OSMO_NITB(1)

📦 version 1.4.0, in ubuntu jammy

💖 OSMO_NITB(1) — osmo-nitb, the Network-in-a-Box 💖

okay bestie, welcome to OSMO_NITB(1), the manual page for osmo-nitb — that's the Osmocom GSM Network in the Box. it's a whole GSM network, like, all of it, in one binary. yes fr fr. 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

osmo-nitb [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this is the Network-in-a-Box version of OpenBSC. everything is bundled together. all the GSM network components, one box, one vibe. periodt. 👑

the way that this matters is: when you're running osmocom-nitb, you do not need a Mobile Switching Center (MSC). nope! you only need an MSC when you're using osmocom-bsc. so if you're the bsc girlie, you need the MSC. if you're the nitb girlie, you don't. iykyk 💅

typically you would have to create a configuration file and start osmo-nitb with the -c option. and listen, there are example configuration files sitting right here:

/usr/share/doc/osmocom-nitb/examples/osmo-nitb

go look at them. they're giving helpful. 🎀

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -h, --help — this text. the classic. the icon. ask and you shall receive 💖
  • -d option, --debug=DRLL:DCC:DMM:DRR:DRSL:DNM — enable debugging. yes, the whole string, exactly like that. 🔥
  • -D, --daemonize — fork the process into a background daemon. it leaves the group chat and goes to live in the background. main character energy but make it detached 🫶
  • -c, --config-file <filename> — the config file to use. filename is your placeholder, your file, your moment ✨
  • -s, --disable-color — okay bestie, the manpage literally gives us no description here. nothing. blank. 🙈 it disables color, that's all we're working with. slay i guess
  • -l, --database <db-name> — the database to use. db-name goes right there 💜
  • -a, --authorize-everyone — authorize every new subscriber.
⚠️ Dangerous! the original says so and i am not about to soften that. every new subscriber. authorized. be careful bestie 😭
  • -T, --timestamp — prefix every log line with a timestamp. every single one. punctual queen ⭐
  • -V, --version — print the version of OpenBSC. 🎀
  • -P, --rtp-proxy — enable the RTP Proxy code inside OpenBSC. 🔥
  • -e, --log-level <number> — set a global loglevel. number is a placeholder, pick your number, own it 💅
  • -m, --mncc-sock — disable the built-in MNCC handler and offer socket. 💀
  • -C, --no-dbcounter — disable regular syncing of counters to database. no syncing, no stress, no cap 🌸
  • -r, --rf-ctl <NAME> — a unix domain socket to listen for cmds. NAME is the placeholder for it, uppercase and everything, we don't make the rules 🧚

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read that one too, bestie. cross-referencing is self-care 🌈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com> for the Debian project (and may be used by others). shoutout to Ruben, thank you for your service 🫶

and that's the whole thing, no notes. this page is from 22 March 2022 and it lives under OSMO_NITB(1). go build a network bestie, you've got this 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅👑

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