# &adminguide;

## Overview

The module is an implementation of the internal DB API v1 connector for SQlite 3 file.

## Dependencies

### &kamailio; Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

- No dependencies on other &kamailio; modules.

### External Libraries or Applications

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

- SQlite 3 library - e.g., libsqlite3-0

- SQlite 3 devel library - to compile the module e.g. libsqlite3-dev

- SQlite 3 utilities - for kamdbctl e.g. sqlite3

## Parameters

### `db_set_readonly` (string)

This will set the db connection to "SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY", useful if another program is writing to the DB. The value is the full path to the sqlite file used for example in any db_url or sqlops/sqlcon

This parameter may be set multiple times to set many DB connections to readonly in the same configuration file.

By default all the db connections are using "SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE"

#### Set `db_set_readonly` parameter

    ...
    # Don't use trailing slashes for db_sqlite params
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_readonly","var/mydb.sqlite")
    modparam("sqlops","sqlcon","lrn=>sqlite:///var/mydb.sqlite") # Example if using the sqlops module
    ...

### `db_set_journal_mode` (string)

This will set the db connection journal mode, for the given connection. The value is the full path to the sqlite file used for example in any db_url or sqlops/sqlcon

Other journal mode are : DELETE | TRUNCATE | PERSIST | MEMORY | WAL | OFF

When setting this option, you must also set db_set_busy_timeout, because all kamailio sub-processes will set this option individually and simultaneously, causing "database locked" errors on startup if no busy timeout is set.

This parameter may be set multiple times to set many DB connections to readonly in the same configuration file.

By default all the db connections are using sqlite default journaling mode.

#### Set `db_set_journal_mode` parameter

    ...
    # In this example we are using Write-Ahead Logging in order to update the database
    # from another process(external to Kamailio) without facing any locking.

    # Don't use trailing slashes for db_sqlite params
    #!subst "!DB_FILE!var/mydb.sqlite!"
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_readonly","DB_FILE")   # We are also opening the database in readonly
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_journal_mode","DB_FILE=WAL;")
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_busy_timeout","DB_FILE=300;") # wait 300ms max for locks to release
    modparam("sqlops","sqlcon","lrn=>sqlite:///DB_FILE")
    ...

### `db_set_busy_timeout` (int)

This will set the db connection busy timeout to let it wait for the given milliseconds for database locks to be released by other processes before giving up. Use this with the WAL journaling mode if you run into "database locked" errors. The value is the full path to the sqlite file used for example in any db_url or sqlops/sqlcon

This parameter may be set multiple times to set the busy-timeout for different DB connections in the same configuration file.

By default all the db connections are NOT using any busy timeout, causing them to immediately give up and return a "databased locked" error if another process is locking it at the same time.

#### Set `db_set_busy_timeout` parameter

    ...
    # In this example we are using Write-Ahead Logging in combination with a busy-timeout to prevent
    "database locked" errors. Note that you have to leave out the leading slash in the DB file!

    #!subst "!DB_FILE!var/mydb.sqlite!"
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_journal_mode","DB_FILE=WAL;")
    modparam("db_sqlite","db_set_busy_timeout","DB_FILE=300;") # wait 300ms max for locks to release
    modparam("sqlops","sqlcon","lrn=>sqlite:///DB_FILE")
    ...

## Functions

NONE

## Usage

To use the module, first you have to load it in the &kamailio; configuration file.

### `loading the module` usage

    ...
    loadmodule "db_sqlite.so"
    ...

Then set the db_url (or similar) parameter of modules that have to use the SQLite database to driver part 'sqlite://', followed by the path to database file. For example:

### `db_url module parameter` usage

    ...
    modparam("auth_db", "db_url", "sqlite:///etc/kamailio/kamailio.db")
    ...

In the default config file, defined token DBURL can be updated like:

### `DBURL define` usage

    ...
    #!define DBURL "sqlite:///etc/kamailio/kamailio.db"
    ...