Sip debugging is a popular topic these days with so many
VOIP implementations. Often to troubleshoot and fix a problem with a
VOIP system sip debugging is involved. There are a few ways to get the
desired output to resolve the problem quickly. Here are a couple of
methods that can be very helpful.
1. The first method is invoked directly from the asterisk command line interface and allows to watch the output of the calls.
First you will need to install ngrep do this with the following list of commands.
1. The first method is invoked directly from the asterisk command line interface and allows to watch the output of the calls.
asterisk -r sip set debug peer outbound-peerThis method will generate the sip debug for the peer that is specified, “outbound-peer”, to get a list of the peers run the asterisk cli command below:
sip show peers 2501 (Unspecified) D N 0 Unmonitored outbound-peer XXX.XXX.XXX.3 5060 Unmonitored 38 sip peers [Monitored: 0 online, 0 offline Unmonitored: 16 online, 22 offline]2. The second method that works well is using ngrep to get output of the packets in real-time on the console, this way you can pinpoint the problem with a specific ip address or provider. To use ngrep you will need the following information, the ip address or domain name and port of the provider you are trying to watch.
First you will need to install ngrep do this with the following list of commands.
cd /usr/src wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ngrep/ngrep-1.45.tar.bz2?download tar jxf ngrep-1.45.tar.bz2 cd ngrep-* ./configure make make installNow ngrep is installed it is now able to be used, here is an example of watching the output live on the console, this is an example of what the command is and what output would look like. To stop the command use “control + c.”
ngrep outbound.sip-providor-example.net port 5060 interface: eth0 (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/255.255.255.248) filter: (ip) and ( port 5060 ) match: outbound.sip-providor-example.net # U XXX.XXX.XXX.194:5060 -> XXX.XXX.XXX.162:5060 SIP/2.0 180 Ringing..v: SIP/2.0/UDP XXX.XXX.XXX.162:5060;branch=z9hG4bK4d49b6 7d;rport=5060..t: ;tag=vr0 8a00da2s..f: "2512" ;tag=as737e6f1 f..m: ..i: 0ff2e8392da0e9c57b1e22b76a68 559a@outbound.sip-providor-example.net..CSeq: 102 INVITE..Allow: INVITE,ACK, CANCEL,BYE,REGISTER,REFER,INFO,SUBSCRIBE,NOTIFY,PRACK,UPDATE,OPTIONS..l: 0. .PD: 018839.... #If you are troubleshooting an ip address that gets a lot of traffic and watching it via the console is not working logging to a file is as simple as using the “>” option to view the contents not at real-time. An example is below. Again use “control + c” to stop the logging.
ngrep outbound.sip-providor-example.net port 5060 > /usr/src/ngrep-test-output.txtThis should get you started with debugging SIP problems or even apply this to HTTP or any other protocol that you use. If you have any questions leave a comment below and I will answer it for you.
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