Take a look at the rl_set_dbg command:
http://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/1.5.x/ratelimit.html#id2506196
Enable debug mode and you will see in the logs what ratelimit is doing
internally.

Regards,
Ovidiu Sas


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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Fabian Borot <fbo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use the rate limit module using Kamailio 1.5.2. I feel that I 
> got it but I would
>  like some pointers and recommendations.
>
> These are my settings: (this is a lab of course), I used 1 on the 
> timer_interval because I am
>  generating the calls manually and wanted to see it in action quickly:
>
>
> # ---- ratelimit -------
> modparam("ratelimit", "timer_interval", 1)
> modparam("ratelimit", "reply_code", 506)
> modparam("ratelimit", "reply_reason", "Rejecting due to high load")
> modparam("ratelimit", "queue", "0:INVITE")
> modparam("ratelimit", "pipe", "0:TAILDROP:1")
>
>
>  then in the route section:
>
>
>         if (method=="INVITE") {
>                 xlog("L_INFO","mylog: RL found INVITE.\n");
>                 if (!rl_check()) {
>                         xlog("L_INFO","mylog: RL dropped message.\n");
>                         rl_drop();
>                         exit;
>                 };
>                 xlog("L_INFO","mylog: RL found INVITE but did not drop 
> it.\n");
>         };
>
>
> The TAILDROP algorithm seems to work better than the RED, based on what I 
> expected of course (with 1 sec timer interval and 1 calls/sec on the pipe).
> Making manual calls one right after the other almost always triggered the 
> protecting when there was another call on the same second.
>
>
> But these lines (1.6.3. pipe) on the doc got me kind of confused:
>
> " When specifying a limit, the unit depends on the algorithm used and
> doesn't need to be specified also (eg, for TAILDROP or RED, limit means 
> packets/sec, whereas with the FEEDBACK
> algorithm, it means [CPU] load factor).
>
> For these 2 lines below, does this mean that the interval =10 will be 
> overridden by the 100 calls/sec on the TAILDROP algorithm?
>
> modparam("ratelimit", "timer_interval", 10)
> modparam("ratelimit", "pipe", "0:TAILDROP:100")
>
> I made a quick test and with timer_interval = 10 and TAILDROP:1, it looks 
> like the protection kicks in almost every 10 secs: (Dec 2 19:44:07  and Dec  
> 2 19:43:57),
>
>  tail -f proxy.log | grep RL
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:53 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:54 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:54 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:55 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:55 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:56 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:57 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:57 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:57 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:57 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL dropped message.
> Dec  2 19:43:58 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:58 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:59 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:59 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:43:59 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:43:59 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:01 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:01 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:02 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:02 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:02 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:02 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:04 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:04 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:06 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:06 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:06 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:06 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:07 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:07 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17449]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
> Dec  2 19:44:07 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:07 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL dropped message.
> Dec  2 19:44:10 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE.
> Dec  2 19:44:10 AW-ATL-PROXY-01 ./kamailio[17450]: mylog: RL found INVITE but 
> did not drop it.
>
>
>
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