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FreeSWITCH Databases

About​

The default FreeSWITCH configuration uses a series of SQLite databases that are stored the /usr/local/freeswitch/db directory of a FreeSWITCH installation. This configuration can be changed to connect to other databases like PostgreSQL (native) or MySQL (via ODBC).

DSN connection strings

The FreeSWITCH core provides the API for modules to make connections to databases. These database connections are defined with data source names (DSN) in XML configuration params like "core-db-dsn", "odbc-dsn", etc.

FreeSWITCH currently supports the following DSN types:

DSN Format​

The generic DSN format is

<type>://<connection string>

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SQLite DSNs

sqlite://filename
sqlite:///usr/local/freeswitch/db/mega.db

Note the 3rd / to indicate a local absolute path.

PostgreSQL DSNs​

pgsql://hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=freeswitch user=freeswitch password= options='-c client_min_messages=NOTICE' application_name='freeswitch'"

ODBC DSNs​

Now (2012-11) that FreeSWITCH supports multiple core database options (PostgreSQL, ODBC, SQLite), the format for the DSN has changed so that FreeSWITCH knows which database type to use.

The following DSN (data source name) formats are valid for ODBC databases:

DSN with username and password​

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="database:username:password"/>

or

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://database:username:password"/>

DSN with username​

Note the colon at the end.

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="database:username:"/>

or

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://database:username"/>

DSN only​

Note the two colons at the end.

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="database::"/>

or

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://database"/>

The following formats NO LONGER WORK (since v1.2.4)

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="database"/> <param name="core-db-dsn" value="database:password"/>

DSN-less​

DSN-less connections are also possible. Such connections don't require setting up in odbc.ini.

Essentially the syntax is the same options you would have in odbc.ini name-value pairs, separated by ;

MyODBC example (OPTION=67108864 enables batched statements):

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://DRIVER=mysql;SERVER=a.b.c.d;UID=username;PWD=secretpassword;DATABASE=freeswitch;OPTION=67108864">

Modules that use databases​

Instead of using the default SQLite database as the internal FreeSWITCH database, you can use any core database type. This works for.

Configuring FreeSWITCH to use databases​

For the core:

conf/autoload_configs/switch.conf.xml

<param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://tuxza:admin:pass" />

Add or uncomment the following line in appropriate config file within <settings></settings>

<param name="odbc-dsn" value="odbc://your_dsn_name:your_db_user:your_db_password"/>

recovery​

For call recovery, if track-calls is on. This is stored in a table called "recovery".

In switch.conf.xml:

<param name="core-recovery-db-dsn" value="odbc://your_dsn_name:your_db_user:your_db_password"/>

mod_sofia​

Adding your odbc-dsn param setting under global_settings will NOT work. It has to be put within <settings></settings> in each sip profile.

sip_profiles/external.xml
sip_profiles/internal.xml
sip_profiles/internal-ipv6.xml

mod_limit​

  • db.conf.xml

mod_voicemail​

  • voicemail.conf.xml

mod_lcr​

  • lcr.conf.xml

mod_nibblebill​

  • nibblebill.conf.xml

You will have to create the database table as described in MOD_Nibblebill

Comments:​

FreeSWITCH 1.10.x Release notes Posted by livem at Oct 09, 2020 02:11