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=About [http://www.modulesgarden.com/products/whmcs/parallels_plesk_panel_extended/features Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS]=
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=About [https://www.modulesgarden.com/products/whmcs/hosting-quota-notifications Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS]=
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;"|'''Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS''' is a module which allows your customers to manage their web hosting accounts directly from the client area.<br />
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;"|'''Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS''' allows you to send automatic notifications to your clients whenever they exceed previously set bandwidth or disk usage.
Our product increases your comfort of management and simplifies web hosting account handling for your customers.<br />
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Notifications can be sent in two ways: upon exceeding given resource tier or after exceeding given resource limit in a specified time period.<br />
Let your web hosting users manage their Parallels Plesk Panel accounts in your own WHMCS. achieve all of these and set it up within a few minutes time!
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You can also define email templates and view details of each sent notification owing to logs.
 
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*'''Admin Area Features:'''
 
*'''Admin Area Features:'''
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Create/Suspend/Unsuspend/Terminate Account
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Automatically Notify Your Clients Upon Exceeding Defined Limits Of Bandwidth And Disk Usage
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Change Package And Password Of Account
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Configure Notification Groups
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Configure Client Area Features Per Product
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Choose Between Two Types Of Group Counting:
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Define Service Plan Name Per Product
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"|✔ Tiered - Define Tiers Of Usage
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Define Reseller Plan Name Per Product
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"|✔ Fixed - Define Usage Grow Over Time
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Enable Application Installer To Use Per Product
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Assign Multiple Products To Single Notification Group
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"|✔ View All Parallels Plesk Panel Extended Products In One Place
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Assign Email Templates Per Notification Group
 
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*'''Client Area Features:'''
 
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Enable/Disable Notification Groups
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"|✔ FTP Accounts
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"|✔ View Logs Of Sent Notifications
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"|✔ Email Accounts
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*'''General Info:'''
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Multi-Language Support
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Integrated With <u>Advanced Billing For WHMCS</u> - Server Resource Usage Billing [http://www.modulesgarden.com/products/whmcs/advanced_billing/features (read more)]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Supports Parallels Plesk Panel 9 and Later
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Supports WHMCS Templates Five and Six
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Supports PHP 5.6 Up To PHP 7.2
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 30px;"|✔ Supports WHMCS V5 and V6
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 30px;"|✔ Supports WHMCS V7
 
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=Installation and Configuration=
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=Installation=
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;"|'''This tutorial will show you how to successfully install and configure Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|'''This tutorial will show you how to successfully install and configure Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS.''' <br />
 
We will guide you step by step through the whole installation and configuration process.
 
We will guide you step by step through the whole installation and configuration process.
 
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==Installation==
 
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|style="padding: 20px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''1. Log in to your client area and download Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS.'''
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''1. Log in to our client area and download the module.'''
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE1.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_1.png]]
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''2. Upload and extract the module into the main WHMCS directory.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 15px;"|'''2. In the downloaded file you will find two packages that support different PHP versions.'''<br/>As presented on the screen below, the first one is dedicated to PHP 5.6 up to PHP 7.0, while the second one is aimed at PHP 7.1 up to PHP 7.2.<br/>It does not apply to open source versions.<br/>
Files in your WHMCS directory should look like these.
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'' '''Note''': You can check the current PHP version in your WHMCS. To do so, proceed to ''' 'Utilities' › 'System' › 'PHP Info'.'''
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE2.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PHP56_72.png]]
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''3. When you install Parallels Plesk Panel Extended for the first time you have to rename '' 'license_RENAME.php' '' file.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''3. Extract the downloaded file and choose the one with the right PHP version. Upload and extract the PHP file into the main WHMCS directory.'''<br />
File is located in '' 'modules/servers/pleskExtended/license_RENAME.php'. '' Rename it from '' 'license_RENAME.php' '' to '' 'license.php'. ''
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The content of PHP version files should look like this.  
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE3.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:drfere.png]]
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''4. In order to configure your license key you have to edit a previously renamed '' 'license.php' '' file.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''4. When you install Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS for the first time you have to rename '' 'license_RENAME.php' '' file.'''<br />
Enter your license key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key in your client area → '' 'My Products'. ''
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File is located in '' 'modules/addons/hosting_quota_notifications/license_RENAME.php' '' . Rename it from '' 'license_RENAME.php' '' to '' 'license.php' '' .
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE4.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_3.png]]
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''5. Now you have to activate the module in your WHMCS system.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''5. In order to configure your license key, you have to edit a previously renamed '' 'license.php' '' file.'''<br />
Login to your WHMCS admin area. Click '' 'Setup' '' then choose '' 'Addon Modules'. ''<br />
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Enter your license key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key in our client area'' 'My Products' ''.  
Afterwards, find '' 'Parallels Plesk Panel Extended Functions' '' and press '' 'Activate' '' button.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE5.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_4.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''6. In next step you need to permit access to this module.'''<br />
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To do so, press '' 'Configure'. '' Afterwards, choose '' 'Full Administrator' '' and press '' 'Save Changes'. ''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE6.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''7. You have just successfully installed Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS!<br/>
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Now, in your WHMCS system press '' 'Addons', '' then '' 'Parallels Plesk Panel Extended'. '''''<br />
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You will see a following screen. Let's proceed to the configuration of your freshly installed module.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE7.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''8. Now, we will show you how to configure a new product.'''<br />
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To do so, log in into your WHMCS. Press '' 'Setup' '' → '' 'Products/Services' '' → '' 'Servers'. '' Afterwards, press '' 'Add New Server'. ''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE8.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''9. Next, enter your server name, IP address, username and password. Choose '' 'PleskExtended' '' from a dropdown menu and press '' 'Save Changes'. '''''<br />
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Here you can also provide other server details like nameservers or maximum number of accounts.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE9.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''10. After you configure your server correctly, you will see a following screen.'''<br />
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Now, you need to create a new group for your server. For that purpose press '' 'Create New Group'. ''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE10.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''11. Enter name, click on your previously created server, press '' 'Add' '' then press '' 'Save Changes'. '''''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE11.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''12. In order to create and configure the product, click on '' 'Setup' '' → '' 'Products/Services' '' → '' 'Products/Services'. '''''<br />
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If you do not have a product group, '' 'Create a New Group'. '' If you do, simply go to step 14.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE12.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''13. Enter product group name and press '' 'Save Changes'. '''''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE13.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''14. When you have a product group, you can create your product and assign it to Parallels Plesk Panel Extended. If you already have a product, go to step 16.'''<br />
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To create a product press '' 'Create a New Product'. ''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE14.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''15. Afterwards, choose your product type and product group from dropdown menus, enter your product name and press '' 'Save Changes'. '''''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE15.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''16. Now move to '' 'Module Settings' '' section, choose both '' 'PleskExtended' '' and your previously created server group from dropdown menus.'''<br />
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Remember to add your '' 'Client Template Name' '' or '' 'Service Plan Name'. '' Parallels Plesk Panel Extended will not work properly without specified plan name. Don't forget to '' 'Save Changes'. ''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE16.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''17. Good job! You have just correctly created and customized new product which will appear in Parallels Plesk Panel Extended admin area.'''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE16_1.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''18. To verify whether everything is working as it should, click on '' 'Addons' '' → '' 'Parallels Plesk Panel Extended' '' in your WHMCS.'''<br />
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Your previously created product should appear on the list. To continue click on the '' 'Configure' '' button.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE17.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''19. Tick all checkboxes and press '' 'Save Changes' ''.<br />
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Under field '' 'Log In Domain or IP' '' you can set a different URL used to log in to Parallels Plesk Panel from your WHMCS client area. This will change value of '' 'Log In To Panel' '' button.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE18.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''20. That's all, from now on all your clients who ordered previously created '' 'Test Product' '' will be able to manage their accounts without entering Parallels Plesk Panel.'''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE19.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''This is what your customers should see in the client area:'''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:PE20.png]]
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=Management=
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==Configuration of Addon==
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''Parallels Plesk Panel Extended allows your customers to manage their accounts via client area in your WHMCS system.'''<br />
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''6. Now you have to activate the module in your WHMCS system.'''<br />
In this short guide we will present you the management possibilities of our module.
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Log in to your WHMCS admin area. Go to '' 'Setup' '' → '' 'Addon Modules' ''. Afterwards, find '' 'Hosting Quota Notifications' '' and press '' 'Activate' '' button.
 
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==Manage Account==
 
 
===FTP Accounts===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|In the very first section you are given the possibility to fully manage your FTP accounts.<br/>
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_5.png]]
Type in the new FTP account details to add one, then enjoy management options, such as: changing password, removing accounts, view details.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE21.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''7. In the next step you need to permit access to this module.'''<br />
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To do so click on '' 'Configure' '' button, tick '' 'Access Control' '' near required admin role groups and press '' 'Save Changes' ''.
 
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===Emails===
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|You can manage all aspects related to e-mail accounts. Add new accounts, search through accounts and remove useless ones.  
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE22.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_6.png]]
 
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===Email Forwarders===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|Take any advantage of  '' 'Email Forwarders' '' functionality. Send a copy of all mail from one email address to another.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''8. You have just successfully installed Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS!'''<br />
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You can access your module in '' 'Addons' '' → '' 'Hosting Quota Notifications' ''.
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE23.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_7.png]]
 
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===Databases===
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=Configuration and Management=
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|Owing to '' 'MySQL Databases Management' '' you can create/delete new databases and users. You can also add users to particular databases.
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|'''In this section we will show you how to properly set up and use Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS.'''
 
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==Configuration==
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:PE24.png]]
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|In '' 'Configuration' '' page you can find the list of configured notification groups.<br />
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You can enable/disable any of them, as well as alter or completely remove them.<br />
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Press '' 'Create New Group' '' to proceed.
 
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===Subdomains===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|Create subdomains to access different parts of your website. Choose domain from your list of available and provide document root.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_9.png]]
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE25.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|Now, you can define all products related to this configuration and email template which will be used to notify your clients.<br />
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You can choose between two types of resource usage counting:<br />
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*Fixed - define amount of resources over specific time period. If client usage growth has exceeded the given limit in specified time, a notification will be sent.
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*Tiered - defines amount of resources. If client exceeds given limit, a notification will be sent.
 
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===Addon Domains===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|You can also add and manage addon domains.<br/>
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_10.png]]
''Make sure this feature is allowed for your account before using!''
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE26.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|For example, shown below module uses fixed counting type.<br />
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As you can see, we have defined limits for both bandwidth and disk.<br />
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Settings shown below result in sending notification to client upon:
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*bandwidth usage growth by 5GB during 21 days.
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*disk usage growth by 100GB over period of 14 days.
 
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===Domain Aliases===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|Add and manage domain aliases to allow redirections and web contents display on other webpage.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_11.png]]
 
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==Logs==
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE27.png]]
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|Under '' 'Logs' '' page you can view information about sent notifications.
 
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===DNS Settings===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|Your customers are going to love this feature!<br/>
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_12.png]]
Add records by providing their hostname and value, select type of such record.  
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==Notifications==
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE28.png]]
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|You can create as many notifications as you wish.<br />
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The only requirement is their type being set to '' 'Product/Service' ''.<br />
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Additionally, you can use {if} statement, as shown below:
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{if $bw_over} Your bandwidth usage is over {$bw_over}MB{if $bw_current} (current: {$bw_current}MB){/if}.{/if}
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{if $disk_over}Your disks usage is over {$disk_over}MB{if $disk_current} (current: {$disk_current}MB){/if}.{/if}
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It will allow you to use this email template for bandwidth and disk notifications at the same time.
 
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==One Click Login==
 
===Log In To Panel===
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|With a single click of a button '' 'Log In To Panel' '' you can be redirected to your Parallels Plesk Panel account.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_13.png]]
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE29.png]]
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===Log In To Webmail===
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=Tips=
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|You can quickly access your webmail through pressing '' 'Log In To Webmail' '' button.
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|
|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE30.png]]
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|}
 
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==Application Installer==
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=Update Instructions=
 
{|
 
{|
|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|'' 'Install Applications' '' section has been designed to allow quick and easy applications management.
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|Essential guidance through the process of updating the module is offered '''[https://www.docs.modulesgarden.com/How_To_Update_WHMCS_Module here]'''.<br/><br/>
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Keep in mind there is a quick and easy option in our client area that will let you upgrade the license of your module to an open source version at any time - and at a lower price!<br/>
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To take advantage of it, simply use the '''License Upgrade''' button located on the product's page and a discounted invoice will be generated automatically.<br/>
 
|}
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE31.png]]
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|View information about app by pressing '' 'Details' '' button next to it.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE32.png]]
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|As you can see on the following screen, app details appeared.<br/> You may find here version number, vendor, short description etc.
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE33.png]]
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|To install a new app simply press '' 'Install' '' button.
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE34.png]]
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|The module will automatically fetch all the fields required to complete installation of the app.<br />
 
Once you enter all the data required by specific module, press '' 'Install' '' button.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE35.png]]
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|After successful installation of the app, you should see '' 'Status: SUCCESS' '' message. To return to the list of all apps, press '' 'Back To App List'. ''
 
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{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE36.png]]
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|If you want to see the installed app list press '' 'Go To Installed Apps'. ''
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE37.png]]
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|Here you can check which apps you have installed so far.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE38.png]]
 
|}
 
 
==Management of Existing Products==
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|'''You can easily use Parallels Plesk Panel Extended module with your already configured Plesk products.<br />
 
To do so change the type of servers and module names of products from '' 'Plesk' '' to '' 'PleskExtended'. ''<br />
 
Additional information about how to correctly configure your servers and products can be found at points 8-16 of '' 'Installation and Configuration' '' section.
 
|}
 
 
==Billing Management==
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|When you combine Parallels Plesk Panel Extended For WHMCS with [http://www.docs.modulesgarden.com/Advanced_Billing_For_WHMCS Advanced Billing For WHMCS], you will be able to set up additional billing options.<br />
 
The module allows you to charge your customers basing on the server resources used by them.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE40.png]]
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|With Advanced Billing module, you can also display your customers the current server resource usage and their cost.
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:PE41.png]]
 
|}
 
 
=Tips=
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 15px;"|1. '' 'Login To Webmail' '' button address: '' 'http(s)://webmail.{domain_from_order}'. ''
 
|}
 
{|
 
|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 15px;"|2. To set up an existing customer's account in your Parallels Plesk Panel Extended, create a new WHMCS order with the same username, password and email address.<br />
 
Then set the account status to active.
 
|}
 
 
 
=Common Problems=
 
=Common Problems=
 
{|
 
{|
|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 15px;"|'''1. When you have problems with connection, check whether your SELinux or firewall does not block ports.'''
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|'''1. When you have problems with connection, check whether your SELinux or firewall does not block ports.'''
|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 15px;"|2. If you see an error as shown on the screen below, it means that you haven't provided your service plan name or reseller plan name in product's 'Module Settings'.<br />
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Once you enter the name, the problem will disappear.
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|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:PE39.png]]
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|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 15px;"|3. If you are unable to connect with your Parallels Plesk Panel server or client area functionalities don't work properly, then make sure that you are connecting with your server on port 8443.<br />
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Here you can find more information on how to change default port in [http://kb.parallels.com/en/138 Linux] and [http://kb.parallels.com/en/115712 Windows]
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|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 15px;"|4. ''Unable to get the version number from the server. CURL Error: 7 - couldn't connect to host. Check server connection details.''<br />
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Check connection details and connection between WHMCS and server.
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|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 15px;"|5. ''Unable to get the version number from the server. Permission denied. You have to set admin account access details.''<br />
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You need admin account access to use PPPE module, reseller account API is not supported.
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|}
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{|
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 15px;"|6. '''Blank page at '' 'Install Apps'. '''''<br />
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''Reason'': Some libraries may be missing.<br />
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''Solution'': Make sure you have installed php-xml library.
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|}
 
|}

Latest revision as of 11:02, 13 September 2018

Contents

[edit] About Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS

Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS allows you to send automatic notifications to your clients whenever they exceed previously set bandwidth or disk usage.

Notifications can be sent in two ways: upon exceeding given resource tier or after exceeding given resource limit in a specified time period.
You can also define email templates and view details of each sent notification owing to logs.

  • Admin Area Features:
✔ Automatically Notify Your Clients Upon Exceeding Defined Limits Of Bandwidth And Disk Usage
✔ Configure Notification Groups
✔ Choose Between Two Types Of Group Counting:
✔ Tiered - Define Tiers Of Usage
✔ Fixed - Define Usage Grow Over Time
✔ Assign Multiple Products To Single Notification Group
✔ Assign Email Templates Per Notification Group
✔ Enable/Disable Notification Groups
✔ View Logs Of Sent Notifications
  • General Info:
✔ Multi-Language Support
✔ Supports PHP 5.6 Up To PHP 7.2
✔ Supports WHMCS V7

[edit] Installation

This tutorial will show you how to successfully install and configure Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS.

We will guide you step by step through the whole installation and configuration process.

[edit] Installation

1. Log in to our client area and download the module.
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2. In the downloaded file you will find two packages that support different PHP versions.
As presented on the screen below, the first one is dedicated to PHP 5.6 up to PHP 7.0, while the second one is aimed at PHP 7.1 up to PHP 7.2.
It does not apply to open source versions.

Note: You can check the current PHP version in your WHMCS. To do so, proceed to 'Utilities' › 'System' › 'PHP Info'.

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3. Extract the downloaded file and choose the one with the right PHP version. Upload and extract the PHP file into the main WHMCS directory.

The content of PHP version files should look like this.

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4. When you install Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS for the first time you have to rename 'license_RENAME.php' file.

File is located in 'modules/addons/hosting_quota_notifications/license_RENAME.php' . Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php' .

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5. In order to configure your license key, you have to edit a previously renamed 'license.php' file.

Enter your license key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key in our client area → 'My Products' .

HQN 4.png

[edit] Configuration of Addon

6. Now you have to activate the module in your WHMCS system.

Log in to your WHMCS admin area. Go to 'Setup' 'Addon Modules' . Afterwards, find 'Hosting Quota Notifications' and press 'Activate' button.

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7. In the next step you need to permit access to this module.

To do so click on 'Configure' button, tick 'Access Control' near required admin role groups and press 'Save Changes' .

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8. You have just successfully installed Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS!

You can access your module in 'Addons' 'Hosting Quota Notifications' .

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[edit] Configuration and Management

In this section we will show you how to properly set up and use Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS.

[edit] Configuration

In 'Configuration' page you can find the list of configured notification groups.

You can enable/disable any of them, as well as alter or completely remove them.
Press 'Create New Group' to proceed.

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Now, you can define all products related to this configuration and email template which will be used to notify your clients.

You can choose between two types of resource usage counting:

  • Fixed - define amount of resources over specific time period. If client usage growth has exceeded the given limit in specified time, a notification will be sent.
  • Tiered - defines amount of resources. If client exceeds given limit, a notification will be sent.
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For example, shown below module uses fixed counting type.

As you can see, we have defined limits for both bandwidth and disk.
Settings shown below result in sending notification to client upon:

  • bandwidth usage growth by 5GB during 21 days.
  • disk usage growth by 100GB over period of 14 days.
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[edit] Logs

Under 'Logs' page you can view information about sent notifications.
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[edit] Notifications

You can create as many notifications as you wish.

The only requirement is their type being set to 'Product/Service' .
Additionally, you can use {if} statement, as shown below:

{if $bw_over} Your bandwidth usage is over {$bw_over}MB{if $bw_current} (current: {$bw_current}MB){/if}.{/if}
{if $disk_over}Your disks usage is over {$disk_over}MB{if $disk_current} (current: {$disk_current}MB){/if}.{/if}

It will allow you to use this email template for bandwidth and disk notifications at the same time.

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[edit] Tips

[edit] Update Instructions

Essential guidance through the process of updating the module is offered here.

Keep in mind there is a quick and easy option in our client area that will let you upgrade the license of your module to an open source version at any time - and at a lower price!
To take advantage of it, simply use the License Upgrade button located on the product's page and a discounted invoice will be generated automatically.

[edit] Common Problems

1. When you have problems with connection, check whether your SELinux or firewall does not block ports.
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