Yesterday, I implemented a test scenario described to me by Roy Karlsbakk, a Norwegian friend and Asterisk user. I connected two PCs with Linux and Asterisk. Placed one call from the console over SIP to the other server. That server raised the extension with one and dialed back. My server raised the extension with one and dialed back - 200 times. One call going back and forward 200 times before Allison started talking about weasels. Quite a lot of signalling. Quite a lot of files
open.

The freshly installed Ubuntu desktop ran out of file handles and a lot of interesting things happened. One server started sending re-invites, which confused
everything and I ended up with a big mess. A few patches later, things started
working as expected.

A simple test that hopefully improved the Asterisk 1.4 release a tiny bit.

So what happens if I start adding codec translations? If I add a third server? With two or three small systems, you can cause a lot of havoc and stress test. Realtime on one server, two other servers that send registrations with one minute expiry and 200 calls each? 200 authenticated calls that rings for two secs, then hangs up and tries again?

We have things to do, tests to run.

* NEWS IN THE TEST BRANCH

This week, the PostgreSQL driver was committed to SVN trunk. It still needs testing, as the LDAP ARA driver we have in the test branch. A lot of small features was implemented in the test branch, among them a SQLite 3 CDR driver. I am preparing the SIPtransfer branch to be merged into the testbranch, so hopefully that will happen the coming week. Feel free to test it from the siptransfer branch today.

And of course, Mark's HTTP server that was committed directly to svn trunk for testing is also available in the test branch. See it as AMI over HTTP. It's not a full featured Apache, it's a way to reach manager over HTTP as an alternative to TCP. Many script languages can send HTTP requests and receive responses. Mark implmented a tiny test interface in javascript to prove the usefulness of this. I am sure that this will make Asterisk manager development much easier for everyone that works with PHP, JavaScript, Visual basic or any other language with HTTP objects and methods. Play around with it and have fun! You will see that the manager interface needs your love and attention. There are many missing commands, things you still have to use the CLI for.

* A NICE WEEKEND = A TEST WEEKEND

So I wish you a nice weekend, testing the test branch and taking care of your plants. Spending time on both, means a fruitful and colorful summer! Your house is the Asterisk greenhouse!

Read all about the test branch here

README.test-this-branch.html

Thanks for testing, your work is important to all of us!

Regards,
/Olle