Sentinel IPSMGW is installed through the use of an installer program.

The installer can run in interactive and non-interactive modes - suitable for manual and automated installs respectively. When running in interactive mode it will prompt you for various necessary settings and save them.

Tip The installer will offer to install the Rhino SDK for you, or allow you to specify an existing Rhino installation. Once either a new Rhino SDK install, or an existing installation is selected the installer will install Sentinel IPSMGW into your Rhino or Rhino SDK.

The installer prepares configuration for a single node Sentinel IPSMGW system, with a single peer for various other network elements such as:

  • Interrogating Call Session Control Function (I-CSCF)

  • Home Location Register (HLR)

  • Cassandra storage for Third Party Registration data

For more advanced configurations, such as clustering or multiple signalling peers, familiarity with the Rhino platform, SIS and Sentinel products is recommended.

To install Sentinel IPSMGW services in interactive mode:

For further information on installation read:

1. Unzip ipsmgw-sdk.zip

To unzip ipsmgw-sdk.zip:

1

Copy the downloaded install zip file to a machine where Rhino and Sentinel IPSMGW will run.

Tip It’s easiest if you create a new directory in the home directory.
user@machine$ mkdir ~/sentinel-ipsmgw

2

Unzip.

user@machine$ cp ~/ipsmgw-sdk.zip ~/sentinel-ipsmgw
user@machine$ cd ~/sentinel-ipsmgw
user@machine$ unzip ipsmgw-sdk.zip

2. Run the installer

Tip The installer prompts you for various configuration settings, such as the SIP URI for the MRF. You can review and change settings prior to installation so don’t worry if you got something wrong first time.

The install program is split into several "phases".

These are:

  • initialisation of the environment

  • question and answer (in interactive mode)

  • review settings (in interactive mode)

  • execution of installation

NB: the installer captures full logging from the various tools that it uses, and writes these logs into the ipsmgw-sdk/build/target/log directory.

To run the installer:

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The installer command is in the build/bin directory of the extracted Sentinel IPSMGW SDK .

testuser@machine$ cd ~/sentinel-ipsmgw/ipsmgw-sdk
testuser@machine$ ./build/bin/installer

The installer first initialises the environment. It typically shows output similar to the following

Initialising the SDK ...
Retrieving Installer dependencies ... done.

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Question and answer to determine necessary settings

The installer will prompt the user for various values. A value inside square brackets, if present, is the default answer for that question. When the user presses the Enter key without entering any value the default is used if it is present. If the default isn’t present, the prompt will be repeated. In subsequent runs of the installer, the default will reflect the values that the user has previously entered. Explanations of all of the questions the installer will ask are laid out over the next few steps. Note that some of the questions will only appear under certain circumstances, so not all of them will be seen in a given installer run.

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Taking the SDK offline

The user is prompted whether or not they want to take the SDK offline.

You can optionally take the SDK offline by creating a local repository. This will take several minutes depending on connection speed, but will make subsequent retrievals much faster and remove the need for an internet connection.
Do you want to take the SDK offline? y/[N] >

If the user presses the Enter key then the default of N is applied by the installer. This means that the SDK remains online, and will connect to the OpenCloud repositories on an as-needs basis. Answering yes will create a local Ivy repository that includes all of the remote artifacts required to build the SDK.

If the user presses the y key then the SDK will be taken offline.

The user is then presented with progress information related to the downloading of artifacts necessary to take the SDK offline. This process can take more than 30 minutes.

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Basic SDK Questions

Your organization's name, e.g. Rocket Communications Inc.
sdk.component.vendor [UNSET] >

This value will be used for the vendor portion of the SLEE Component ID for all SLEE components published by the SDK.

sdk.component.version [1.0] >

This value will be used for the version portion of the SLEE Component ID for all SLEE components published by the SDK.

The name of the platform operator, e.g. Rocket.
sdk.platform.operator.name [UNSET] >

The name of the platform operator for the system. It is used extensively throughout configuration profiles.

An Ivy organization field, recommended lower case with no whitespace e.g. "rocket".
sdk.ivy.org [UNSET] >

This value is used as the org value for all Ivy artifacts created by the SDK.

sdk.ivy.publish.revision [1.0.0] >

This value is used as the base of the revision value for all Ivy artifacts created by the SDK. Additional letters and numbers will be appended to it to identify specific releases, snapshots and milestones when an artifact is actually published.

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Rhino details

The installer then prompts for details of the Rhino installation used for this installation of IPSMGW.

You can either have the installer set up a Rhino SDK for you or point it at an existing Rhino installation, SDK or production.
Note: If you want to use an existing Rhino installation it has to be running and a proper license has to be installed when finishing the installation after the configuration. Also make sure that you have adjusted the memory settings and created a tcapsim-gt-table.txt file as detailed in the documentation.
Set up a Rhino SDK installation automatically? y/[N] >
Note The tcapsim-gt-table.txt file is used for simulation tools. When integrating into a network the default contents of the file should be kept, and a real SS7 stack used (e.g. OpenCloud SS7).

If you allow the installer to set up a new Rhino SDK installation, it will prompt for a license file

Enter the path to your Rhino license file > /home/testuser/Downloads/opencloud.license

It then installs the Rhino SDK and starts it.

If you instruct the installer to use an existing Rhino, it will prompt for the path to the Rhino client directory and check if you are using a Rhino SDK or a production cluster.

Enter the path to your Rhino client directory > /home/testuser/rhino/client

You can either have the installer deploy against Rhino SDK or production.
Does the specified client point to a production installation? y/[N] >

If you choose Yes, then the installer prompts for details of the cluster nodes and hosts.

Enter your Rhino node setup.
It has to be formatted like this: {nodeId,nodeId}host,{nodeId}host
Examples:
  {101}localhost
  {101,102}host1,{103}host2
Node setup [{101}localhost] > {101}hostname1,{102}hostname2

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Review settings

Once the basic SDK configuration questions have been answered, the user is provided the opportunity to review and if happy, accept the settings.

Tip settings are saved to disk, so that they can be read later.
Review settings
***************


Basic SDK properties
====================

  sdk.component.vendor: Rocket Communications Inc
  sdk.component.version: 1.0
  sdk.platform.operator.name: Rocket
  sdk.ivy.org: rocket
  sdk.ivy.publish.revision: 1.0.0

... edited for brevity

Configuration changes written.

If the user presses the n key then the questions are asked again. Note that the list of configuration files that have been modified are printed out by the configuration portion.

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Creation of a deployment module

The installer will now create a suitable deployment module. This may take several minutes.

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Home PLMN IDs Questions

Home PLMN IDs >

The PLMN IDs for the home network. A PLMN ID is entered in the form (MCC,MNC), and multiple PLMN IDs are comma-separated. Example: (001,01),(001,001),(999,99)

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Geo-redundancy configuration

Optional configuration for enabling multi-site geo-redundancy support

Indicates if IPSMGW should be configured to run across multiple geo-redundant sites.
Enable geo-redundancy support y/[N] >

If geo-redundancy support is enabled then this additional configuration is required

Total number of geo-redundant sites in which IPSMGW will be running (1-16).
Total Number of Sites >

Unique ID number of this site within the set of geo-redundant sites.
Site ID >

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General configuration

Details of the IPSMGW environment - hosts, ports, addresses etc

The SCCP address of the HLR. This value is used as a template address if 'Use MSISDN as HLR Address' is configured. In this case the configured digits are replaced by the subscriber MSISDN in the outbound HLR address.
Examples: type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=6 or type=C7,ri=gt,digits=0,ssn=6,national=false,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numbering=ISDN,gti=4,tt=0
HLR address [type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=6] >

Within the MAP Proxy and ATM Registration features, controls whether to address the outbound HLR leg
using a GT address formed from the subscriber MSISDN, using the configured address as a template.
Use MSISDN as HLR Address y/[N] >

A Template SCCP address used for routing to SMSC, address will be modified based on the received MSC address.
Example: type=C7,ri=gt,digits=0,ssn=8,national=false,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numbering=ISDN,gti=4,tt=0
Template SMSC address [type=C7,ri=gt,digits=0,ssn=8,national=false,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numbering=ISDN,gti=4,tt=0] >

The originating SCCP address of the Sentinel IP-SM-GW.
Example: type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=147
Originating Sentinel address [type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=147] >

The international SCCP address of the Sentinel IP-SM-GW.
Example: address=653333333,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numberingPlan=ISDN
IP-SM-GW Sentinel address [address=653333333,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numberingPlan=ISDN] >

The TCAP invoke timeout (in milliseconds).
Invoke timeout [5000] >

The domain used to compose SIP URIs from the MSISDN.
Terminating domain [opencloud.com] >

The Address of the Interrogating Call Session Control Function. The hostname part should either be a resolvable name or the IP address of the I-CSCF.
Example: sip:127.0.0.1:5052;lr;transport=tcp
I-CSCF URI [sip:127.0.0.1:5052;lr;transport=tcp] >

The SIP transport used to determine the local SIP URI, which is used as the address of IPSMGW
Valid values are: 'udp' or 'tcp'.
SIP transport [udp] >

The delivery order to use for MT deliveries
Valid values are: CS_THEN_PS or PS_THEN_CS or CS_ONLY or PS_ONLY
Delivery Order [PS_THEN_CS] >

Charging can be enabled separately for MT deliveries over PS and CS, and for MO.
Do you want to enable charging over PS for MT deliveries? y/[N] >
Do you want to enable charging over CS for MT deliveries? y/[N] >
Do you want to enable charging for MO deliveries? y/[N] >
Note Template SMSC Address added in 2.7.0.3

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Sentinel Registrar

Details of the Cassandra database used for Third Party Registration data

Please enter a comma separated list of Cassandra contact points in the form "host1,host2"
Cassandra Contact Points [localhost] >

Please enter the port Cassandra is listening on
Cassandra Port [9042] >

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IPSMGW Cassandra

IPSMGW uses Cassandra to save routing information that can be shared across nodes and to track registration ownership between sites.

Please enter a comma separated list of Cassandra contact points in the form "host1,host2"
Cassandra Contact Points [localhost] >

Please enter the port Cassandra is listening on
Cassandra Port [9042] >

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Sh Cache Microservice RA

Configuration that is used by the Sh Cache Microservice RA.

The URL for the Sh Cache Microservice.
Server URL [http://localhost:8088] >

The URL for the Sh Cache Microservice. This is what Sh Cache Microservice requests are sent to.

Whether to use a proxy server.
Proxy Enabled y/[N] >

If yes, the installer will next ask to configure the proxy server.

The hostname of the proxy server.
Proxy Host [localhost] >

Hostname of the proxy server.

The port of the proxy server.
Proxy Port [3128] >

Port of the proxy server.

The URL that notifications from Sh Cache Microservice will be sent to.
This hostname must be able to be resolved by ShCM hosts.
Notification URL [http://localhost:8089] >

The notification URL.

The local port the RA will listen on for notification requests.
This is allowed to differ from the port in 'http.notificationURL',
as the local port may not be visible to other nodes depending on the network topology.
Notification Port [8089] >

The port to listen on for notification requests.

Subscription expiry time in seconds.
Subscription Expiry Time [3600] >

Expiry time for subscriptions to UE Reachability For IP.

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Correlation RA

Configuration that is used by the Correlation RA to generate MT Correlation IDs(fake IMSIs).

The name of the Correlation ID Pool
Pool name [OpenCloud] >

In case more than one home PLMN ID was configured in the Home PLM IDs section, the installer will ask what fake MCC and MNC to use in case an IMSI cannot be determined. As this has to be one of the configured home PLMN IDs, if only one home PLMN ID has been configured this will automatically be selected.

Fake MCC to use in case the IMSI could not be determined
Fake MCC [001] >
Fake MNC to use in case the IMSI could not be determined
Fake MNC [01] >

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SIP SIS RA Listen Address

This specifies the host that you want to receive SIP traffic on.

This is the hostname or IP address that you want to receive SIP traffic on.
SIP SIS RA Host [localhost] >

If installing on a production Rhino with multiple nodes running on the same host, the installer will report that the SIP RA OffsetPort functionality is enabled, with the port offset set to the lowest node ID. The port will default to 5060, modified as described in the configuration. As an example, if nodes 101 and 102 are running on host1, and node 201 is running on host2, the ports used will be 5060-101+101=5060 for node 101, 5060-101+102=5061 for node 102, and 5060-101+201=5160 for node 201.

Port offset for SIP SIS RA listen addresses
===========================================

  Offsetting SIP SIS RA listen ports by nodeId - 101

Otherwise, the port offset functionality will not be enabled and port 5060 will be used by default.

Port offset for SIP SIS RA listen addresses
===========================================

SIP SIS RA 'port offset' functionality not required, as there are no hosts with multiple nodes running

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OCSS7 Server list for CGIN MAP RA

This specifies the OCSS7 server list for the cginmapra entity related to the sccp address. It has to contain the port.

This is a comma separated list of hostname or IP address and the port of OCSS7 SGC nodes to connect to. eg localhost:13021,localhost:13022
OCSS7 SGC node Host and Port list [localhost:13021] >

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Diameter Ro and CCA Questions - if any charging options chosen at step 6

This value is placed into the Origin-Host AVP.
Host [diameterclient] >

The Diameter hostname for Sentinel IP-SM-GW. It is used in the Origin-Host AVP of outgoing diameter messages.

This installer allows setting up a simple configuration with a single peer for the OCS. If you need a configuration with multiple peers, you can either do so after the installation finishes by following the Diameter documentation, or editing the following file now:
[path-to-config-file]/DiameterConfig.xml
Do you want to set up a simple configuration? [Y]/n >

If yes, the installer will provide a series of prompts for setting up a basic diameter configuration (where there is a single OCS server); if no, you will need to manually configure diameter peers for the charging system.

Peer URI [aaa://diameterserver:3868;transport=tcp] >

URI of the online charging server.

Diameter peer address [diameterserver] >

Diameter address of the online charging server.

Realm name [example.com] >

Diameter Realm for the online charging system.

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PS Delivery configuration

Details for the PS Delivery feature

The Timer to decide whether PS Delivery has failed (in milliseconds).
Delivery Failure Timer [5000] >

The RP-Error codes that will stop fallback if PS_THEN_CS is used.
The special value of '-1' will mean no error codes are used.
Example: 21,22
Fallback Avoidance Codes [22] >

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PS Delivery Per Node URI

This specifies the URI for each node that PSDelivery will set as the From: address in outgoing MESSAGE requests.

If installing on a cluster, this question will be repeated for each node specified at the start of the installation process.

The SIP Local URI of Rhino node 101.
Example: sip:127.0.0.1:5060
Node 101 SIP Local URI [sip:127.0.0.1:5060] >

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CS Delivery configuration

Error handling behaviour for the CS Delivery feature

The Delivery Error codes that will stop fallback if CS_THEN_PS is used.
The special value of '-1' will mean no error codes are used.
Example: 0,1
Fallback Avoidance Codes [0] >

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IPSMGW SCCP Whitelist GT Entries

This defines a whitelist of incoming SCCP origin addresses that will not be rejected by the IPSMGW SCCP Whitelist feature when triggered by an OpenRequest.

Comma separated list of SCCP Whitelist GT Prefixes.
The special value of '-' will mean no whitelist is provisioned and all SCCPs will be accepted.
Example: 64123,64124
SCCP Whitelist GT Prefix List [-] >

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IPSMGW CDR RA Configuration

The configuration properties of the CDR resource adaptor. See Resource Adaptor Configuration for more details.

Approximate maximum size in bytes before a new CDR file is started.
After a CDR is written, the total file size is compared to MaxSize.
If the current file size is larger, it is completed.
If MaxSize is 0, no size-based rollover is done.
MaxSize [100000000] >

Number of records to be written to a CDR file before a new file is started.
If MaxCdrs is 0, no record-based rollover is done.
MaxCdrs [0] >

Number of milliseconds of operation before time-based file rollover.
If a CDR file is used for more than MaxInterval seconds without being rolled over due to record- or size-based limits, it is completed anyway.
MaxInterval [0] >
Note The CDR resource adaptor executes a script at $RHINO_HOME/archive-cdr-log.sh at CDR rollover, as described in the CDR resource adaptor documentation. This script should be provided by the user, and should be set as executable by Rhino.

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Review settings

Once all questions have been answered, the user is provided the opportunity to review, and if happy, accept the settings.

Tip Settings are saved to disk, so that they can be read later.
Review settings
***************


Geo-redundancy configuration
============================

  Geo-redundancy support enabled?: false


General configuration
=====================

  HLR Address: type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=6
  Use MSISDN as HLR Address: false
  Template SMSC Address: type=C7,ri=gt,digits=0,ssn=8,national=false,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numbering=ISDN,gti=4,tt=0
  Sentinel Originating Address: type=C7,ri=pcssn,pc=5,ssn=147
  Sentinel IP-SM-GW Address: address=653333333,nature=INTERNATIONAL,numberingPlan=ISDN
  HLR Invoke Timeout (ms): 5000
  Terminating domain: opencloud.com
  I-CSCF URI: sip:127.0.0.1:5052;lr;transport=tcp
  SIP transport: udp


Sentinel Registrar
==================

  Cassandra Contact Points: localhost
  Cassandra Port: 9042


IPSMGW Cassandra
================

  Cassandra Contact Points: localhost
  Cassandra Port: 9042


Sh Cache Microservice RA
=================

  Server URL: http://localhost:8088
  Proxy Enabled: false
  Notification URL: http://localhost:8089
  Notification Port: 8089
  Subscription Expiry Time: 3600


MT Correlation ID
=================

  Profile name: OpenCloud
  MCC: 001
  MNC: 01


Listen Address for SIP SIS RA
=============================

  SIP SIS RA Host: localhost


Port offset for SIP SIS RA listen addresses
===========================================

Not offsetting SIP SIS RA listen port


OCSS7 Server list for CGIN MAP RA
==============================

  OCSS7 SGC node Host and Port list: localhost:13021


Diameter (Ro & CCA)
==============================

  Host: diameterclient
  Peer URI: aaa://diameterserver:3868;transport=tcp
  Peer address: diameterserver
  Realm name: example.com


PS Delivery configuration
=========================

  PS Delivery Fallback Timer (ms): 5000
  RP-Error Fallback Avoidance Codes: [22]


PS Delivery Per Node URIs
=========================

Node 101 SIP Local URI: sip:127.0.0.1:5060


CS Delivery configuration
=========================

  Delivery Fallback Avoidance Codes: [0]


IPSMGW SCCP Whitelist GT Entries
================================

64125,64124


IPSMGW CDR RA configuration
===========================

  MaxSize: 100000000
  MaxCdrs: 0
  MaxInterval (ms): 600000

Accept these values? [Y]/n >

If the user presses the n key then the questions are asked again. Note that the list of configuration files that have been modified are printed out by the configuration portion.

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Execution phase

Now that the installer has gathered all necessary information it provides the user with the option to install the IPSMGW TAS now.

Install now? [Y]/n >

If the user wants to install at a later time, they can press the n key. The installer exits having saved settings that the user has entered. I.e. the installer can be run later if desired.

If 'Y' is selected the installer proceeds to install Sentinel IPSMGW into Rhino (or Rhino SDK).

Publishing deployment module ... done.
Deploying; this is going to take a while ... done.
Binding; this is going to take a while ... done.
Configuring; this is going to take a while ... done.
Running post-installation tasks ...done.
Installation completed successfully in 11 minutes and 27 seconds. Rhino has been left running to finish applying configuration changes.

The installation has now completed successfully.

Important A properties file called install.properties is automatically created in the ipsmgw-sdk directory when the interactive installer is run. It stores all the data entered during the install. You can use this file for a new installation using the Non-interactive mode.

Non-interactive mode

To run the installer in non-interactive mode a properties file is passed to the installer program

testuser@machine$ cd ~/sentinel-ipsmgw/ipsmgw-sdk
testuser@machine$ ./build/bin/installer -p my-install.properties

SIS and CGIN

During installation SIS and CGIN versions are extracted into the SDK directory structure. This is so that SIS can be configured as necessary.

The CGIN connectivity pack is extracted into the ipsmgw-sdk/cgin/cgin-connectivity-full-CGIN_VERSION directory. The SIS is extracted into the ipsmgw-sdk/sis/SIS_VERSION directory. Here CGIN_VERSION and SIS_VERSION are the release versions for each product respectively (e.g. 1.5.4.1 and 2.5.4.1)

The SIS console command is located at ipsmgw-sdk/sis/SIS_VERSION/admin/sis-console.

Background information

The installer sits on top of the Sentinel IPSMGW SDK infrastructure

The installer works by creation of a 'deployment module' for Sentinel IPSMGW. The module is named "deploy-ipsmgw" and is located in the root of the Sentinel IPSMGW SDK directory.

A deployment module can be created through the use of the sdkadm create-deployment-module command. The values that the user enters (or passes in when using non-interactive mode) are written into the various configuration files in this deployment module.

During an install, the deployment module is first published, then the deployer, binder and configurer are invoked in order to install/bind/configure the application in Rhino.

This means that the the installer is part of the Sentinel IPSMGW SDK, and that there is no technology difference between the SDK and an "off the shelf install". Therefore custom configurations can easily be made through modification of the deployment module, and publishing it, and running the configurer.

Installer log files

The installer captures full logging from the various tools that it uses, and writes these logs into the ipsmgw-sdk/build/target/log directory. This output is more verbose than the user sees when running the installer.

Each time an install is done, a file called install.log is created in this directory. If there is a previous install.log file, that it is moved to install_date.log. The value of "date" is the time of the last write timestamp in the file. i.e. running the installer three times results in three installer log files.

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