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So many of you may be already aware that from FreeSWITCH 1.10.x it is possible to connect directly to MariaDB (and MySQL) without using ODBC. I am trying right now with a customer's server, and so far it is working very nice. So, I will describe how to make it work.

Load mod_mariadb

Edit your /etc/freeswitch/autoload_configs/pre_load_modules.conf.xml and put a content as follows:

<configuration name="pre_load_modules.conf" description="Modules">  
       <modules>  
               <!-- Databases -->  
               <load module="mod_mariadb"/>
       </modules>  
</configuration>

Don't forget to make sure you have compiled mod_mariadb.

Generate your MariaDB DSN String

This is the tricky part, it took me a while to figure it out. MariaDB DSN strings are not as standard as PostgreSQL. The syntax is:

dsn=mariadb://Server=IP;Database=DATABASENAME;Uid=USERNAME;Pwd=PASSWORD

Save your DSN

The best place to put this string is in the vars.xml file. Like this:

<X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="dsn=mariadb://Server=IP;Database=DATABASENAME;Uid=USERNAME;Pwd=PASSWORD" />

From this point, you can use it in any FreeSWITCH module, you just refer to it as $${dsn}, double $ sign is important to tell FreeSWITCH not to try to resolve the string each time it finds it. Think of it as if it was a constant.

Notes about using MySQL

Please note that the module is called mod_mariadb, not mod_mysql. It is thought to work with MariaDB. In some cases, you will need to do some database changes if you still want to use MySQL with it.

Good Luck!

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