OSMOMGW(1)

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version 1.14.0 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 OSMOMGW 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual for OsmoMGW, living in section 1 of your User Commands pages, and it's genuinely iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

OsmoMGW — literally pronounced "osmo-mgw" and honestly? she's booked and busy.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: OsmoMGW is the Osmocom Media Gateway. her whole job is to manage, connect, and (if you want her to) transcode voice streams between all the different network elements — like BTSs and outside entities such as SIP. no cap, she's the connector friend of the group chat.

the way she usually moves is co-located with both OsmoBSC and OsmoMSC, and those two control her via IETF MGCP — that's Media Gateway Control Protocol — iykyk 💅

https://osmocom.org/projects/osmo-mgw

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the whole menu, bestie. every single one. no skips 🍓

  • -h, --help — she prints this exact text at you. that's it, that's the whole thing.
  • -c, --config-file filename — the config file to use. this is the one you're actually here for fr fr.
  • -s, --disable-color — turns the color off. sad vibes but maybe you're piping output somewhere, we respect it 🌈
  • -D, --daemonize — fork the process into a background daemon. she goes off to do her own thing, main character energy 👑
  • -V, --version — print the version number. always a slay when you need to know who you're talking to ⭐

⚡ VTY reference generation ⚡

these two are the niche ones, but we love them anyway:

  • --vty-ref-mode MODE — VTY reference generation mode (e.g. 'expert'). yes, 'expert' is one of the modes, go off ✨
  • --vty-ref-xml — generate the VTY reference XML output and exit. she makes the XML and then immediately dips 🙈

okay so legally speaking, credits where credits are due:

Copyright © 2009-2010 Holger Freyther and On-Waves Copyright © 2017-2022 by sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH Contributions by Pablo Neira Ayuso, Jacob Erlbeck, Neels Hofmeyr Philipp Maier

License AGPLv3+: GNU AGPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

⚠️ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. bestie she's free but she's not coming with a safety net, okay? 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

https://osmocom.org/projects/osmo-mgw/wiki

The full documentation for OsmoMGW is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and OsmoMGW programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info OsmoMGW

should give you access to the complete manual. genuinely the full lore, go read it 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💅 this was OsmoMGW version 1.14.0, dated January 2026 — thank you for coming to my ted talk, periodt 🎀💖✨

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