Hi, A new tutorial is available to explain how to install and configure RADIUS server and client and how to use the ported modules and the new AAA_RADIUS module. The tutorial can be found here<http://www.opensips.org/Resources/DocsTutRadius> . I hope you will find it useful.
Regards, Irina Stanescu Irina Stanescu wrote: > The following new features have been added to OpenSIPS: > >> > 1. Generic AAA API > >> > The AAA API represents a set of generic callbacks and structures needed > >> for AAA operations. > >> > The purpose of the API is to move all the AAA specific (Radius) > implementations > >> in a single module. The AAA API will hide the implementations details from > the > >> modules that want to use AAA support, making it easier to use. > >> > Currently, only one module implements the AAA API - aaa_radius, offering > Radius > >> support. > >> > Because both standardized AAA protocols, Radius and Diameter, use lists of > >> attribute-value pairs, the API is designed based on attribute-value pairs, > as well. > >> > One of the advantages of using the API is that any module that wishes to do > >> AAA operations does not depend on a certain protocol implementation, > therefore > >> it is not linked with a certain AAA library. > >> > Hence, any module that was previously using Radius, for example, is not > >> linked with the radiusclient library any more, which is obviously an > advantage, > >> especially when the module uses more than one API (DB, AAA, etc). > >> > The AAA protocol to be used by a module is specified from the script using > a > >> so called "aaa_url" that encodes the protocol used and other useful > information > >> depending on the protocol. > >> > The way the generic AAA API is used makes it very similar to the generic > >> database API. > >> > 2. The ability to make custom Radius requests directly from the script > >> > This feature is very useful because of its flexibility. Basically, any type > >> of Radius queries can be yielded directly from the script, and also, > Radius > >> replies can be inspected for certain attributes. > >> > 3. Radius implementation for the generic AAA API > >> > The handling of Radius AVP "SIP-AVP" (used for fetching variables from the > >> Radius server) was integrated in this module. All SIP-AVPs are > automatically > >> and transparently handled by the module, so that this functionality is by > default > >> available for all the modules that use Radius. > >> > > Due to the fact that the modules that were previously using Radius were > ported > >> to the generic AAA API, the following changes have been made: > >> - auth_radius became auth_aaa > >> - group_radius was merged with group > >> - uri_radius was merged with uri
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