1.2.1. OpenSER Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

• No dependencies on other OpenSER modules.

1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running OpenSER with this module loaded:

• None.

1.3.1. ping_interval (int)

Sets the ping time interval.

Default value is "300" seconds.

...
modparam("unixodbc", "ping_interval", 600)
...

1.3.2. auto_reconnect (int)

Turns on or off the auto_reconnect mode.

Default value is "1", this means it is enabled.

...
modparam("unixodbc", "auto_reconnect", 0)
...

1.3.3. use_escape_common (int)

Escape values in query using internal escape_common() function. It escapes single quote ''', double quote '"', backslash '\', and NULL characters.

You should enable this parameter if you know that the ODBC driver considers the above characters as special (for marking begin and end of a value, escape other characters ...). It prevents against SQL injection.

Default value is "0" (0 = disabled; 1 = enabled).

...
modparam("unixodbc", "use_escape_common", 1)
...

1.5.1. Installing

Prerequirement: you should first install unixodbc (or another program that implements the odbc standard, such iodbc), your database, and the right connector. Set the DSN in the odbc.ini file and the connector drivers in the odbcinst.ini file.

1.5.2. Configuring & Running

In the openser.conf file, add the line:

....
loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/openser/modules/unixodbc.so"
....

You should also uncomment this:

....
loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/openser/modules/auth.so"
loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/openser/modules/auth_db.so"
modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2)
modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", yes)
modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password")
....

and setting the DSN specified in the odbc.ini, inserting this with the url adding this line:

....
modparam("usrloc|auth_db", "db_url", 
    "unixodbc://openser:openserrw@localhost/my_dsn")
....

replacing my_dsn with the correct value.

HINT: if unixodbc don't want to connect to mysql server, try restarting mysql server with:

shell>safe_mysqld --user=mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

The connector search the socket in /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock and not in /tmp/mysql.sock