> On Nov. 24, 2014, 3:47 p.m., Joshua Colp wrote:
> > branches/12/res/res_pjsip_config_wizard.c, line 295
> > <https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/4190/diff/2/?file=69049#file69049line295>
> >
> >     A question:
> >     
> >     If stuff starts falling apart and we run out of memory - how will all 
> > of this handle it? Will it be obvious what is going on?
> 
> George Joseph wrote:
>     Well, there's no checking in ast_variable_new if it fails to allocate 
> memory so asterisk is going to segfault there because it tries to dereference 
> the pointer immediately.  I can fix that to return a NULL.  Do you want me to 
> spit an error message out there as well?  If ast_variable_new can't allocate 
> a few bytes for the variable what are the chances that asterisk will survive 
> long enough to spit that message out?
>     
>

We should try to make Asterisk as tolerant and graceful as we can.


> On Nov. 24, 2014, 3:47 p.m., Joshua Colp wrote:
> > branches/12/res/res_pjsip_endpoint_identifier_ip.c, line 450
> > <https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/4190/diff/2/?file=69050#file69050line450>
> >
> >     Why does this need to happen here versus in your own wizard module?
> 
> George Joseph wrote:
>     Chicken and egg.  Being a sorcery wizard, this module HAS to load before 
> any of the pjsip modules therefore it has no access to the pjsip sorcery 
> instance.  The next trigger point is pjsip sorcery calling the open callback 
> for a specific object type.  This will never happen unless the pjsip modules 
> apply the wizard for their types.  
>     
>     
>

Ah, and because you are loading so early you can't use an observer since the 
object type doesn't exist yet.


- Joshua


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On Nov. 18, 2014, 5:13 p.m., George Joseph wrote:
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> (Updated Nov. 18, 2014, 5:13 p.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for Asterisk Developers, Joshua Colp and Mark Michelson.
> 
> 
> Repository: Asterisk
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> The PJSIP Configuration Wizard allows for creation of simple pjsip scenarios 
> like phone or trunk without having to directly specify individual endpoints, 
> aors, auths, identifies or registrations.  The easiest way to demonstrate 
> this is with an example or two from pjsip_wizard.conf.sample...
> 
> ;============EXAMPLE WIZARD CONFIGURATION FOR A PHONE=======================
> 
> ; This config would create an endpoint, aor with dynamic contact, inbound
> ; auth and a phoneprov object.
> 
> [myphone]
> type = wizard
> accepts_auth = yes
> accepts_registrations = yes
> transport = ipv4
> aor/max_contacts = 1
> inbound_auth/username = testname
> inbound_auth/password = test password
> endpoint/allow = ulaw
> endpoint/context = default
> phoneprov/MAC = 001122aa4455
> phoneprov/PROFILE = profile1
> 
> ;============EXAMPLE WIZARD CONFIGURATION FOR AN ITSP TRUNK=================
> 
> ; This ITSP has 2 servers available and requires registration.
> 
> ; This config would create an endpoint, an aor with 2 static contacts, an 
> outbound
> ; auth, an identify with 2 matches, and 2 registrations.
> 
> [mytrunk]
> type = wizard
> sends_auth = yes
> sends_registrations = yes
> transport = ipv4
> ; The number of remote_hosts drives the number of contacts, matches and 
> registrations.
> remote_hosts = sip1.myitsp.com:5060,sip2.myitsp.com:5060
> outbound_auth/username = testname
> outbound_auth/password = test password
> endpoint/allow = ulaw
> endpoint/context = default
> 
> pjsip_wizard.conf.sample has more details.
> 
> The history of the wizard approach can be found in the following 2 threads...
> 
> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-dev/2014-September/070426.html
> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-dev/2014-October/070616.html
> 
> THEORY OF OPERATION:
> 
> N.B.:  The term 'wizard' is used in 2 contexts here.  This module implements 
> a sorcery wizard similar to res_sorcery_config and provides the functionality 
> for the PJSIP Configuration Wizard.
> 
> The wizard is implemented in a single module but did require a few tweaks to 
> other res_pjsip modules and sorcery itself.  There are 2 parts to this 
> module, the config wizard and the sorcery wizard.  When the module loads, it 
> registers itself as a sorcery wizard which is implemented in the bottom half 
> of res_pjsip_config_wizard.c.  When sorcery calls the wizard's load and 
> reload functions for a specific pjsip object type, the wizard parses through 
> the pjsip_wizard.conf file and creates the appropriate object for each 
> 'wizard' type.  For example, if asked to load endpoints, the wizard will 
> parse pjsip_wizard.conf and create an endpoint for each 'wizard' type in the 
> file.  This process happens AFTER objects are read from sources defined in 
> sorcery.conf and pjsip.conf.  In the end, the pjsip stack is none the wiser 
> about where the objects came from and all AMI, ARI, CLI etc. operate as 
> normal.  The only way to differentiate between objects created discretely and 
> those created by the wi
 zard is that the wizard-created ones will all have an extended attribute named 
'@pjsip_wizard' with a value of the wizard id.
> 
> SUMMARY OF CHANGES MADE:
> 
> * The new res_pjsip_config_wizard module was created.
> * An existing internal sorcery api was exposed as 
> ast_sorcery_apply_wizard_mapping to allow the addition of a new wizard to an 
> object type.  The underlying plumbing was already there.
> * config_auth, location, pjsip_configuration, 
> res_pjsip_endpoint_identifier_ip, res_pjsip_outbound_registration and 
> res_pjsip_phoneprov_provider were all modified to call 
> ast_sorcery_apply_wizard_mapping after calling ast_sorcery_apply_default.
> * res_pjsip_phoneprov_provider needed a little more work to be compatible.
> * During troubleshooting I realized that there were no 'pjsip show identify' 
> commands so I added them to res_pjsip_endpoint_identifier.  I also plugged an 
> existing  CLI reference leak.
> 
> RELOADABILITY:
> 
> The new module itself cannot be reloaded or unloaded but there's no point to 
> that anyway.  It would just unregister as a sorcery wizard and re-register.  
> 'core reload' and 'module reload res_pjsip' work quite well though which is 
> much more important.  'core reload' is the preferred reload mechanism over 
> reloading specific pjsip modules because it reloads all modules so modules 
> such as res_pjsip_outbound_registration know to start registration for newly 
> discovered objects.  
> 
> BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY:
> 
> This module does not change any existing functionality.  Once created by the 
> wizard, pjsip objects are indistinguishable from ones created discretely 
> other than the addition of the '@pjsip_wizard' attribute.
> 
> OTHER:
> 
> This module does not use sorcery to read its pjsip_wizard.conf file.  Since 
> this module implements a sorcery wizard, doing so would have created 'chicken 
> and egg' scenarios which would have been complex to solve.  It does use the 
> standard config mechanism though so you can use extconfig.conf to get the 
> config from an external source.
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip_phoneprov_provider.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip_outbound_registration.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip_endpoint_identifier_ip.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip_config_wizard.c PRE-CREATION 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_configuration.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_cli.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip/location.c 428167 
>   branches/12/res/res_pjsip/config_auth.c 428167 
>   branches/12/main/sorcery.c 428167 
>   branches/12/include/asterisk/sorcery.h 428167 
>   branches/12/configs/pjsip_wizard.conf.sample PRE-CREATION 
> 
> Diff: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/4190/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> Test suite tests are available that use the wizard to create objects and AMI 
> to read the results.  The results are indistinguishable except the for 
> '@pjsip_wizard' attribute.
> 
> I've converted my own PBX to use the wizard approach and phones and trunks 
> operate normally.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> George Joseph
> 
>

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