Your clients will be empowered to remotely start, stop, and reboot the server, as well as preview the assignment of IP addresses.
In addition, the module will let you easily control product features, and supervise the status of each sold machine.

We will guide you step by step through the whole process.

Extracted files in your WHMCS directory should look like this:

The file is located in '/yourWHMCS/modules/servers/AlibabaCloudVirtualMachines/license_RENAME.php'. Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php'.

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

This folder is available at '/yourWHMCS/modules/servers/AlibabaCloudVirtualMachines/'.

It will be used to execute module commands such as: create, terminate or change package.

php -q /yourWHMCS/modules/servers/AlibabaCloudVirtualMachines/cron/cron.php queue

It is suggested to run the cron every 5 minutes.

Underneath, you will find instructions where to find them.

Move to the "server Details", select 'Alibaba Cloud Virtual Machines' from the 'Module' field.
Provide the previously generated access keys into 'Access Key ID' and 'Secret Access Key' fields.
Then check the connection. If successful, save the changes.

Click on 'Create a New Group'.

To do so, first click on 'Create a New Product'.

The module should automatically save and reload the settings. If not, click on the 'Save Changes' option manually.

• Burstable Instance - enable to allow to create burstable instances (addons)

• Billing Method - select between:
  • "Subscription" - pay upfront and then use the service over a period of time
  • "Pay-as-you-go" - pay for resources after you use the resources

• Change to "Subscription" - if enabled, the billing method will be automatically changed to "Subscription" on renewal
  • Billing Period - (for "Subscription" method) Billing period to charge for the instances billed as subscription

• Region - select a region to deploy the resource

• Instance Image - choose image that will be installed on the instance

• Instance Type - select instance type based on the requirements of the application or software that you plan to run on your instance

• Security Groups - A named set of allowed inbound network connections for an instance. Each security group consists of a list of protocols, ports, and IP address ranges.

• Public IPv4 Address - enable public IPv4 addresses

• Usage Billing Method - Select between two available method: Pay-by-bandwidth and Pay-by-traffic.

• Peak Bandwidth [Mb/s] - Set the Peak Bandwidth value in Mb/s. A peak bandwidth is the upper limit placed on the outbound bandwidth of an instance.

• User Data - You can specify user data to configure an instance or run a configuration script during launch. This field is optional.
  Tutorial on how to use this option can be found here.

• User Data File - Choose the execution script which will be used to configure the virtual machine on the first boot. Go here to find more information about how to use these scripts.
  Note: User Data scripts are optional for product configuration if you do not want to use them, simply set this field to the 'Do not use' option.

• vSwitch - assign server to a vSwitch

• I/O Optimized Instance - enable if you aim to create an I/O optimized instance

• Welcome Email Template - choose an email template that will be sent to a client when the VM is created.

• Volume Size [GB] - Data Disks sizes can be between 20GB and 32TB.

• Random Domain Prefix - Enter the domain prefix that will be used when the domain is not provided

• Override Username - If specified, WHMCS generated username will be overwritten with this value

• Start
• Stop
• Restart
• Shut Down
• Reset Instance Password
• NoVNC Console
• Public IP Addresses
• Network Interfaces
• IPv6 Addresses
• Scheduled Tasks
• Instance Details: Status, Password, Instance ID, Image ID, Instance Type, Operating System, Memory, Core Count, Threads per Core, Tags

Here, you may look for and then select single images to be added to the list. They will be available to choose from in the 'Instance Image' field in the main configuration of the product.

First of all, enter as many details as possible to find the images you are interested in. Press search button when ready.

It is also possible to add images manually here. Simply enter the image ID.

Configurable options can be used by your clients to select each virtual machine parameters individually during order placement.
Otherwise, if configurable options are not defined, then the fixed parameters specified in the earlier configuration will be used instead.

You can provide your own scripts using 'cloud-config' or 'Bash', keep in mind that module parameters are supported and may be used in the script files.
By default, we provide two exemplary scripts for changing the OS password or inserting SSH key, which you can use as a reference.
The script you want to include has to be located in the '/your_whmcs/modules/servers/AwsEc2/storage/userDataFiles/' directory and may not exceed 64 KiB in size.

You can provide multiple scripts for configurable options, but only one can be chosen for Amazon EC2 server creation.
If you would like to execute several different scripts at once, you should try combining them within a single file.

This includes supervision of such features as:

1. Configurable options which enable you to view the chosen server details
2. Module commands to allow easy and quick management of the server
   Important: In order to successfully complete the change package action, the machine must be previously stopped by your client.
3. Service actions, including: Start, Stop and Reboot the server
4. Instance details that provide the current status, resources and options set.
5. Interfaces details
6. List of scheduled tasks with their specified type, status and date.

At this moment you also have to provide the SSH key. Note that this key should be in one of the OpenSSH standard formats which are supported by API, e.g. ssh-rsa.

1. Firstly, manually create an order for your customer in WHMCS. Choose a client and in the summary, view click on the ' Add New Order' button. Next, select a 'Product/Service' and press 'Submit Order' .
What is important, do not perform the 'Create' action. The status has to remain as 'Pending' .
More info about placing orders can be found here
2. Proceed to the newly created product's card in your admin area. Find the following empty fields:

• Instance ID

The above-mentioned information has to be consistent with the data from your Amazon EC2 panel. Now, complete these fields as presented below.
Important! Remember to make sure that the format of the provided data is compatible with the format supported by the module. You can preview it for another product of the module you have already created and enter it in a similar way.
If you completed the required data, now change the status from 'Pending' to 'Active' and 'Save Changes' .

The module allows your customers to easily start, stop and reboot their server instance through pressing the corresponding buttons.
Clients can also check the server status with its details, view assigned network interfaces and assigned IP addresses details as well as control the list of currently scheduled tasks.

The module also supports the below listed AWS variables:

'AmiLaunchIndex', 'ImageId', 'InstanceId', 'InstanceType', 'KeyName', 'Monitoring_State', 'Placement_AvailabilityZone', 'Placement_GroupName', 'Placement_Tenancy', 'PrivateDnsName', 'PrivateIpAddress', 'ProductCodes', 
'PublicDnsName', 'State_Code', 'State_Name', 'StateTransitionReason', 'SubnetId', 'VpcId', 'Architecture', 'BlockDeviceMappings', 'ClientToken', 'EbsOptimized', 'EnaSupport', 'Hypervisor', 
'NetworkInterfaces_0_Attachment_AttachmentId', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Attachment_DeleteOnTermination', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Attachment_DeviceIndex', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Attachment_Status', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Description', 
'NetworkInterfaces_0_Groups_0_GroupName', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Groups_0_GroupId', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Ipv6Addresses', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_MacAddress', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_NetworkInterfaceId', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_OwnerId', 
'NetworkInterfaces_0_PrivateDnsName', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_PrivateIpAddress', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_PrivateIpAddresses_0_Primary', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_PrivateIpAddresses_0_PrivateDnsName', 
'NetworkInterfaces_0_PrivateIpAddresses_0_PrivateIpAddress', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_SourceDestCheck', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_Status', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_SubnetId', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_VpcId', 'NetworkInterfaces_0_InterfaceType', 
'RootDeviceName', 'RootDeviceType', 'SecurityGroups_0_GroupName', 'SecurityGroups_0_GroupId', 'SourceDestCheck', 'StateReason_Code', 'StateReason_Message', 'Tags_0_Key', 'Tags_0_Value', 'Tags_1_Key', 'Tags_1_Value', 
'VirtualizationType', 'CpuOptions_CoreCount', 'CpuOptions_ThreadsPerCore', 'CapacityReservationSpecification_CapacityReservationPreference', 'HibernationOptions_Configured', 'MetadataOptions_State', 'MetadataOptions_HttpTokens', 
'MetadataOptions_HttpPutResponseHopLimit', 'MetadataOptions_HttpEndpoint'

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.