VoIP Cookbook: Transaction Oriented Test using SIPp

In this example, we assume the IP address of the softswitch is 192.168.0.3.

Firstly, we need to setup the configuration file /usr/local/etc/opensips/cfg-test-uas.cfg at the server side. The list of cfg-test-uas.cfg is in the Appendix. Test the opensips configuration file, it can be done via,

# opensips -c -f /usr/local/etc/opensips/cfg-test-uas.cfg

If no error, we can run the server using

# opensips -f /usr/local/etc/opensips/cfg-test-uas.cfg

Run SIPp at the client side, using

$ sipp -sn uac 192.168.0.3

Or using a more complex command such as,

$ sipp -sn uac 192.168.0.3:5060 -m 200000 -r 10000 -d 1 -l 70

Example of stress testing with 1000 call per second and 10000 concurrent call using

$ sipp -sn uac 192.168.0.3 -r 1000 -l 10000 -d 10000

SIPp Stress Test with 1000 call per second and 10000 concurrent call

SIPp Stress Test page 2

The complete list of SIPp switch command is listed in the Appendix. For some, it seems very difficult to do a stress test in text mode. We can use the SIPp Webfrontend for a more user-friendly graphical interface.

See Also

• VoIP Cookbook: Building your own Telecommunication Infrastructure
• VoIP Cookbook: VoIP Evaluation