# &adminguide;

## Overview

This module provides offline message storage for &kamailioname;. It stores received messages for an offline user and sends them when the user comes back online. It can also send reminders and auto-expire messages.

For each message, the module stores Request-URI (R-URI) only if it is a complete address of record (username@hostname), &uri; from To header, &uri; from From header, incoming time, expiration time, content type and body of the message. If R-URI is not an address of record (it might be the contact address for current &sip; session) the &uri; from To header will be used as R-URI.

When the expiration time is passed, the message is discarded from database. Expiration time is computed based on incoming time and one of the module's parameters.

Every time when a user registers with &kamailio;, the module is looking in database for offline messages intended for that user. All of them will be sent to contact address provided in REGISTER request and then be deleted.

It may happen that the &sip; user registering use a &sip; User Agent that has no support for MESSAGE requests. In this case the failure_route should be used to re-store the undelivered requests.

Another functionality provided by the MSILO module is to send messages at a certain time -- the reminder functionality. Using config logic, a received message can be stored and delivered at a time specified while storing with the 'snd_time_avp'.

## Dependencies

### &kamailio; modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

- database module - mysql, dbtext or other module that implements the db interface and provides support for storing/receiving data to/from a database system.

- TM--transaction module-- used to send &sip; requests.

### External libraries or applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running &kamailio; with this module:

- none.

## Parameters

### `db_url` (string)

Database &url;.

Default value is &defaultdb;.

#### Set the db_url parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "db_url", "&exampledb;")
    ...

### `db_table` (string)

The name of table where to store the messages.

Default value is silo.

#### Set the db_table parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "db_table", "silo")
    ...

### `sc_mid` (string)

The name of the column in silo table used to store the message id.

Default value is mid.

#### Set the sc_mid parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_mid", "other_mid")
    ...

### `sc_from` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the source address.

Default value is src_addr.

#### Set the sc_from parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_from", "source_address")
    ...

### `sc_to` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the destination address.

Default value is dst_addr.

#### Set the sc_to parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_to", "destination_address")
    ...

### `sc_uri_user` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the user name.

Default value is username.

#### Set the sc_uri_user parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_uri_user", "user")
    ...

### `sc_uri_host` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the domain.

Default value is domain.

#### Set the sc_uri_host parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_uri_host", "domain")
    ...

### `sc_body` (string)

The name of the column storing the message body in silo table.

Default value is body.

#### Set the sc_body parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_body", "message_body")
    ...

### `sc_ctype` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing content type.

Default value is ctype.

#### Set the sc_ctype parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_ctype", "content_type")
    ...

### `sc_exp_time` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the expire time of the message.

Default value is exp_time.

#### Set the sc_exp_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_exp_time", "expire_time")
    ...

### `sc_inc_time` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the incoming time of the message.

Default value is inc_time.

#### Set the sc_inc_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_inc_time", "incoming_time")
    ...

### `sc_snd_time` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the send time for the reminder.

Default value is snd_time.

#### Set the sc_snd_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_snd_time", "send_reminder_time")
    ...

### `sc_stored_hdrs` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing the extra headers.

Default value is extra_hdrs.

#### Set the sc_stored_hdrs parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_stored_hdrs", "extra_headers")
    ...

### `sc_callid` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing callid.

Default value is callid.

#### Set the sc_callid parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_callid", "call_id")
    ...

### `sc_callid` (string)

The name of the column in silo table, storing status.

Default value is status.

#### Set the sc_status parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "sc_status", "st")
    ...

### `from_address` (string)

The &sip; address used to inform users that destination of their message is not online and the message will be delivered next time when that user goes online. If the parameter is not set, the module will not send any notification. This parameter may contain pseudo-variables.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the from_address parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "from_address", "sip:registrar@example.org")
    modparam("msilo", "from_address", "sip:$rU@example.org")
    ...

### `contact_hdr` (string)

The value of the Contact header (including header name and ending \r\n) to be added in notification messages. It can contain pseudo-variables.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the contact_hdr parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "contact_hdr", "Contact: <sip:null@example.com>\r\n")
    ...

### `extra_hdrs` (string)

Extra headers (each ending with \r\n) to be added in messages sent from silo by m_dump. It can contain pseudo-variables.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the extra_hdrs parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "extra_hdrs", "X-Extra: $tu\r\nY-Extra: foo\r\n")
    ...

### `offline_message` (string)

The body of the notification message. It can contain pseudo-variables.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the offline_message parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "offline_message", "*** User $rU is offline!")
    modparam("msilo", "offline_message", "<em>I am offline!</em>")
    ...

### `content_type_hdr` (string)

The value of the Content-Type header (including header name and ending \r\n) to be added in notification messages. It must reflect what the 'offline_message' contains. It can contain pseudo-variables.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the content_type_hdr parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "content_type_hdr", "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n")
    modparam("msilo", "content_type_hdr", "Content-Type: text/html\r\n")
    ...

### `reminder` (string)

The &sip; address used to send reminder messages. If this value is not set, the reminder feature is disabled.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the reminder parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "reminder", "sip:registrar@example.org")
    ...

### `outbound_proxy` (string)

The &sip; address used as next hop when sending the message. Very useful when using &kamailio; with a domain name not in DNS, or when using a separate &kamailio; instance for msilo processing. If not set, the message will be sent to the address in destination URI.

Default value is NULL.

#### Set the outbound_proxy parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "outbound_proxy", "sip:kamailio.org;transport=tcp")
    ...

### `expire_time` (int)

Expire time of stored messages - seconds. When this time passed, the message is silently discarded from database.

Default value is 259200 (72 hours = 3 days).

#### Set the expire_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "expire_time", 36000)
    ...

### `check_time` (int)

Timer interval to check if dumped messages are sent OK - seconds. The module keeps each request send by itself for a new online user and if the reply is 2xx then the message is deleted from database.

Default value is 60.

#### Set the check_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "check_time", 10)
    ...

### `send_time` (int)

Timer interval in seconds to check if there are reminder messages. The module takes all reminder messages that must be sent at that moment or before that moment.

If the value is 0, the reminder feature is disabled.

Default value is 0.

#### Set the send_time parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "send_time", 60)
    ...

### `clean_period` (int)

Number of check_time cycles when to check if there are expired messages in database.

Default value is 10.

#### Set the clean_period parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "clean_period", 3)
    ...

### `use_contact` (int)

Turns on/off the usage of the Contact address to send notification back to sender whose message is stored by MSILO.

Default value is 1 (0 = off, 1 = on).

#### Set the use_contact parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "use_contact", 0)
    ...

### `snd_time_avp` (str)

The name of an AVP which may contain the time when to send the received message as reminder. The AVP is used only by m_store().

If the parameter is not set, the module does not look for this AVP. If the value is set to a valid AVP name, then the module expects in the AVP to be a time value in format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (e.g., 20060101201500).

Default value is null.

#### Set the snd_time_avp parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "snd_time_avp", "$avp(i:123)")
    ...

### `add_date` (int)

Whether to add as prefix the date when the message was stored.

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

#### Set the add_date parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "add_date", 0)
    ...

### `max_messages` (int)

Maximum number of stored message for an AoR. Value 0 equals to no limit.

Default value is 0.

#### Set the max_messages parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "max_messages", 0)
    ...

### `add_contact` (int)

Whether to add contact header to generated messages. The contact address is the From URI.

Default value is 0 (1==on; 0==off as per RFC3428).

#### Set the add_contact parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "add_contact", 1)
    ...

### `extra_hdrs_avp` (str)

Name of an AVP which may contain extra headers that are stored with the message when m_store() is called. These extra headers (if any) are then included in MESSAGE request generated by m_dump().

If the parameter is not set, m_store() does not look for extra headers from any AVP.

Default value is null.

#### Set the extra_hdrs_avp parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "extra_hdrs_avp", "$avp(msilo_extra_hdrs)")
    ...

### `skip_notification_flag` (int)

Flag to mark the message for which no notification should be sent back to sender when storing in msilo. Valid value is in between 0 and 31.

Default value is -1 (feature disabled).

#### Set the skip_notification_flag parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "skip_notification_flag", 18)
    ...
    setflag(18);
    m_store(...);
    ...

### `use_mode` (int)

If set to 1, the call-id header of incoming MESSAGE is stored and reused later for delivery MESSAGE.

Default value is 0.

#### Set the use_mode parameter

    ...
    modparam("msilo", "use_mode", 1)
    ...

## Functions

### `m_store([owner])`

The method stores certain parts of the current &sip; request (it should be called when the request type is MESSAGE and the destination user is offline or his UA does not support MESSAGE requests). If the user is registered with a UA which does not support MESSAGE requests you should not use mode=0 if you have changed the request uri with the contact address of user's &ua;.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

- owner - is a string that must contain a SIP URI in whose inbox the message will be stored. It can have any pseudo variable. If "owner" is missing, the SIP address is taken from R-URI.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE.

#### `m_store` usage

    ...
    m_store();
    m_store("$tu");
    ...

### `m_store_addrs(owner, srcaddr, dstaddr)`

Similar to m_store(), but instead of getting source user address from From-URI and destination user address from To_URI, this function allows to give them via parameters.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

- owner - is a string that must contain a SIP URI in whose inbox the message will be stored. It can have any pseudo variable.

- srcaddr - is a string that must contain a SIP URI corresponding to From user. It can have any pseudo variable.

- dstaddr - is a string that must contain a SIP URI correspinding to To user. It can have any pseudo variable.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE, FAILURE_ROUTE.

#### `m_store_addrs` usage

    ...
    m_store_addrs("sip:$rU@a.com", "sip:$fU@a.com", "sip:$tU@a.com");
    ...

### `m_dump([owner])`

The method sends stored messages for the &sip; user that has registered to the contact address in the registration. The method should be called when a REGISTER request is received and the Expire header has a value greater than zero.

Meaning of the parameters is as follows:

- owner - is a string that must contain a SIP URI whose inbox will be dumped. It can have any pseudo variable. If "owner" is missing, the SIP address is taken from To URI.

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.

#### `m_dump` usage

    ...
    m_dump();
    m_dump("$fu");
    ...

## Statistics

### stored_messages

The number of messages stored by msilo.

### dumped_messages

The number of dumped messages.

### failed_messages

The number of failed dumped messages.

### dumped_reminders

The number of dumped reminder messages.

### failed_reminders

The number of failed reminder messages.

## Installation and Running

### &kamailio; config file

Next picture displays a sample usage of msilo.

#### &kamailio; config script - sample msilo usage

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