Acc Module

Jiri Kuthan

   iptel.org
   <jiri@iptel.org>

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

   Voice Sistem SRL
   <bogdan@voice-system.ro>

Ramona-Elena Modroiu

   rosdev.ro
   <ramona@rosdev.ro>

Edited by

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

   Voice Sistem SRL
   <bogdan@voice-system.ro>

Sven Knoblich

   1&1 Internet AG
   <sven.knoblich@1und1.de>

Tyler Moore

   dOpenSource
   <tmoore@dopensource.com>

   Copyright © 2002, 2003 FhG FOKUS

   Copyright © 2004, 2006 Voice Sistem SRL

   Copyright © 2011 1&1 Internet AG

   Copyright © 2025 Tyler Moore, dOpenSource
     __________________________________________________________________

   Table of Contents

   1. Admin Guide

        1. Overview

              1.1. General Example

        2. Extra accounting

              2.1. Overview
              2.2. Definitions and syntax
              2.3. How it works

        3. Multi Call-Legs accounting

              3.1. Overview
              3.2. Configuration
              3.3. Logged data

        4. Call Data Record generation

              4.1. Overview
              4.2. CDR Extra

                    4.2.1. Definitions and syntax

              4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs

                    4.3.1. Overview
                    4.3.2. Configuration

                          4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy

                    4.3.3. Logged data

        5. Dependencies

              5.1. Kamailio Modules
              5.2. External Libraries or Applications

        6. Parameters

              6.1. early_media (integer)
              6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
              6.3. failed_filter (string)
              6.4. report_ack (integer)
              6.5. report_cancels (integer)
              6.6. detect_direction (integer)
              6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
              6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
              6.9. acc_extra_nullable (integer)
              6.10. multi_leg_info (string)
              6.11. log_flag (integer)
              6.12. log_missed_flag (integer)
              6.13. log_level (integer)
              6.14. log_facility (string)
              6.15. log_extra (string)
              6.16. db_flag (integer)
              6.17. db_missed_flag (integer)
              6.18. db_table_acc (string)
              6.19. db_table_missed_calls (string)
              6.20. db_url (string)
              6.21. db_version_check (integer)
              6.22. acc_method_column (string)
              6.23. acc_from_tag_column (string)
              6.24. acc_to_tag_column (string)
              6.25. acc_callid_column (string)
              6.26. acc_sip_code_column (string)
              6.27. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
              6.28. acc_time_column (string)
              6.29. db_extra (string)
              6.30. db_insert_mode (integer)
              6.31. cdr_enable (integer)
              6.32. cdr_skip (string)
              6.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
              6.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
              6.35. cdr_facility (integer)
              6.36. cdr_extra (string)
              6.37. cdr_extra_nullable (integer)
              6.38. cdr_start_id (string)
              6.39. cdr_end_id (string)
              6.40. cdr_duration_id (string)
              6.41. cdr_duration_mode (integer)
              6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
              6.43. cdrs_table (str)
              6.44. time_mode (int)
              6.45. time_attr (str)
              6.46. time_exten (str)
              6.47. time_format (str)
              6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
              6.49. clone_msg (int)
              6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
              6.51. acc_extra_size (int)
              6.52. cdr_extra_size (int)

        7. Functions

              7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
              7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
              7.3. acc_request(comment, table)

   2. Frequently Asked Questions

   List of Examples

   1.1. early_media example
   1.2. failed_transaction_flag example
   1.3. failed_filter example
   1.4. report_ack example
   1.5. report_cancels example
   1.6. detect_direction example
   1.7. acc_prepare_flag example
   1.8. acc_prepare_flag example
   1.9. acc_extra_nullable example
   1.10. multi_leg_info example
   1.11. log_flag example
   1.12. log_missed_flag example
   1.13. log_level example
   1.14. log_facility example
   1.15. log_extra example
   1.16. db_flag example
   1.17. db_missed_flag example
   1.18. db_table_acc example
   1.19. db_table_missed_calls example
   1.20. db_url example
   1.21. db_version_check example
   1.22. acc_method_column example
   1.23. acc_from_tag_column example
   1.24. acc_to_tag_column example
   1.25. acc_callid_column example
   1.26. acc_sip_code_column example
   1.27. acc_sip_reason_column example
   1.28. acc_time_column example
   1.29. db_extra example
   1.30. db_insert_mode example
   1.31. cdr_enable example
   1.32. cdr_skip example
   1.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable example
   1.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed example
   1.35. cdr_facility example
   1.36. cdr_extra example
   1.37. cdr_extra_nullable example
   1.38. cdr_start_id example
   1.39. cdr_end_id example
   1.40. cdr_duration_id example
   1.41. cdr_duration_mode example
   1.42. cdr_log_enable example
   1.43. cdrs_table example
   1.44. time_mode example
   1.45. time_attr example
   1.46. time_exten example
   1.47. time_format example
   1.48. reason_from_hf
   1.49. clone_msg
   1.50. cdr_on_failed
   1.51. acc_extra_size
   1.52. cdr_extra_size
   1.53. acc_log_request usage
   1.54. acc_db_request usage
   1.55. acc_db_request usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

   Table of Contents

   1. Overview

        1.1. General Example

   2. Extra accounting

        2.1. Overview
        2.2. Definitions and syntax
        2.3. How it works

   3. Multi Call-Legs accounting

        3.1. Overview
        3.2. Configuration
        3.3. Logged data

   4. Call Data Record generation

        4.1. Overview
        4.2. CDR Extra

              4.2.1. Definitions and syntax

        4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs

              4.3.1. Overview
              4.3.2. Configuration

                    4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy

              4.3.3. Logged data

   5. Dependencies

        5.1. Kamailio Modules
        5.2. External Libraries or Applications

   6. Parameters

        6.1. early_media (integer)
        6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
        6.3. failed_filter (string)
        6.4. report_ack (integer)
        6.5. report_cancels (integer)
        6.6. detect_direction (integer)
        6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
        6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
        6.9. acc_extra_nullable (integer)
        6.10. multi_leg_info (string)
        6.11. log_flag (integer)
        6.12. log_missed_flag (integer)
        6.13. log_level (integer)
        6.14. log_facility (string)
        6.15. log_extra (string)
        6.16. db_flag (integer)
        6.17. db_missed_flag (integer)
        6.18. db_table_acc (string)
        6.19. db_table_missed_calls (string)
        6.20. db_url (string)
        6.21. db_version_check (integer)
        6.22. acc_method_column (string)
        6.23. acc_from_tag_column (string)
        6.24. acc_to_tag_column (string)
        6.25. acc_callid_column (string)
        6.26. acc_sip_code_column (string)
        6.27. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
        6.28. acc_time_column (string)
        6.29. db_extra (string)
        6.30. db_insert_mode (integer)
        6.31. cdr_enable (integer)
        6.32. cdr_skip (string)
        6.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
        6.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
        6.35. cdr_facility (integer)
        6.36. cdr_extra (string)
        6.37. cdr_extra_nullable (integer)
        6.38. cdr_start_id (string)
        6.39. cdr_end_id (string)
        6.40. cdr_duration_id (string)
        6.41. cdr_duration_mode (integer)
        6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
        6.43. cdrs_table (str)
        6.44. time_mode (int)
        6.45. time_attr (str)
        6.46. time_exten (str)
        6.47. time_format (str)
        6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
        6.49. clone_msg (int)
        6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
        6.51. acc_extra_size (int)
        6.52. cdr_extra_size (int)

   7. Functions

        7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
        7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
        7.3. acc_request(comment, table)

1. Overview

   1.1. General Example

   ACC module is used to account transactions information to different
   backends like syslog and SQL. With the separate module “acc_radius”
   support for radius is enabled.

   There is some very early support of the Diameter protocol in the
   “acc_diameter” module, but is not up to date with the current Diameter
   protocols. If you need Diameter support, please use the ims_charging
   module.

   To account a transaction and to choose which set of backends to be
   used, the script writer just has to set some flags (see the module
   parameters section for flag definitions Section 6, “Parameters”). If
   the accounting flag for a specific backend is set, the acc module will
   then report on completed transaction. A typical usage of the module
   takes no acc-specific script command -- the functionality binds
   invisibly through transaction processing. Script writers just need to
   mark the transaction for accounting with proper setflag. Even so, the
   module allows the script writer to force accounting in special cases
   via some script functions.

   The accounting module will log by default a fixed set of attributes for
   the transaction - if you customize your accounting by adding more
   information to be logged, please see the next chapter about extra
   accounting - Section 2, “Extra accounting”.

   The fixed minimal accounting information is:
     * Request Method name
     * From header TAG parameter
     * To header TAG parameter
     * Call-Id
     * 3-digit Status code from final reply
     * Reason phrase from final reply
     * Time stamp when transaction was completed

   If a value is not present in request, the empty string is accounted
   instead.

   Note that:
     * A single INVITE may produce multiple accounting reports -- that's
       due to SIP forking feature.
     * All flags related to accounting need to be set in request
       processing route - only the "missed-call" flag may be toggled from
       other types of routes.
     * If a UA fails in middle of conversation, a proxy will never find
       out about it. In general, a better practice is to account from an
       end-device (such as PSTN gateway), which best knows about call
       status (including media status and PSTN status in case of the
       gateway). However, CDR-based logging has the option to log existing
       information from expired dialogs (the dlg_vars in cdr_extra) Please
       see cdr_expired_dlg_enable parameter - Section 6.33,
       “cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)”.

   The SQL backend support is compiled in the module.

1.1. General Example

loadmodule "modules/acc/acc.so"
modparam("acc", "log_level", 1)
modparam("acc", "log_flag", 1)

if (uri=~"sip:+40") /* calls to Romania */ {
    if (!proxy_authorize("sip_domain.net" /* realm */,
    "subscriber" /* table name */))  {
        proxy_challenge("sip_domain.net" /* realm */, "0" /* no qop */ );
        exit;
    }

    if (method=="INVITE" && !check_from()) {
        log("from!=digest\n");
        sl_send_reply("403","Forbidden");
    }

    setflag(1); /* set for accounting (the same value as in log_flag!)
    t_relay();  /* enter stateful mode now */
};

2. Extra accounting

   2.1. Overview
   2.2. Definitions and syntax
   2.3. How it works

2.1. Overview

   Along the static default information, ACC modules allows dynamical
   selection of extra information to be logged. This allows you to log any
   pseudo-variable (AVPs, parts of the request, etc).

2.2. Definitions and syntax

   Selection of extra information is done via xxx_extra parameters by
   specifying the names of additional information you want to log. This
   information is defined via pseudo-variables and may include headers,
   AVPs values or other message or system values. The syntax of the
   parameter is:
     * xxx_extra = extra_definition (';'extra_definition)*
     * extra_definition = log_name '=' pseudo_variable

   The full list of supported pseudo-variables in Kamailio is available
   at: https://www.kamailio.org/wikidocs/cookbooks/devel/pseudovariables

   Note: For all the ACK processed by tm, the registered callbacks (like
   acc module) will be called with the corresponding INVITE transaction
   contexts as long as this is still available. This means that the ACK
   callbacks will see the AVPs setup for the INVITE transaction and not
   the AVPs setup before t_relay().

   Via log_name you define how/where the data will be logged. Its meaning
   depends of the accounting support which is used:
     * LOG accounting - log_name will be just printed along with the data
       in log_name=data format;
     * DB accounting - log_name will be the name of the DB column where
       the data will be stored.IMPORTANT: add in db acc table the columns
       corresponding to each extra data;
     * RADIUS accounting - log_name will be the AVP name used for packing
       the data into RADIUS message. The log_name will be translated to
       AVP number via the dictionary. IMPORTANT: add in RADIUS dictionary
       the log_name attribute.
     * DIAMETER accounting - log_name will be the AVP code used for
       packing the data into DIAMETER message. The AVP code is given
       directly as integer, since DIAMETER has no dictionary support yet.
       IMPORTANT: log_name must be a number.

2.3. How it works

   Some pseudo variables may return more than one value (like headers or
   AVPs). In this case, the returned values are embedded in a single
   string in a comma-separated format.

3. Multi Call-Legs accounting

   3.1. Overview
   3.2. Configuration
   3.3. Logged data

3.1. Overview

   A SIP call can have multiple legs due forwarding actions. For example
   user A calls user B which forwards the call to user C. There is only
   one SIP call but with 2 legs (A to B and B to C). Accounting the legs
   of a call is required for proper billing of the calls (if C is a PSTN
   number and the call is billed, user B must pay for the call - as last
   party modifying the call destination-, and not A - as initiator of the
   call. Call forwarding on server is only one example which shows the
   necessity of having an accounting engine with multiple legs support.

3.2. Configuration

   First how it works: The idea is to have a set of AVPs and for each call
   leg to store a set of values in the AVPs. The meaning of the AVP
   content is strictly decided by the script writer - it can be the origin
   and source of the leg, its status or any other related information. If
   you have a set of 4 AVPS (AVP1, AVP2, AVP3, AVP4), then for the "A call
   B and B forwards to C" example, you need to set a different set of
   values for the AVPs for each leg ([A,B] and [B,C]) . The script writer
   must take care and properly insert all these AVP from the script (in
   proper order and with the correct type).

   When the accounting information for the call will be written/sent, all
   the call-leg pairs will be added (based on the found AVP sets).

   By default, the multiple call-leg support is disabled - it can be
   enabled just by setting the per-leg set of AVPs via the multi_leg_info
   module parameter.

3.3. Logged data

   For each call, all the values of the AVP set (which defines a call-leg)
   will be logged. How the information will be actually logged, depends of
   the data backend:
     * syslog -- all leg-sets will be added to one record string as
       AVP1=xxx, AVP2=xxxx ,... sets.
     * database -- each pair will be separately logged (due DB data
       structure constraints); several records will be written, the
       difference between them being only the fields corresponding to the
       call-leg info.

Note
       You will need to add in your DB (all acc related tables) the
       columns for call-leg info (a column for each AVP of the set).
     * Radius -- all sets will be added to the same Radius accounting
       message as RADIUS AVPs - for each call-leg a set of RADIUS AVPs
       will be added (corresponding to the per-leg AVP set). Note that
       Radius support is in a separate module - acc_radius.

Note
       You will need to add in your dictionary the RADIUS AVPs used in
       call-leg AVP set definition.

4. Call Data Record generation

   4.1. Overview
   4.2. CDR Extra

        4.2.1. Definitions and syntax

   4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs

        4.3.1. Overview
        4.3.2. Configuration

              4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy

        4.3.3. Logged data

4.1. Overview

   In addition to transaction-based logging, it is possible to generate
   and log Call Data Records (CDRs) directly from Kamailio. Apart from a
   basic set of CDR fields which are always included (covering start time,
   end time, and duration), the approach allows flexible specification of
   additional fields that should be taken into account using the
   configuration script. This is very similar to how transaction-based
   logging may be customized with the exception that CDRs rely on dialogs
   instead of transactions to store relevant information during a call.

   In order to set up CDR generation, you must enable the CDR switch and
   load the dialog module. You probably also want to specify a set of
   pseudo-variables that define more relevant CDR fields. Pseudo-variables
   may be assigned arbitrarily during script execution, and the module
   will make sure that the variable content will be transformed into a CDR
   by the end of the dialog.

   To use CDR logging in a correct manner, you should only use the
   dialog-based pseudo-variables (dlg_var) from the dialog module. This
   allows you to save values right from the beginning through all requests
   and replies until termination of the call. While not recommended, it is
   still possible to use other pseudo-variables as well. Except for
   pseudo-variables valid in the call-final transaction, however,
   information given will not be stored in the CDR as they cannot be
   accessed by the end of the call when the CDR is logged.

   The dialog module needs to be engaged on the dialogs that should be
   accounted, that they will be tracked by the server. This is usally done
   by calling the function dlg_manage(). Refer to the documentation of the
   dialog module for more information.

   Sometimes, dialogs expire because the UA has a problem and a final
   message is never transmitted. You can toggle on/off the generation of
   CDR-based logging in such cases with only the dlg_vars showing by using
   the cdr_expired_dlg_enable parameter - Section 6.33,
   “cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)”. Default behavior is not logging.

4.2. CDR Extra

   This section is similar to the “LOG accounting” part of Section 2,
   “Extra accounting”.

4.2.1. Definitions and syntax

   Selection of extra information is done similar to the transaction extra
   Section 2.2, “Definitions and syntax”.
     * cdr_extra = cdr_extra_definition (';'cdr_extra_definition)*
     * cdr_extra_definition = cdr_log_name '=' pseudo_variable

   See also Section 6.36, “cdr_extra (string)”.

   The list with all pseudo-variables in Kamailio can be found at:
   https://www.kamailio.org/wikidocs/.

4.3. CDR with Multi Call-Legs

4.3.1. Overview

   As mentioned in Section 3, “Multi Call-Legs accounting”, a leg
   represents a parallel or forwarded call. In contrast to the normal
   accounting the cdr logging uses dialogs instead of transaction to log
   data. This may reduce the amount of information but it also make it
   possible to combine all important data in one cdr at once. A second
   mechanism to process multiple data-sets into one cdr is not further
   necessary.

4.3.2. Configuration

   When you route messages multiple times through your proxy (e.g. to
   handle “call-forwardings”) you have to use detect_spirals from the
   dialog modules. Otherwise the proxy can't identify and reuse existing
   dialogs.

   To get the correct call-forwarding-chain you have to store each cf*
   with the corresponding caller and callee in a dialog based
   pseudo-variable (dlg_var) (e.g. chain=B;cfa;C|C;cfnr;D). Additionally
   it is necessary to store the caller and callee for each leg. All this
   helps to identify the involved phone partners and forwarding chain.
   When you route such calls multiple times to the same Proxy, you could
   store the caller and callee within a transaction based avp and write it
   into the dialog based dlg_var pv during a 200 INVITE.

4.3.2.1. Example for a spiraled Proxy

...
# A calls B (transaction 1)
$avp(caller)='A'
$avp(callee)='B';
$dlg_var(chain)='';

# B cfa C (transaction 2)
$avp(caller)='B'
$avp(callee)='C';
$dlg_var(chain)='B;cfu;C';

# C cfnr D (transaction 3)
$avp(caller)='C'
$avp(callee)='D';
$dlg_var(chain)=$dlg_var(chain) + "|" + "C;cfnr;D";

# C confirms call (200 reply of transaction 2)
$dlg_var(caller) = $avp(caller); #caller='B'
$dlg_var(callee) = $avp(callee); #callee='C'
...

4.3.3. Logged data

   For each call, all dialog corresponding variables will be logged. After
   a call is finished, the generated call data record information will be
   logged as string (VAR1=xxx,VAR2=xxxx,...) to the syslog.

5. Dependencies

   5.1. Kamailio Modules
   5.2. External Libraries or Applications

5.1. Kamailio Modules

   The module depends on the following modules (in other words the listed
   modules must be loaded before this module):
     * tm -- Transaction Manager
     * a database module -- If SQL support is used.
     * rr -- Record Route, if “detect_direction” module parameter is
       enabled.
     * dialog -- Dialog, if “cdr_enable” module parameter is enabled.

5.2. External Libraries or Applications

   The following libraries or applications must be installed before
   running Kamailio with this module loaded:
     * None

6. Parameters

   6.1. early_media (integer)
   6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)
   6.3. failed_filter (string)
   6.4. report_ack (integer)
   6.5. report_cancels (integer)
   6.6. detect_direction (integer)
   6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)
   6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)
   6.9. acc_extra_nullable (integer)
   6.10. multi_leg_info (string)
   6.11. log_flag (integer)
   6.12. log_missed_flag (integer)
   6.13. log_level (integer)
   6.14. log_facility (string)
   6.15. log_extra (string)
   6.16. db_flag (integer)
   6.17. db_missed_flag (integer)
   6.18. db_table_acc (string)
   6.19. db_table_missed_calls (string)
   6.20. db_url (string)
   6.21. db_version_check (integer)
   6.22. acc_method_column (string)
   6.23. acc_from_tag_column (string)
   6.24. acc_to_tag_column (string)
   6.25. acc_callid_column (string)
   6.26. acc_sip_code_column (string)
   6.27. acc_sip_reason_column (string)
   6.28. acc_time_column (string)
   6.29. db_extra (string)
   6.30. db_insert_mode (integer)
   6.31. cdr_enable (integer)
   6.32. cdr_skip (string)
   6.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)
   6.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)
   6.35. cdr_facility (integer)
   6.36. cdr_extra (string)
   6.37. cdr_extra_nullable (integer)
   6.38. cdr_start_id (string)
   6.39. cdr_end_id (string)
   6.40. cdr_duration_id (string)
   6.41. cdr_duration_mode (integer)
   6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)
   6.43. cdrs_table (str)
   6.44. time_mode (int)
   6.45. time_attr (str)
   6.46. time_exten (str)
   6.47. time_format (str)
   6.48. reason_from_hf (int)
   6.49. clone_msg (int)
   6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)
   6.51. acc_extra_size (int)
   6.52. cdr_extra_size (int)

6.1. early_media (integer)

   Should be early media (any provisional reply with body) accounted too ?

   Default value is 0 (no).

   Example 1.1. early_media example
...
modparam("acc", "early_media", 1)
...

6.2. failed_transaction_flag (integer)

   Per transaction flag which says if the transaction should be accounted
   also in case of failure (SIP status code >= 300). This flag triggers
   accounting when the whole transaction fails (on the server side).

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.2. failed_transaction_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "failed_transaction_flag", 4)
...

6.3. failed_filter (string)

   A string of failure response codes from 300 to 999 separated by commas.
   Failed transaction will not be accounted if its response code is in the
   list even when failed_transaction_flag is set.

   Default value is not-set (failure filtering is off).

   Example 1.3. failed_filter example
...
modparam("acc", "failed_filter", "404,407")
...

6.4. report_ack (integer)

   Shall acc attempt to account e2e ACKs too ? Note that this is really
   only an attempt, as e2e ACKs may take a different path (unless RR
   enabled) and mismatch original INVITE (e2e ACKs are a separate
   transaction). The flag for accounting has to be set for each ACK as
   well.

   Default value is 0 (no).

   Example 1.4. report_ack example
...
modparam("acc", "report_ack", 1)
...

6.5. report_cancels (integer)

   By default, CANCEL reporting is disabled -- most accounting
   applications wants to see INVITE's cancellation status. Turn on if you
   explicitly want to account CANCEL transactions.

   Default value is 0 (no).

   Example 1.5. report_cancels example
...
modparam("acc", "report_cancels", 1)
...

6.6. detect_direction (integer)

   Controls the direction detection for sequential requests. If enabled
   (non zero value), for sequential requests with upstream direction (from
   callee to caller), the FROM and TO will be swapped (the direction will
   be preserved as in the original request).

   It affects all values related to TO and FROM headers (body, URI,
   username, domain, TAG).

   Default value is 0 (disabled).

   Example 1.6. detect_direction example
...
modparam("acc", "detect_direction", 1)
...

6.7. acc_prepare_flag (integer)

   Per transaction flag which says if the transaction may be accounted
   later, with flags set in TM module specific routes (e.g., like
   failure_route). If this flag is not set and acc or missed_call flag are
   not set either in request route block, there is no way to mark the
   request for transaction later unless you set acc_prepare_always. If
   either acc or missed_call flags are set in request route block, there
   is no need to set this flag.

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.7. acc_prepare_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_prepare_flag", 5)
...

6.8. acc_prepare_always (integer)

   Prepare all request even if acc_prepare_flag is not set to mark the
   request for transaction later.

   Default value is not-set (previous behaviour).

   Example 1.8. acc_prepare_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_prepare_always", 1)
...

6.9. acc_extra_nullable (integer)

   If set to 1, the database acc extra fields are set to NULL if the
   corresponding script variable is not defined or has $null value. If set
   to 0, the value is saved as empty string (the existing behavior).

   Database columns may need to be altered to DROP NOT NULL constraints
   and DROP DEFAULT values in order to accept NULL values.

   Default value is 0.

   Example 1.9. acc_extra_nullable example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_extra_nullable", 1)
...

6.10. multi_leg_info (string)

   Defines the AVP set to be used in per-call-leg accounting. See
   Section 3, “Multi Call-Legs accounting” for a detailed description of
   the Multi Call-Legs accounting.

   If empty, the multi-leg accounting support will be disabled.

   Default value is 0 (disabled).

   Example 1.10. multi_leg_info example
...
# for syslog-based accounting, use any text you want to be printed
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
    "text1=$avp(src);text2=$avp(dst)")
# for mysql-based accounting, use the names of the columns
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
    "leg_src=$avp(src);leg_dst=$avp(dst)")
# for DIAMETER-based accounting, use the DIAMETER AVP ID (as integer)
modparam("acc", "multi_leg_info",
    "2345=$avp(src);2346=$avp(dst)")
...

6.11. log_flag (integer)

   Request flag which needs to be set to account a transaction via syslog.

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.11. log_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "log_flag", 2)
...

6.12. log_missed_flag (integer)

   Request flag which needs to be set to account missed calls via syslog.
   This can be used to e.g. account failures during the call setup phase
   from the callee (client) side, for example if you do forking to several
   destinations.

   Keep in mind that this flag is reset after branch completion. Therefore
   it is necessary to set it again e.g. in a failure_route if you do
   serial forking and want to log all attempts.

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.12. log_missed_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "log_missed_flag", 3)
...

6.13. log_level (integer)

   Log level at which accounting messages are issued to syslog.

   Default value is 1 (L_NOTICE).

   Example 1.13. log_level example
...
modparam("acc", "log_level", 2)   # Set log_level to 2 (L_INFO)
...

6.14. log_facility (string)

   Log facility to which accounting messages are issued to syslog. This
   allows to easily separate the accounting specific logging from the
   other log messages.

   Default value is LOG_DAEMON.

   Example 1.14. log_facility example
...
modparam("acc", "log_facility", "LOG_DAEMON")
...

6.15. log_extra (string)

   Extra values to be logged. See section Section 2, “Extra accounting”
   for more details.

   Default value is NULL.

   Example 1.15. log_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "log_extra", "ua=$hdr(User-Agent);uuid=$avp(i:123)")
...

6.16. db_flag (integer)

   Request flag which needs to be set to account a transaction -- database
   specific.

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.16. db_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "db_flag", 2)
...

6.17. db_missed_flag (integer)

   Request flag which needs to be set to account missed calls via
   database. This can be used to e.g. account failures during the call
   setup phase from the callee (client) side, for example if you do
   forking to several destinations.

   Keep in mind that this flag is reset after branch completion. Therefore
   it is necessary to set it again e.g. in a failure_route if you do
   serial forking and want to log all attempts.

   Default value is not-set (no flag).

   Example 1.17. db_missed_flag example
...
modparam("acc", "db_missed_flag", 3)
...

6.18. db_table_acc (string)

   Table name of accounting successful calls -- database specific. It can
   contain config variables that will be evaluated at runtime.

   Default value is “acc”

   Example 1.18. db_table_acc example
...
modparam("acc", "db_table_acc", "myacc_table")
modparam("acc", "db_table_acc", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)")
...

6.19. db_table_missed_calls (string)

   Table name for accounting missed calls -- database specific. It can
   contain config variables that will be evaluated at runtime.

   Default value is “missed_calls”

   Example 1.19. db_table_missed_calls example
...
modparam("acc", "db_table_missed_calls", "myMC_table")
...

6.20. db_url (string)

   SQL address -- database specific. If it is set to NULL or empty string,
   the SQL support is disabled.

   Default value is “NULL” (SQL disabled).

   Example 1.20. db_url example
...
modparam("acc", "db_url", "mysql://user:password@localhost/kamailio")
...

6.21. db_version_check (integer)

   Whether to validate database schema versions when the module
   initializes or not.

   Default value is 1 (perform version checks).

   Example 1.21. db_version_check example
...
modparam("acc", "db_version_check", 0)
...

6.22. acc_method_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the request's method name as
   string.

   Default value is “method”.

   Example 1.22. acc_method_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_method_column", "method")
...

6.23. acc_from_tag_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the From header TAG parameter.

   Default value is “from_tag”.

   Example 1.23. acc_from_tag_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_from_tag_column", "from_tag")
...

6.24. acc_to_tag_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the To header TAG parameter.

   Default value is “to_tag”.

   Example 1.24. acc_to_tag_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_to_tag_column", "to_tag")
...

6.25. acc_callid_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the request's Callid value.

   Default value is “callid”.

   Example 1.25. acc_callid_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_callid_column", "callid")
...

6.26. acc_sip_code_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the final reply's numeric code
   value in string format.

   Default value is “sip_code”.

   Example 1.26. acc_sip_code_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_sip_code_column", "sip_code")
...

6.27. acc_sip_reason_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the final reply's reason
   phrase value.

   Default value is “sip_reason”.

   Example 1.27. acc_sip_reason_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_sip_reason_column", "sip_reason")
...

6.28. acc_time_column (string)

   Column name in accounting table to store the time stamp of the
   transaction completion in date-time format.

   Default value is “time”.

   Example 1.28. acc_time_column example
...
modparam("acc", "acc_time_column", "time")
...

6.29. db_extra (string)

   Extra values to be logged into database - DB specific. See section
   Section 2, “Extra accounting” for more details.

   Default value is NULL.

   Example 1.29. db_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "db_extra", "ct=$hdr(Content-type); email=$avp(s:email)")
...

6.30. db_insert_mode (integer)

   If set to 1, use INSERT DELAYED to add records to accounting tables
   when the DB driver has support for it. If no INSERT DELAYED support is
   offered by DB driver, then standard INSERT is used. Beware that MySQL
   InnoDB engine doesn't support INSERT DELAYED, thus be sure the acc
   tables are defined with different type (e.g., MyISAM).

   If set to 2, async insert is used if the db driver module has support
   for it and if async_workers core parameter value is greater than 0. If
   not, then standard INSERT is used.

   Default value is 0 (no INSERT DELAYED nor async insert).

   Example 1.30. db_insert_mode example
...
modparam("acc", "db_insert_mode", 1)
...

6.31. cdr_enable (integer)

   Enable CDR reporting - one record per call reported to "acc_cdrs"
   table, relying on dialog module.

   The value can be:
     * 0 - off (default).
     * 1 - on.

   Example 1.31. cdr_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_enable", 1)
...

6.32. cdr_skip (string)

   Skip cdr generation for dialogs with this dlg_var set.

   Default value is NULL.

   Example 1.32. cdr_skip example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_skip", "nocdr")
...

6.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable (integer)

   Should CDR-based logging be enabled in case of expired dialogs?
     * 0 - off (default).
     * 1 - on.

   Example 1.33. cdr_expired_dlg_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_expired_dlg_enable", 1)
...

6.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed (integer)

   Should the start time be taken from the time when the dialog is
   created, or when the dialog is confirmed?
     * 0 - use time of dialog creation (default).
     * 1 - use time of dialog confirmation.

   Example 1.34. cdr_start_on_confirmed example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_start_on_confirmed", 1)
...

6.35. cdr_facility (integer)

   Log facility to which CDR messages are issued to syslog. This allows to
   easily separate CDR-specific logging from the other log messages.

   Default value is LOG_DAEMON.

   Example 1.35. cdr_facility example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_facility", "LOG_DAEMON")
...

6.36. cdr_extra (string)

   Set of pseudo-variables defining custom CDR fields. See Section 4.2,
   “CDR Extra” for more details.

   Default value is NULL.

   Example 1.36. cdr_extra example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_extra", "c1=$dlg_var(caller);c2=$dlg_var(callee)")
...

6.37. cdr_extra_nullable (integer)

   Should custom CDR fields be saved as NULL?

   If set to 0, custom CDR fields not defined in config operation (or set
   to $null) will be saved as empty string. If set to 1, custom CDR fields
   not defined in config operation (or set to $null) will be saved as
   NULL.

   Database columns may need to be altered to DROP NOT NULL constraints
   and DROP DEFAULT values in order to accept NULL values.

   Default value is 0.

   Example 1.37. cdr_extra_nullable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_extra_nullable", 1)
...

6.38. cdr_start_id (string)

   Modifying the id which is used to store the start time.

   Default value is 'start_time'

   Example 1.38. cdr_start_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_start_id", "start")
...

6.39. cdr_end_id (string)

   Modifying the id which is used to store the end time.

   Default value is 'end_time'

   Example 1.39. cdr_end_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_end_id", "end")
...

6.40. cdr_duration_id (string)

   Modify the id which is used to store the duration.

   Default value is 'duration'

   Example 1.40. cdr_duration_id example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_duration_id", "d")
...

6.41. cdr_duration_mode (integer)

   Modify the precision of the duration stored for the call.

   Values can be:
     * 0 - save the cdr duration as seconds.
     * 1 - (default), save the cdr duration as seconds.milliseconds.
     * 2 - save the cdr duration as seconds.microseconds.

   Example 1.41. cdr_duration_mode example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_duration_mode", 2)
...

6.42. cdr_log_enable (int)

   Control if CDR-based accounting should be written to syslog.

   0 - off. 1 - on (default).

   Example 1.42. cdr_log_enable example
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_log_enable", 0)
...

6.43. cdrs_table (str)

   Name of db table to store dialog-based CDRs.

   Default value is "" (no db storage for dialog-based CDRs).

   Example 1.43. cdrs_table example
...
modparam("acc", "cdrs_table", "acc_cdrs")
...

6.44. time_mode (int)

   Store additional value related to the time of event.

   Values can be:
     * 0 - (default), save only unix timestamp for syslog and datetime for
       database.
     * 1 - save seconds in time_attr and microseconds in time_exten.
     * 2 - save seconds.milliseconds in time_attr.
     * 3 - save formatted time according to time_format parameter, using
       the output of localtime(). Used for cdr entries too.
     * 4 - save formatted time according to time_format parameter, using
       the output of gmtime(). Used for cdr entries too.

   Example 1.44. time_mode example
...
modparam("acc", "time_mode", 1)
...

6.45. time_attr (str)

   Name of the syslog attribute or database column where to store
   additional value related to the time of event.

   For db accounting, the column has to be of different types, depending
   on time_mode value. When time_mode is:
     * 1 - time_attr column has to be int.
     * 2 - time_attr column has to be double.
     * 3 - time_attr column has to be varchar(128).
     * 4 - time_attr column has to be varchar(128).

   For time_mode=1, this attribute is not written in syslog, because time
   value is already unix timestamp, but in db accounting time value is
   datetime and requires a function to get the timestamp.

   Example 1.45. time_attr example
...
modparam("acc", "time_attr", "seconds")
...

6.46. time_exten (str)

   Name of the syslog attribute or database column where to store extended
   value related to the time of event.

   It is used now only for time_mode=1 and database column has to be int:

   Example 1.46. time_exten example
...
modparam("acc", "time_exten", "microsecs")
...

6.47. time_format (str)

   Specify the format to print the time for time_mode 3 or 4.

   Default value is %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S".

   Example 1.47. time_format example
...
modparam("acc", "time_format", "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
...

6.48. reason_from_hf (int)

   Tells where to take sip_reason from. If value is 0, sip_reason is taken
   from status line. Otherwise, sip_reason is taken from Reason header
   field(s) if present. Currently only the first Reason header is used.

   Default value is 0.

   Example 1.48. reason_from_hf
...
modparam("acc", "reason_from_hf", 1)
...

6.49. clone_msg (int)

   If set to 1, request structure from transaction is cloned temporarily
   in the callback to get acc attributes. It is required if you account
   values from SIP headers to avoid concurrent access to the shared memory
   transaction structure, specially when accounting 1xx events. If set to
   0, it uses directly the shared memory structure, be sure you store all
   needed attributes in AVPs/XAVPs inside request route.

   Default value is 1.

   Example 1.49. clone_msg
...
modparam("acc", "clone_msg", 0)
...

6.50. cdr_on_failed (int)

   If set to 1, the module stores the CDR for a failed dialog (calls not
   answered). If set to 0, those records are not stored, only those for
   answered calls.

   Default value is 1.

   Example 1.50. cdr_on_failed
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_on_failed", 0)
...

6.51. acc_extra_size (int)

   Set the maximum number of extra attributes that can be stored in the
   accounting record (event accounting record). It is related to log_extra
   and db_extra module parameters.

   Default value is 64.

   Example 1.51. acc_extra_size
...
modparam("acc", "acc_extra_size", 100)
...

6.52. cdr_extra_size (int)

   Set the maximum number of extra attributes that can be stored in the
   call data record (cdr by dialog module). It is related to cdr_extra
   module parameter.

   Default value is 64.

   Example 1.52. cdr_extra_size
...
modparam("acc", "cdr_extra_size", 100)
...

7. Functions

   7.1. acc_log_request(comment)
   7.2. acc_db_request(comment, table)
   7.3. acc_request(comment, table)

7.1.  acc_log_request(comment)

   acc_request reports on a request, for example, it can be used to report
   on missed calls to off-line users who are replied 404 - Not Found. To
   avoid multiple reports on UDP request retransmission, you would need to
   embed the action in stateful processing.

   Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
     * comment - Comment to be appended. The string can contain any number
       of pseudo-variables.

   This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

   Example 1.53. acc_log_request usage
...
acc_log_request("Some comment");
$var(code) = 404;
$avp(reason) = "Not found";
acc_log_request("$var(code) Error: $avp(reason)");
...

7.2.  acc_db_request(comment, table)

   Like acc_log_request, acc_db_request reports on a request. The report
   is sent to database at “db_url”, in the table referred to in the second
   action parameter.

   Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
     * comment - Comment to be appended. The string can contain any number
       of pseudo-variables.
     * table - Database table to be used. It can contain config variables
       that are evaluated at runtime.

   This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

   Example 1.54. acc_db_request usage
...
acc_db_request("Some comment", "SomeTable");
acc_db_request("Some comment", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)");
acc_db_request("$var(code) Error: $avp(reason)", "SomeTable");
...

7.3.  acc_request(comment, table)

   Wrapper around acc_log_request and acc_db_request functions, writing
   the accounting record to LOG and DATABASE backends. If “db_url”
   parameter is not set, the acc record is written only to LOG backend.

   Meaning of the parameters is as follows:
     * comment - Comment to be used for generating the SIP response code
       and text fields, if in the format “CODE TEXT”. The CODE should be a
       valid SIP response code (100..699). The TEXT can be one or many
       words. If CODE is missing, then 0 is used. The parameter can
       contain pseudo-variables.
     * table - Database table to be used. It can contain config variables
       that are evaluated at runtime.

   This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.

   Example 1.55. acc_db_request usage
...
acc_request("100 Received", "acc");
acc_request("100 Received", "acc_$time(year)_$time(mon)");
acc_db_request("$var(code) $avp(reason)", "acc");
...

Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions

   2.1. What happened with old log_fmt parameter?
   2.2. What happened with old multi_leg_enabled parameter?
   2.3. What happened with old src_leg_avp_id and dst_leg_avp_id
          parameters?

   2.4. Where can I find more about Kamailio?
   2.5. Where can I post a question about this module?
   2.6. How can I report a bug?

   2.1.

   What happened with old log_fmt parameter?

   The parameter became obsolete with the restructure of the data logged
   by ACC module (refer to the Overview chapter). For similar behaviour
   you can use the extra accounting (see the corresponding chapter).

   2.2.

   What happened with old multi_leg_enabled parameter?

   The parameter became obsolete by the addition of the new multi_leg_info
   parameter. The multi-leg accounting is automatically enabled when
   multi_leg_info is defined.

   2.3.

   What happened with old src_leg_avp_id and dst_leg_avp_id parameters?

   The parameters were replaced by the more generic new parameter
   multi_leg_info. This allows logging (per-leg) of more information than
   just dst and src.

   2.4.

   Where can I find more about Kamailio?

   Take a look at https://www.kamailio.org/.

   2.5.

   Where can I post a question about this module?

   First at all check if your question was already answered on one of our
   mailing lists:
     * User Mailing List -
       https://lists.kamailio.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/sr-users.lists.
       kamailio.org/
     * Developer Mailing List -
       https://lists.kamailio.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/sr-dev.lists.ka
       mailio.org/

   E-mails regarding any stable Kamailio release should be sent to
   <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org> and e-mails regarding development
   versions should be sent to <sr-dev@lists.kamailio.org>.

   2.6.

   How can I report a bug?

   Please follow the guidelines provided at:
   https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio/issues.
