Call and Conference Detail Records (CDRs) are used to log call information produced at the end of a call.
There are two modes available to output CDRs, file (records in files on file system) or kafka (records put on Apache Kafka topic). For each mode the CDR is output as JSON.
For more information about how to configure the CDR mode see CDR Configuration Options.
Kafka mode
BVR can log CDRs to a Kafka topic. If enabled, CDRs will be written to a Kafka topic named
blueworx.cdr. For details on how to create the required Kafka topic, see
Configuring Apache Kafka topics output from BVR.
Note: If the CDR data is critical to your organization, you must be sure that the required Apache Kafka consumers are able to read the data from the topic before it is deleted, or you will lose the data. You may want to alter the retention policy to ensure this, and implement mechanisms to manage consumers used to read the data.
File mode (only Call Detail Records)
BVR can log Call Detail Records to a JSON file. The JSON files are output to /opt/blueworx/vr/log/cdr/
Note: Call Detail Record files written to the file system are not automatically deleted. Call Detail Records will continue to be written, and new files created until the file system is full. It is recommended that if you use this Call Detail Record output mode you implement a process to cleanup old logs.