DNS Manager For WHMCS

Installation

In this short tutorial we will show you how to successfully install DNS Manager For WHMCS. We will guide you step by step through the whole installation process.

1. Login to your clientarea and download DNS Manager.

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2. Upload and extract the module into the main whmcs directory.

Files in your whmcs directory should look like this.

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

Login to your WHMCS admin area. Click 'Setup' then choose 'Addon Modules' .

Afterwards find 'DNS Manager' and press Activate button.

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4. In next step you need to permit access to this module.

To do so click 'Addons' in main WHMCS menu.

Find DNS Manager and press Manage button as shown on the screen below.

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5. Now choose 'Full Administrator' and press 'Save Changes' .

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6. When you install DNS Manager for the first time you have to rename 'license_RENAME.php' file.

File is located at modules/addons/dns_manager/license_RENAME.php. Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php' .

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

File is located at modules/addons/dns_manager/license.php. Enter your licence key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen.

You can find your license key at your clientarea -> 'My Products'.

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8. After correct configuration of your license key, you have to configure 'clientareahome.tpl' file located in your currently used templates directory.

The screen below shows how you should properly configure 'clientareahome.tpl' file.

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For the purposes of presentation we will edit file in default template. Its localization is 'whmcs/templates/default/clientareahome.tpl' .

Here you can download 'clientareahome.tpl' file to see how this file should look like after proper configuring.

8*. If you are using WHMCS v4, you have to rename (ex. dns_hooks.php) and copy 'modules/addons/dns_manager/hooks.php' to the 'includes/hooks/' directory.

9. Good job! You have just successfully installed DNS Manager For WHMCS! Now in your WHMCS system press 'Addons' then 'DNS Manager' . You should see a following screen.

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To provide DNS management in clientarea simply use this adress 'your_whmcs/clientarea.php?managedns' . Replace 'your_whmcs' with name of your whmcs directory.

After you type the correct address you will screen as shown below. That's the proof that whole installation process is successfully completed.

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