= About SIPCRaft
This is the start of a new enterprise SIP server in C# using the SIPSorcery stack. The server will operate optionally in conjunction with a postgresql data server and likely a golang management system. To maintain high availability sipcraft will cache data tables such as extensions locally and can operate with intermittent database connection loss with support for automatic backend resynchronization. If no backend database is used the config file alone will supply extension information, which can also be used for stand-alone development testing.
SIPCraft is a C# application that uses Net 8.0 or later framework and the SIPSorcery sip stack and the Tychosoft Extensions package (tychoext) for C#. It also will make use of async programming for sip services. SIPCraft can be built and run either directly on Microsoft Windows or on Posix platforms with dotnet support such as Alpine Linux. SIPCraft should also be able to run in a docker instance.
A Makefile is used to standardize build behavior and development practices on Posix systems and for building Docker images. On Microsoft Windows one can of course use Visual Studio. On Posix systems I use AOT compiling to create a single standard posix executable with native debugging support.
The posix Makefile does include an install'' target. This can be used to produce a traditional installation package such as Debian packages for Ubuntu GNU/Linux systems. Similarly, the dist'' target can be used to create a
stand-alone source tarball for use with packaging systems.
Once it becomes useful this project will have a public project page at https://www.github.com/tychosoft/sipcraft which will have an issue tracker where people can submit public bug reports, a wiki for hosting project documentation and architecture, and a public git repository. Patches and merge requests may be submitted in the issue tracker or thru email then. For now it is in very early development.