kamdbctl(8)

💅 kamdbctl — the Kamailio database control tool (yes, section 8, bestie)

okay so real quick: this page is kamdbctl(8) from the Kamailio fam, and I'm about to make database maintenance feel like a group chat. sit down, grab a boba, let's go 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

kamdbctl — the Kamailio database control tool. that's her. that's the whole name. iconic behavior honestly 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kamdbctl command [ parameters ]

that's it. command, then whatever parameters she needs. periodt 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so kamdbctl is a script whose whole job — her entire main character arc — is maintaining the database that some Kamailio modules need. some. not all. some. she's the friend who handles the database stuff so you don't have to 😌🦋

🌸 Configuration 🌸

bestie, before you can even use kamdbctl, you HAVE to pick a database engine in the kamctlrc file. no engine, no vibes. the way that this works: you just change the DBENGINE parameter in the respective section in the kamctlrc file. that's the assignment 📝

the valid values are, in all their glory:

• MYSQL
• PGSQL
• ORACLE
• DBTEXT

and the default? the default is 'none'. yeah. she ships with nothing selected. you gotta choose your own destiny fr fr 🙈

also, the username, the password, the database name and all the other settings can be configured by editing the kamctrl script. (yes, that's kamctrl right there, not kamctlrc — I said what the page said, don't come for me 😭)

✨ COMMANDS ✨

want the list of available commands? run kamdbctl help and she will tell you everything. literally just ask her 🫶

✨ NOTES ✨

heads up, lowkey important: several commands are not available for some of the database systems. so if something's acting like it doesn't exist, it might just not exist for your engine. not a bug, just a personality difference 💀

✨ FILES ✨

the sacred texts, the config files in question:

• /etc/kamailio/kamctlrc
• /usr/local/etc/kamailio/kamctlrc
• ~/.kamctlrc

✨ AUTHORS ✨

the whole squad is listed in /usr/share/doc/kamailio/AUTHORS. go say hi to them, they ate 🎀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• kamailio(8)
• kamailio.cfg(5)

the full documentation on Kamailio is available at https://www.kamailio.org — go read it, it's giving encyclopedia but make it slay 📚✨

mailing lists, aka where the community hangs out:

• sr-users@lists.kamailio.org — the Kamailio user community 🌈
• sr-dev@lists.kamailio.org — the Kamailio development community 🔥

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and that's the whole page, no cap. go configure your DBENGINE, run kamdbctl help, and live your best database-maintenance life. i believe in you 💖

✨💖 this was Kamailio, dated 20.11.2017, and kamdbctl(8) says bye bestie, hydrate and back up your database! 💖✨