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Ken_Wong_48678
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Sep 04, 2008

SIP via header modification

Hi,

 

 

my customers have a requirement to modify SIP via header, they want to insert the SIP client ip and port into the via header.

 

 

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

 

set ::clientip [IP::client_addr]

 

set ::clientport [UDP::remote_port]

 

}

 

 

when SIP_REQUEST_SEND {

 

SIP::header insert "Via" "[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 0];received=$::clientip;rport=$::clientport;[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 2]" 1

 

SIP::header remove "Via" 2

 

}

 

 

The above irule seems work but finally I find out the variable cannot be updated even another client ip connect to the virtual. I think it may be related to the variable but it cannot be retrieved in SIP_REQUEST_SEND event if I don't use global variable.

 

 

Is there any idea that I can get the client ip and port but don’t need to use global variable? Thanks!

 

 

Regards,

 

Ken
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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Sep 04, 2008
    Hi Ken,

    If you change the variables to local (remove the :: in the var name), does the rule work? Or are you saying that the local variable value set in CLIENT_ACCEPTED isn't available in SIP_REQUEST_SEND?

    Also, I think IP::client_addr and UDP::client_port should work in any context (client or serverside event). So I don't think you should have to save any variables in CLIENT_ACCEPTED if you're only tring to get the client IP address and port.

    Finally, if you do want to retrieve other clientside values in SIP_REQUEST_SEND, you can do so using 'clientside {COMMAND}'. Click here for more info on the SIP_REQUEST_SEND event and Click here for the clientside command. 

     
  Test whether a local variable from CLIENT_ACCEPTED is accessible from SIP_REQUEST_SEND 
 when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { 
  
     Save the client IP and port to local variables (specific to this connection only) 
    set clientip [IP::client_addr] 
    set clientport [UDP::remote_port] 
 } 
 when SIP_REQUEST_SEND { 
  
     Test whether the local variable set in CLIENT_ACCEPTED is available in this event 
    log local0. "\$clientip: $clientip, \$clientport: $clientport" 
    SIP::header insert "Via" "[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 0]received=$clientip;rport=$clientport;[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 2]" 1 
    SIP::header remove "Via" 2 
 } 
 

     
   
 when SIP_REQUEST_SEND { 
  
    log local0. "\[IP::client_addr\]:\[UDP::client_port\]: [IP::client_addr]:[UDP::client_port]" 
  
    SIP::header insert "Via" "[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 0]received=[IP::client_addr];rport=[UDP::client_port];[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 2]" 1 
    SIP::header remove "Via" 2 
 }

    Aaron
  • Ken_Wong_48678's avatar
    Ken_Wong_48678
    Historic F5 Account
    Sep 04, 2008
    Hi Aaron,

     

     

    I tested before but the there is an error shows no such variable...

     

     

    TCL error: new_rule - can't read "clientip": no such variable while executing "log local0. "client ip is $clientip" "

     

    TCL error: new_rule - can't read "clientip": no such variable while executing "log local0. "client ip is $clientip" "

     

     

    regards,

     

    Ken
  • Nicolas_Menant's avatar
    Nicolas_Menant
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    Sep 04, 2008
    You have this error message even if you use this part : 

      
   when SIP_REQUEST_SEND {   
      
      log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[UDP::client_port]: [IP::client_addr]:[UDP::client_port]"   
      
      SIP::header insert "Via" "[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 0]received=[IP::client_addr]rport=[UDP::client_port][lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 2]" 1   
      SIP::header remove "Via" 2   
   }

    ?

    The problem is you may have issue to retrieve variable value in this event, so you should try to call directly [IP::client_addr] instead of $clientip
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Sep 04, 2008
    The local variable should be available in any event on the same TCP connection. Can you try testing with the following and open a case with F5 Support if the CLIENT_ACCEPTED event is triggered and you still see a TCL error in a subsequent event when trying to access the local variable? 

     
 when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { 
  
    set local_var "test" 
    log local0. "[IP::client_addr]: \$local_var: $local_var" 
 } 
 when SIP_REQUEST_SEND { 
    log local0. "[IP::client_addr]: \$local_var: $local_var" 
 }

    Aaron
  • Ken_Wong_48678's avatar
    Ken_Wong_48678
    Historic F5 Account
    Sep 04, 2008
    when SIP_REQUEST_SEND {

     

    log local0. "[IP::client_addr]:[UDP::client_port]"

     

    }

     

     

    I tried it but still fails and the error shown below

     

    Sep 5 09:36:54 tmm tmm[12136]: 01220001:3: TCL error: new_rule - Error: No clientside connection established (line 1) invoked from within "IP::client_addr"

     

    Sep 5 09:36:55 tmm tmm[12136]: 01220001:3: TCL error: new_rule - Error: No clientside connection established (line 1) invoked from within "IP::client_addr"

     

  • Ken_Wong_48678's avatar
    Ken_Wong_48678
    Historic F5 Account
    Sep 04, 2008
    Hi hoolio,

     

     

    Yes, I think for TCP it may works. But SIP we are using is UDP so may be there is some tricky. thanks!

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Ken
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Sep 04, 2008
    Ken,

     

     

    Can you post your VIP, profile and rule config from the bigip.conf by running 'b virtual VIP_NAME list', 'b profile UDP_PROFILE_NAME list', and 'b rule RULE_NAME list'? I'm curious to see what's going on with this.

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Aaron
  • Ken_Wong_48678's avatar
    Ken_Wong_48678
    Historic F5 Account
    Sep 04, 2008
    the info shown below, thanks!

     

     

    Ken

     

     

    virtual VS-SIP-5060 {

     

    snat automap

     

    pool SIP_pool

     

    destination a.b.c.d:5060

     

    ip protocol udp

     

    rules new_rule

     

    profiles

     

    sip_profile

     

    sip_udp

     

    }

     

     

    profile sip sip_profile {

     

    defaults from sip

     

    insert via enable

     

    }

     

     

    profile udp sip_udp {

     

    defaults from udp

     

    idle timeout 1800

     

    }

     

  • Ken_Wong_48678's avatar
    Ken_Wong_48678
    Historic F5 Account
    Sep 04, 2008
    I think it is not related to MBLB, do you think I need to reset the variable after inserted the modified header? my testing version is already 9.4.5. thanks!

     

     

    when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {

     

    set ::clientip [IP::client_addr]

     

    set ::clientport [UDP::remote_port]

     

    }

     

     

    when SIP_REQUEST_SEND {

     

    SIP::header insert "Via" "[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 0]received=$::clientip;rport=$::clientport;[lindex [split [SIP::via 1] ";"] 2]" 1

     

    SIP::header remove "Via" 2

     

    }