Using SIPp to Stress Test Asterisk

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Title

Using SIPp to stress test your Asterisk System

Problem

You want to stress test your installation and configuration of Asterisk before putting it into a production environment.

Solution

Download SIPp from SIPp SourceForge Download Page.

Compile SIPp:

shell$> tar zxvf sipp.3.1.src.tar.gz
shell$> cd sipp.svn/
shell$> make

This will compile make in the working directory, check to make sure the file is there:

shell$> ls -l ./sipp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oreilly users 575812 Nov  6 03:32 ./sipp*

On the Asterisk server create your SIP and Dialplan configuration:

sip.conf:

[general]
tos=none
dtmfmode=info
allow=alaw
allow=ulaw
[127.0.0.1]
type=friend
callerid=112
host=dynamic
canreinvite=no
context=from-sipp
dtmfmode=rfc2833
qualify=2000

extensions.conf:

[general]
static=yes
writeprotect=yes
autofallthrough=yes
clearglobalvars=yes
priorityjumping=yes
[globals]
;forward calls coming from SIPp to the Zaptel trunk.
[from-sipp]
exten => _X.,1,Answer
exten => _X.,2,Dial(Zap/g1/111)
exten => _X.,3,HangUp
;this is for incoming calls coming from the other server
[from-zaptel]
exten => _X.,1,Answer
exten => _X.,2,playback(demo-congrats)
exten => _X.,3,HangUp

Launch SIPp Style #1:

shell$> ./sipp -r 1 -l 1 -d 5000 -mo 1000009 -s 8989 -p 5061 -sn uac 127.0.0.1

Launch SIPp Style #2: The second style will connect to the server as a client and generate 20 second calls with a limit of 30 simultaneous calls.

shell$> ./sipp -sn uac -d 20000 -s 2005 127.0.0.1 -l 30

Launch SIPp Style #3: If you want to test the actual calls per second, you can try the third style.

shell$> ./sipp -sn uac -d 10000 -s 2002 127.0.0.1 -l 10 -mp 5606

Discussion

See Also:

Metadata

• By: Pedram Messri