[Freeswitch-users] High CPU usage and Slow BLFs with only 8 channels?

Mon Sep 27 19:36:05 UTC 2021

Hi List,

the sip proxy Kamailio can also act as mid register you can stack the
pieces together, there is not a separate module.
Here is Fred Posner example:

https://github.com/fredposner/scripts/blob/master/kamailio/mid-registrar.cfg

Kind regards
Karsten Horsmann

Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org> schrieb am Mo., 27. Sept. 2021, 03:40:

> Sorry i dont have a config. However with OpenSips they have this
> midregister proxy option that eats a lot of the registration load for nat
> busting. you might read up on that and see if that helps any
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 26, 2021, at 20:01, Jerry Kendall <
> Jerry.Kendall at bishophosting.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ken,
> >
> > I have actually played with putting Kamailio in between the End Devices
> and FS but could not get Kamailio to do the REG/SUB and let all other
> things hit FS...
> > I could'nt even get the SUBs to work of Kamailio..
> >
> > I get the REG working but that was all.
> >
> > Do you have a cfg file that can get me started ? Does anyone ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jerry
> >
> >> On 9/26/2021 4:25 PM, Ken Rice wrote:
> >> just keep in mind registration and blf subs etc count as CPS (sip
> calls/sec) why not offload that stuff to opensips?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>>> On Sep 26, 2021, at 09:18, Jerry Kendall <
> Jerry.Kendall at bishophosting.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm having some interesting problems with our Freeswitch system.
> >>>
> >>> I have found Tim's posting athttps://
> lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/2012-February/080422.html
> >>>
> >>> It seems very similar but does not help me... Wish it did.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hardware: Dell R610, dual 6 core Xeon X5680 @ 3.3GHz with 10 Gig of RAM
> >>> Network: Dual 10Gig Fiber to 40Gig fabric
> >>>
> >>> Databases: also Dell R610 with dual 10Gig and Mariadb 10.5.9 NO ISSUES
> - VERY FAST - ULTRA LOW LATENCY
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> We have 2 different FS systems
> >>> 1) One acting as an SBC of sorts - process SIP/RTP
> >>> 2) One acting as a PBX - process SIP/RTP
> >>>
> >>> Providers are connected to SBC (public - context)
> >>> PBX (sbc - context) connects to SBC (internal - context)
> >>> End Points connect to PBX (device - context)
> >>>
> >>> picographically:
> >>>
> >>> ITSP --- SBC --- PBX --- EndPoints
> >>>
> >>> The machine running FreeSWITCH as an SBC is fine - 50 calls (100
> sessions) and near zero load average - CPU idle 98% - ALL GREAT
> >>>
> >>> About 100 devices registered, all NAT'd, approx 50 subscription via
> BLF buttons
> >>> Registration period is maxed to 60 minutes and most devices use the
> default of 60 minutes
> >>>
> >>> Typically, We see only a few CPS, maybe 5 if it's really busy
> >>>
> >>> All our trunks are SIP.  Only using PCMU/8000 codec.
> >>>
> >>> We use MARIADB in the core - as well as for sofia, voicemail, and
> anything else that can use it.
> >>>
> >>> Config, Directory and dialplan are done using CURL and handled via
> apache2 on the same server over 127.0.0.1.
> >>>
> >>> I keep hearing about FS systems handling thousands of users on one box.
> >>> I'm nowhere near that and it seems to be maxed out.
> >>>
> >>> Freeswitch on both systems is Version 1.10.6-release git 1ff9d0a
> 2021-03-25 13:16:09Z 64bit
> >>>
> >>> So... The problem
> >>>
> >>> The machine running FreeSWITCH as a PBX seems to be struggling during
> periods of any usage - even only 1 call (2 channels).
> >>>
> >>> Just a moment ago, load average is 4.5 - CPU Idle is 65% - 8 sessions
> active - 315 sessions since startup - 45 threads - 8 hours running
> >>>
> >>> The audio seems fine - no complaints reported..
> >>> There is a very noticable chocking on the BLFs though... Every few
> minutes, the BLFs just freeze - yes - freeze... Then they catch up
> >>>
> >>> for example, for testing this, I have programmed a BLF on one phone.
> >>>
> >>> I run manually "luarun /etc/freeswitch/scripts/on.lua  *
> 8896 at domain.com" - the lights turns red
> >>> then after a few seconds,
> >>> I run manually "luarun /etc/freeswitch/scripts/off.lua  *
> 8896 at domain.com" - the light turns green
> >>> Sometimes, when I run these manually, the lights take 30 seconds to
> change - sometimes - usually, under a second.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> They change the state of the subscribe target
> >>> Here is the LUA script to turn the light ON(RED)
> >>>
> >>> ##############################################################
> >>> #!/lua
> >>>
> >>> local random = math.random
> >>> math.randomseed(os.time())
> >>>
> >>> local function uuid()
> >>>     local template ='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> >>>     return string.gsub(template, '[xy]', function (c)
> >>>         local v = (c == 'x') and random(0, 0xf) or random(8, 0xb)
> >>>         return string.format('%x', v)
> >>>     end)
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> local function SendCallDirectorBLFevent()
> >>>
> >>>         Uuid = uuid()
> >>>
> >>>         local event = freeswitch.Event("PRESENCE_IN")
> >>>         event:addHeader("proto", "sip")
> >>>         event:addHeader("event_type", "presence")
> >>>         event:addHeader("alt_event_type", "dialog")
> >>>         event:addHeader("Presence-Call-Direction", "outbound")
> >>>         event:addHeader("from", argv[1])
> >>>         event:addHeader("login", argv[1])
> >>>         event:addHeader("unique-id", Uuid )
> >>>         event:addHeader("answer-state", "confirmed")
> >>>         event:fire();
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> SendCallDirectorBLFevent()
> >>> ##############################################################
> >>>
> >>> The issue is the choking on the BLFs and the HIGH load avg for such
> small amounts of calls on the PBX - the SBC seems fine.
> >>>
> >>> SO.....
> >>>
> >>> I have been trying to resolve this for about a month - looking
> everywhere I could.
> >>> I have monitored the network stats, disk IO stats, cpu usage,
> processes, etc.... I don't see anything different between the SBC and PBX
> stats...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I would like the BLFs to show the correct state a little faster (more
> like half a second, not 10-60 seconds after the event) and would I like to
> know how to fix the high CPU load on the PBX.
> >>>
> >>> I have confirmed 2 things today:
> >>> 1) it's not using mod_mariadb as I put back the ODBC and not help
> >>> 2) this is seems most noticeable when new calls come in. The BLFs
> pause to 5-8 seconds and continue - there is a noticeable spike in load avg
> when calls keep coming in for 5 minutes...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Any information that would be helpful?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jerry
> >>>
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> >
> >
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> >
> > The FreeSWITCH project is sponsored by SignalWire https://signalwire.com
> > Enhance your FreeSWITCH install with disruptive priced SMS and PSTN
> services.
> > Build your next product on our scalable cloud platform.
> >
> > Join our online community to chat in real time
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> >
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> >
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>
> The FreeSWITCH project is sponsored by SignalWire https://signalwire.com
> Enhance your FreeSWITCH install with disruptive priced SMS and PSTN
> services.
> Build your next product on our scalable cloud platform.
>
> Join our online community to chat in real time
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>
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