I think Fred's answer is correct, complete and I have no amendments to offer. :-)
-- Alex > On Apr 19, 2024, at 8:34 AM, Fred Posner via sr-users > <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org> wrote: > > >> On Apr 19, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Ghulam Mustafa via sr-users >> <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org> wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> I'm new to Kamailio and considering its use for our inbound/outbound proxy, >> call rating, and billing system. > > Hello, thank you for flying Kamailio. > > >> I'd like to get your feedback on my current approach and understand the best >> practices for this scenario. >> Currently, I'm using SQL queries within my Kamailio configuration to handle >> authorization and rating. Here's a simplified example: >> >> [snip] >> >> My questions are: >> • Is this a sustainable approach for a Kamailio billing/rating setup? Are >> there performance or scalability concerns? >> • Would it be better to handle rating and billing directly on our >> FreeSWITCH B2BUA? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach? >> • Are there best practices or alternative solutions I should consider? >> Thank you in advance for sharing your experience and insights! >> > > I’ll be pleasantly surprised if Alex hasn’t responded by the time I’ve > written this and I’m sure that should he respond, he will provide an > excellent, verbose opinion different than mine. > > I say that to say this: > > One of the wonderful things about Kamailio is your ability to do things in > the way that fits your needs. One size doesn’t fit all here… there are many > different approaches and choosing what’s best for you will be different than > what may be best for someone else. > > This said, I’d first caution you that if you want to run sql from Kamailio, > I’d highly recommend using SQL transformations > (https://www.kamailio.org/wikidocs/cookbooks/5.8.x/transformations/#sql-transformations) > among other considerations when running raw queries. > > With that out of the way, there’s many different approaches to billing that > really become business decisions. It also needs to take into consideration > taxes, fees, and other pass through or assessments for your local area (as > well as the local area of the origination and termination locations). Good > idea to work with accountants and lawyers before locking yourself into a > model. > > Kamailio has several outgoing rating engines (see Kamailio Modules) and many > use sql lookups against their carrier rates to determine the least coat. > > You may want to look at these as well as CGRATES before reinventing the wheel > here. > > But, using a complex sql query does have concerns when there’s high call > rates and sometimes is best to instead use an API / cache / etc system. If > you do run sql, I’d recommend the sanitization discussed above. > > Sorry for the non-answer, but there’s really not a “this is what to do” > answer. > > —Fred Posner > qxork.com <http://qxork.com/> > > > > > > Regards, > > Fred Posner > p: +1 (352) 664-3733 > https://qxork.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions > To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org > Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to the > sender! > Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe: -- Alex Balashov Principal Consultant Evariste Systems LLC Web: https://evaristesys.com Tel: +1-706-510-6800 __________________________________________________________ Kamailio - Users Mailing List - Non Commercial Discussions To unsubscribe send an email to sr-users-le...@lists.kamailio.org Important: keep the mailing list in the recipients, do not reply only to the sender! Edit mailing list options or unsubscribe:
