL' because the default value will be
   used when that key column is not provided. This effectivly
   means that later queries must consistently use the username
   (w.o domain) in order to find a result to that particular
   subscriber query. The main point is 'use_domain' can not be
   changed once the db_berkeley is setup.

1.7. Database Schema and Metadata

   All Berkeley DB tables are created via the opensipsdbctl
   script. This section provides details as to the content and
   format of the DB file upon creation.

   Since the Berkeley DB stores key value pairs, the database is
   seeded with a few meta-data rows . The keys to these rows must
   begin with 'METADATA'. Here is an example of table meta-data,
   taken from the table 'version'.

   Note on reserved character- The '|' pipe character is used as a
   record delimiter within the Berkeley DB implementation and must
   not be present in any DB field.

   Example 1.4. METADATA_COLUMNS
METADATA_COLUMNS
table_name(str) table_version(int)
METADATA_KEY
0

   In the above example, the row METADATA_COLUMNS defines the
   column names and type, and the row METADATA_KEY defines which
   column(s) form the key. Here the value of 0 indicates that
   column 0 is the key(ie table_name). With respect to column
   types, the db_berkeley modules only has the following types:
   string, str, int, double, and datetime. The default type is
   string, and is used when one of the others is not specified.
   The columns of the meta-data are delimited by whitespace.

   The actual column data is stored as a string value, and
   delimited by the '|' pipe character. Since the code tokenizes
   on this delimiter, it is important that this character not
   appear in any valid data field. The following is the output of
   the 'db_berkeley.sh dump version' command. It shows contents of
   table 'version' in plain text.

   Example 1.5. contents of version table
VERSION=3
format=print
type=hash
h_nelem=21
db_pagesize=4096
HEADER=END
 METADATA_READONLY
 1
 address|
 address|3
 aliases|
 aliases|1004
 dbaliases|
 dbaliases|1
 domain|
 domain|1
 speed_dial|
 speed_dial|2
 subscriber|
 subscriber|6
 uri|
 uri|1
 METADATA_COLUMNS
 table_name(str) table_version(int)
 METADATA_KEY
 0
 acc|
 acc|4
 grp|
 grp|2
 location|
 location|1004
 missed_calls|
 missed_calls|3
 re_grp|
 re_grp|1
 silo|
 silo|5
 trusted|
 trusted|4
 usr_preferences|
 usr_preferences|2
DATA=END

1.8. METADATA_COLUMNS (required)

   The METADATA_COLUMNS row contains the column names and types.
   Each is space delimited. Here is an example of the data taken
   from table subscriber :

   Example 1.6. METADATA_COLUMNS
METADATA_COLUMNS
username(str) domain(str) password(str) ha1(str) ha1b(str) first_name(st
r) last_name(str) email_address(str) datetime_created(datetime) timezone
(str) rpid(str)

   Related (hardcoded) limitations:
     * maximum of 32 columns per table.
     * maximum tablename size is 64.
     * maximum data length is 2048

   Currently supporting these five types: str, datetime, int,
   double, string.

1.9. METADATA_KEYS (required)

   The METADATA_KEYS row indicates the indexes of the key columns,
   with respect to the order specified in METADATA_COLUMNS. Here
   is an example taken from table subscriber that brings up a good
   point:

   Example 1.7. METADATA_KEYS
 METADATA_KEY
 0 1

   The point is that both the username and domain name are require
   as the key to this record. Thus, usrloc modparam use_domain = 1
   must be set for this to work.

1.10. METADATA_READONLY (optional)

   The METADATA_READONLY row contains a boolean 0 or 1. By
   default, its value is 0. On startup the DB will open initially
   as read-write (loads metadata) and then if this is set=1, it
   will close and reopen as read only (ro). I found this useful
   because readonly has impacts on the internal db locking etc.

1.11. METADATA_LOGFLAGS (optional)

   The METADATA_LOGFLAGS row contains a bitfield that customizes
   the journaling on a per table basis. If not present the default
   value is taken as 0. Here are the masks so far (taken from
   bdb_lib.h):

   Example 1.8. METADATA_LOGFLAGS
#define JLOG_NONE 0
#define JLOG_INSERT 1
#define JLOG_DELETE 2
#define JLOG_UPDATE 4
#define JLOG_STDOUT 8
#define JLOG_SYSLOG 16

   This means that if you want to journal INSERTS to local file
   and syslog the value should be set to 1+16=17. Or if you do not
   want to journal at all, set this to 0.

1.12. DB Maintaince Script : opensipsdbctl

   Use the opensipsdbctl script for maintaining OpenSIPS Berkeley
   DB tables. This script assumes you have DBENGINE and DB_PATH
   setup correctly in opensipsctlrc. Note Unsupported commands
   are- backup, restore, migrate, copy, serweb.

   Example 1.9. opensipsdbctl
usage: opensipsdbctl create
       opensipsdbctl presence
       opensipsdbctl extra
       opensipsdbctl drop
       opensipsdbctl reinit
       opensipsdbctl bdb list         (lists the underlying db files in
DB_PATH)
       opensipsdbctl bdb cat       db (prints the contents of db file to
 STDOUT in plain-text)
       opensipsdbctl bdb swap      db (installs db.new by db -> db.old;
db.new -> db)
       opensipsdbctl bdb append    db datafile (appends data to a new in
stance of db; output DB_PATH/db.new)
       opensipsdbctl bdb newappend db datafile (appends data to a new in
stance of db; output DB_PATH/db.new)

1.13. DB Recovery : bdb_recover

   The db_berkeley module uses the Concurrent Data Store (CDS)
   architecture. As such, no transaction or journaling is provided
   by the DB natively. The application bdb_recover is specifically
   written to recover data from journal files that OpenSIPS
   creates. The bdb_recover application requires an additional
   text file that contains the table schema.

   The schema is loaded with the '-s' option and is required for
   all operations. Provide the path to the db_berkeley plain-text
   schema files. By default, these install to
   '/usr/local/share/opensips/db_berkeley/opensips/'.

   The '-h' home option is the DB_PATH path. Unlike the Berkeley
   utilities, this application does not look for the DB_PATH
   environment variable, so you have to specify it. If not
   specified, it will assume the current working directory. The
   last argument is the operation. There are fundamentally only
   two operations- create and recover.

   The following illustrates the four operations available to the
   administrator.

   Example 1.10. bdb_recover usage
usage: ./bdb_recover -s schemadir [-h home] [-c tablename]
        This will create a brand new DB file with metadata.

usage: ./bdb_recover -s schemadir [-h home] [-C all]
        This will create all the core tables, each with metadata.

usage: ./bdb_recover -s schemadir [-h home] [-r journal-file]
        This will rebuild a DB and populate it with operation from journ
al-file.
        The table name is embedded in the journal-file name by conventio
n.

usage: ./bdb_recover -s schemadir [-h home] [-R lastN]
        This will iterate over all core tables enumerated. If journal fi
les exist in 'home',
        a new DB file will be created and populated with the data found
in the last N files.
        The files are 'replayed' in chronological order (oldest to newes
t). This
        allows the administrator to rebuild the db with a subset of all
possible
        operations if needed. For example, you may only be interested in

        the last hours data in table location.

   Important note- A corrupted DB file must be moved out of the
   way before bdb_recover is executed.

1.14. Known Limitations

   The Berkeley DB does not nativly support an autoincrement (or
   sequence) mechanism. Consequently, this version does not
   support surragate keys in dbschema. These are the id columns in
   the tables.
