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= Manager API =
#REDIRECT [[Manager_API#Encryption]]
The manager api is used by the GUI for requesting files, giving listing of active sessions (CALLs/REGISTERs) or other stats.
Since version of a sniffer 2024.02.2 and GUI 26.20, the voipmonitor introduces encryption for xchanges between manager and the GUI.
The encryption is enabled by default.


== Configuration==
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By default you don't need to configure anything, generating the key and use it by the GUI and sniffer is fully automated.
 
=== manager api bind options ===
configuration in voipmonitor.conf - by default the voipmonitor sniffer binds on 127.0.0.1:5029
managerip=127.0.0.1
managerport=5029
 
=== manager's encryption options ===
 
==== socketfile ====
The volunary option for openning the socketfile used for unencrypted requests/responses of the manager api at a time of start the sniffer service.
managersocket = /tmp/vm_manager_socket
 
==== the key options ====
By default the voipmonitor's sniffer and GUI loads the key from voipmonitor GUI's db.
You can override this by define the keys options in /etc/voipmonitor.conf it accepts the base64 form of a key - you can generate by the GUI (Read bellow)
manager_aes_key
manager_aes_iv
 
and In the GUI's configuration.php
VPMANAGER_AES_KEY
VPMANAGER_AES_IV
 
== How to use the API - examples ==
In following examples will be introduced various ways on how to send manager command listcalls and receive the answer
==== id_sensor based request ====
php php/run.php send_manager_cmd -s 2 -c listcalls
 
-s id_sensor: 2
-c command: listcalls
 
==== IP:port based request ====
php php/run.php send_manager_cmd -h s4.voipmonitor.org -p 5029 -a -c listcalls
-h host: 10.0.0.1
-p port: 5029
-a enables encryption
-c command: listcalls
 
==== Example with filter used ====
php php/run.php send_manager_cmd -s 1 -c 'listcalls {"zip":"no","limit":30,"sensor_map":"yes","ip_map":"yes","filter":[{"caller":"%706123%","callerd_type":"0","callid":"706123","caller_domain":"706123","callerd_domain_type":"0","caller_agent":"706123","callerd_agent_type":"0","OR":"1","custom_header_1_7":"706123"}]}'
 
 
 
=== using sniffers socketfile ===
You can use unencrypted request by sending to a socket file
 
==== define socketfile in voipmonitor.conf ====
Define the option in /etc/voipmonitor.conf, the socket file will be created at a time of the service start, when undefined you can ask new socketfile with a manager request.
managersocket = /tmp/vm_manager_socket
 
==== enable socketfile in a runtime ====
Send request to an api to open manager_socket file:
echo 'manager_file start /tmp/vm_manager_socket' | nc 127.0.0.1 5029
 
==== use the socket file ====
You can use the socketfile this way
echo listcalls | nc -U /tmp/vm_manager_socket
 
==== the socket file remove ====
You can ask kmanager api for remove of the file (the removing has not real usecase)
echo 'manager_file stop' | nc 127.0.0.1 5029
 
==== use the SSH for accesing the socketfile from other host ====
ssh myGUIhost 'echo listcalls | nc -U /tmp/vm_manager_socket'
 
= Hints =
== nc command not supports -U ==
In debian 10 and 12 you need to use netcat-openbsd package for installing nc binary that supports -U socketfile
 
== How to force use of same key in two GUI/DB hosts ==
For HA configuration type where there are two sniffer hosts storing CDRs to same db and data from one db gets migrated to another db, you need to use same key in both DB hosts - following command will read key from HOST1 and will write it to HOST2:
key=$(echo "select content from \`system\` where type = 'manager_key'" | mysql -h HOST1 -u root -pPASS1 -D DBname1 2>/dev/null | grep key) && echo "update \`system\` set content = '$key' where type = 'manager_key'" | mysql -h HOST2 -u root -pPASS2 -D DBname2 2>/dev/null
 
== How to disable the encryption ==
disables the encryption completely (not recmmended for production - use for testing/debuging)
manager_enable_unencrypted = yes
 
=== Use of the api when encryption is disabled ===
echo listcalls | nc 127.0.0.1 5029
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 9 January 2026