[Freeswitch-users] best FS interface for development

[Christopher Rienzo]

Since the things that FS does (transcoding, tone detection, etc) can be CPU
intensive, you might want multiple servers to spread the load.  So, you can
have a pool of identically-configured FS servers load balanced by something
like opensips, with the (typically lighter-weight) application logic
handled outside of that pool of servers.  FS here just provides resources
for the application to use.

In this type of setup, you can pick between an application that actively
controls the FS apps to execute (mod_event_socket, mod_erlang_event) or one
that feeds FS higher-level scripts to execute on demand (mod_httapi,
mod_xml_curl).

Chris


On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Brett Clark - Grasshopper <
bclark at grasshopper.com> wrote:

> Hey Chris,****
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> Could you explain what you mean by clustering FS?  I get the idea of
> clustering, in general, but I what do you mean in this context?****
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> Thanks!****
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> Brett****
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> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Christopher
> Rienzo
> *Sent:* Friday, September 07, 2012 12:14 PM
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> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] best FS interface for development****
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> For arbitrarily large and complex systems, I'd keep FreeSWITCH as dumb as
> possible so that you can easily cluster them.  So, modules that allow
> external control (mod_event_socket, mod_erlang_event, mod_httapi,
> mod_xml_curl) are all good choices.
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> Event socket is pretty popular; Plivo and Adhearsion both use it.  The
> 2600hz guys use mod_erlang_event.  And I've heard of plenty of people that
> use mod_xml_curl.
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> Chris
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> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Brett Clark - Grasshopper <
> bclark at grasshopper.com> wrote:****
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> There seems to be at least 4 general ways for customizing FS:****
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> - Use the event socket and build an app to interface with it****
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> - Use mod lua, or similar, to develop in a particular language****
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> - Develop your own ‘module’ to interface directly with the core****
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> - Use the XML interface to implement IVR, PBX, and voicemail type
> functionality and all the rest.****
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>  ****
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> How prevalent is each approach in the community?  It seems like everyone
> is doing a little of both, but maybe someone has a better handle of what
> the actual ratios are?  ****
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> Which is best suited for an arbitrarily large and complex application?  I
> realize this isn’t a simple question—what I want is to understand the most
> evolved and featureful way to interface with FS?  I don’t want to adopt an
> approach which isn’t being actively maintained or is missing features.  As
> new stuff is added to FS, which approach will allow me to adopt those new
> features most easily?****
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> Thanks!
> Brett****
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