OpenSIPS

Plugin: charts.d.plugin Module: opensips

Overview

Examine OpenSIPS metrics for insights into SIP server operations. Study call rates, error rates, and response times for reliable voice over IP services.

The collector uses the opensipsctl command line utility to gather OpenSIPS metrics.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

The collector will attempt to call opensipsctl along with a default number of parameters, even without any configuration.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per OpenSIPS instance

These metrics refer to the entire monitored application.

This scope has no labels.

Metrics:

Metric	Dimensions	Unit
opensips.dialogs_active	active, early	dialogs
opensips.users	registered, location, contacts, expires	users
opensips.registrar	accepted, rejected	registrations/s
opensips.transactions	UAS, UAC	transactions/s
opensips.core_rcv	requests, replies	queries/s
opensips.core_fwd	requests, replies	queries/s
opensips.core_drop	requests, replies	queries/s
opensips.core_err	requests, replies	queries/s
opensips.core_bad	bad_URIs_rcvd, unsupported_methods, bad_msg_hdr	queries/s
opensips.tm_replies	received, relayed, local	replies/s
opensips.transactions_status	2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 6xx	transactions/s
opensips.transactions_inuse	inuse	transactions
opensips.sl_replies	1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 6xx, sent, error, ACKed	replies/s
opensips.dialogs	processed, expire, failed	dialogs/s
opensips.net_waiting	UDP, TCP	kilobytes
opensips.uri_checks	positive, negative	checks / sec
opensips.traces	requests, replies	traces / sec
opensips.shmem	total, used, real_used, max_used, free	kilobytes
opensips.shmem_fragment	fragments	fragments

Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.

Setup

Prerequisites

Install charts.d plugin

If using our official native DEB/RPM packages, make sure netdata-plugin-chartsd is installed.

Required software

The collector requires the opensipsctl to be installed.

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is charts.d/opensips.conf.

The file format is POSIX shell script. Generally, the structure is:

OPTION_1="some value"
OPTION_2="some other value"

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config charts.d/opensips.conf

Options

The config file is sourced by the charts.d plugin. It's a standard bash file.

The following collapsed table contains all the options that can be configured for the opensips collector.

Config options

Name	Description	Default	Required
opensips_opts	Specify parameters to the opensipsctl command. If the default value fails to get global status, set here whatever options are needed to connect to the opensips server.	fifo get_statistics all	no
opensips_cmd	If opensipsctl is not in $PATH, specify it's full path here.		no
opensips_timeout	How long to wait for opensipsctl to respond.	2	no
opensips_update_every	The data collection frequency. If unset, will inherit the netdata update frequency.	5	no
opensips_priority	The charts priority on the dashboard.	80000	no
opensips_retries	The number of retries to do in case of failure before disabling the collector.	10	no

Examples

Custom opensipsctl command

Set a custom path to the opensipsctl command

#opensips_opts="fifo get_statistics all"
opensips_cmd=/opt/opensips/bin/opensipsctl
#opensips_timeout=2

# the data collection frequency
# if unset, will inherit the netdata update frequency
#opensips_update_every=5

# the charts priority on the dashboard
#opensips_priority=80000

# the number of retries to do in case of failure
# before disabling the module
#opensips_retries=10

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

To troubleshoot issues with the opensips collector, run the charts.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

• Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

  cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/

• Switch to the netdata user.

  sudo -u netdata -s

• Run the charts.d.plugin to debug the collector:

  ./charts.d.plugin debug 1 opensips

Getting Logs

If you're encountering problems with the opensips collector, follow these steps to retrieve logs and identify potential issues:

• Run the command specific to your system (systemd, non-systemd, or Docker container).
• Examine the output for any warnings or error messages that might indicate issues. These messages should provide clues about the root cause of the problem.

System with systemd

Use the following command to view logs generated since the last Netdata service restart:

journalctl _SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID="$(systemctl show --value --property=InvocationID netdata)" --namespace=netdata --grep opensips

System without systemd

Locate the collector log file, typically at /var/log/netdata/collector.log, and use grep to filter for collector's name:

grep opensips /var/log/netdata/collector.log

Note: This method shows logs from all restarts. Focus on the latest entries for troubleshooting current issues.

Docker Container

If your Netdata runs in a Docker container named "netdata" (replace if different), use this command:

docker logs netdata 2>&1 | grep opensips