Push Gateway on the same server

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📋 What’s about

This scenario occurs if you decide to install the push gateway on the same machine.

Requirements

In Settings/Networks section you need to correctly set your localNET and ExternIP (that you can retrieve by launching the command curl https://ifconfig.me/ipand from the output you will be able to copy your IP (the string e.g. 11.222.33.444)
Hardware with minimum 1 CPU and 2 GB RAM (but always consider that this depends on the expected traffic)
You can use all operating systems, that support the required Docker Engine for example Debian
Before running the docker compose file:
- ensure that Docker Engine is installed on the system where you want to run the containers. If for the push gateway you use the same XCALLY server, Docker Engine is installed by default.
  To verify the Docker installation, you can launch the command docker - v and the output will show you the installed Docker version:
  motion@xc-aws-mil-dev-xc01:~$ docker -v
  Docker version 24.0.7, build afdd53b
- ensure that Docker Compose is installed, as the docker-compose.yml file will be used to manage the containers. By using the same machine, Docker Compose is installed by default.
  To verify if the Docker Compose is correctly installed you can launch the command docker compose version and the output will show you the installed Docker compose version:
  motion@xc-aws-mil-dev-xc01:~$ docker compose version
  Docker Compose version v2.21.0

Environment Variables Configuration:

Some environment variables are required for the services to function correctly. Make sure to configure them properly before running the docker compose file:
- DEBUG_LEVEL=info | debug level for the push gateway
- TOKEN_KEY=xcally.p8 | Token key for authentication
- TOKEN_KEY_ID=X4R3256H89 | Token key ID
- TOKEN_TEAM_ID=7WCL6FH953 | Team ID of the token
- DRACHTIO_HOST=drachtio | Host address of the Drachtio server
- DRACHTIO_PORT=9022 | Port of the Drachtio server
- DRACHTIO_SECRET=cymru | Secret for the Drachtio server

Remember that if you decide for any reason to define another drachtio host, port, or secret, these data must also be changed in the variables above.

📁 Archive to download

You need to open the desired file on your Linux machine and you will see it in this way:

You have to unarchive the file:
- by launching the command tar zxvf push-gateway-same-machine.tar.gz if you use the folder only with UDP/TCP
- by launching the command tar zxvf push-gateway-same-machine-tls.tar.gz if you use the TLS

The push gateway folder will be created. To enter the folder, run the command cd push-gateway

Then you need to launch command nano conf/drachtio.conf.xml to edit file in conf folder for Drachtio configuration in which you will need to specify your public IP and Push Gateway Dns Name

To retrieve the public IP of your server, you can launch the command
curl https://ifconfig.me/ip
From the output you will be able to copy your IP (the string 11.222.33.444)

🔐 Drachtio Conf with TLS

<drachtio>
        <admin port="9022" secret="cymru">0.0.0.0</admin>
  <sip>
    <contacts>
      <contact dns-names="YourPushGatewayDnsName" external-ip="YourPushGatewayPubblicIp">sips:*:9999;transport=tls</contact>
      <contact dns-names="YourPushGatewayDnsName" external-ip="YourPushGatewayPubblicIp">sip:*:9998;transport=udp,tcp</contact>
    </contacts>
    <tls>
      <key-file>/etc/ssl/xcally/YourKeyCertFile</key-file>
      <cert-file>/etc/ssl/xcally/YourCertFile</cert-file>
      <chain-file>/etc/ssl/xcally/YourChainCertFile</chain-file>
      <dh-param>/etc/ssl/xcally/dh2048.pem</dh-param>
    </tls>
  </sip>
  <logging>
     <console/>
     <sofia-loglevel>3</sofia-loglevel>
     <loglevel>info</loglevel>
  </logging>
</drachtio>

In file drachtio.conf.xml you need to:

insert YourPushGatewayDnsName in contact dns-names section
insert YourPushGatewayPublicIp in external-ip section

You can see that for TLS transport the designated port is 9999, for UDP/TCP transports the 9998. This is because you must consider that in SIP protocol the used default ports are 5060 (for UDP/TCP) and 5061 (for TLS), but on XCALLY the Stack SIP is already present with Asterisk. So if you use the same server, for the Stack SIP it’s necessary to insert other ports (a 9999 for TLS and 9998 for TCP/UDP)

in tls section, specify:
- YourKeyCertFile
- YourCertFile
- YourChainCertFile

By using TLS Protocol, in the ssl folder (created when you have unarchived the file), you need to upload your certificates data and it’s mandatory to have these 3 files: KeyCert, CertFile and ChainCert

🔧 Drachtio Conf without TLS

<drachtio>
    <admin port="9022" secret="cymru">0.0.0.0</admin>
  <sip>
    <contacts>
      <contact dns-names="YourPushGatewayDnsName" external-ip="YourPushGatewayPubblicIp">sip:*:9998;transport=udp,tcp</contact>
    </contacts>
  </sip>
  <logging>
     <console/>
     <sofia-loglevel>3</sofia-loglevel>
     <loglevel>info</loglevel>
  </logging>
</drachtio>

In the file drachtio.xonf.xml you need to:

insert YourPushGatewayDnsName in contact dns-names section
insert YourPushGatewayPublicIp in external-ip section

You can see that for UDP/TCP transports the 9998

💡 Run the docker-compose.yml

To run the docker-compose.yml file, follow these steps:

Open a terminal or command prompt
Open the docker-compose.yml file with a text editor. Modify, if necessary, the environment variables published in requirements
As ports you can view this configuration

ports:
  - 9999:9999
  - 9998:9998
  - 9998:9998/udp

In the directory where the docker-compose.yml file is located, run the Docker Compose Command to start the containers:

docker compose up -d

With this command, Docker Compose will start the containers in the background

Verify Container Startup: to verify the status of the containers, you have to run the command:

docker compose ps

You can see the 4 containers correctly present

Ensure all services listed in the docker-compose.yml file are running correctly

At the end of the process you will have:

push-gateway for notification system
redis for cache
redisinsight for dashboard
drachtio for the stack SIP. As we have seen, you can indicate as ports for UDP/TCP the 9998 and for TLS the 9999, but if you prefer, you can decide to change it (in this case remember to use this information also in mobile agent configuration and to edit them in the drachtio conf file that we’ve analysed above).
volumes configuration
logging data for logs file
restart : always = if the container crashes, it automatically restarts
networks section

📊 Access RedisInsight (optional step)

RedisInsight is the module installed in the docker compose file to view cache content (it works as cache dashboard).

Once running, you can access the RedisInsight web interface by opening your browser and navigating to:

http://serverIP:5540

As serverIP you need to indicate the IP of your XCALLY server (as you are using the same machine)

By default it is created without database and you need to add it, by inserting

host : redis
use the default port
define the desired alias
you can test connection

Add database

Every time a mobile app is connected, you will see all the keys saved in cache memory

The services are now running and ready to be used. You can interact with the push gateway, the Redis server, and the Drachtio server as required.

🔥 Configure the firewall

It’s necessary to configure the firewall to accept requests arriving on different ports:

9998 for Drachtio TCP/UDP
9999 for Drachtio TLS
10000-20000 for RTP stream to allow the voice connection. These ports are open during the call but they are used by Asterisk only after having negotiated ports with external phones
5540 for RedisInsight: optional if you want to reach the service from the web to view cache dashboard

👥 How to configure Mobile Agents

In this scenario, when you create Mobile Agents in Staff Section you will need to specify your Push Gateway Address with the correct port.

In Staff → Agents → Edit Mobile Agent → Mobile App section → Mobile App Push Gateway you need to specify the push gateway address, that in this case is your IP/XCALLY server address (the same machine you are using) + the specific port used for push gateway (e.g. myxcallyaddress/9999)

You need to indicate the public IP of the server. You can retrieve it by launching the command curl https://ifconfig.me/ip
From the output you will be able to copy your IP (the string 11.222.33.444)

Consider that if you want to use TLS protocol (being a secure protocol that requires a certificate) the registered domain must be that of the certificate, so in this field you can apply only the certified domain and not the IP.

Moreover in the agent’s Voice section it’s important to use the same Transport protocol that you decide to use on push gateway.

We recommend to use both udp,tcp options if you use a configuration without tls

If you use TLS, you need to select tls protocol as transport.

Moreover for TLS it’s necessary to enable encryption