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|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;"|'''EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS''' is a free module that will allow you to provide and manage your EasyDCIM colocation services from the WHMCS area.<br/>
 
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You will be enabled to, among others, determine the status of each colocation, and your clients -  turn off and on their power outlets remotely.<br/>
 
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At the same time you and your clients will both be empowered to display statistics on traffic and power usage as well as log in to the EasyDCIM panel with a single click.
 
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Revision as of 16:44, 28 February 2018

  • Admin Area Features:
    ✔ Create/Terminate/Suspend/Unsuspend Colocation
    ✔ Update Order Information
    ✔ One Click Login To User Control Panel
    ✔ View Colocation Resource Usage:
    ✔ Bandwidth Statistics
    ✔ Traffic Statistics Graph
    ✔ Power Usage Graph
    ✔ Generate Default Configurable Options
    ✔ Configure Colocation:
    ✔ Model
    ✔ Location
    ✔ Toggle Automatic Order Acceptance And Colocation Matching
    ✔ Control Service Access Level
    ✔ Control Service Actions And Email Notifications
    ✔ Define Client Area Features:
    ✔ Traffic Statistics
    ✔ Power Usage Statistics
    ✔ Power Outlets
    • Client Area Features:
    ✔ View Colocation Model/Location/Label
    ✔ One Click Login To User Control Panel
    ✔ View Traffic Statistics Graph
    ✔ View Power Usage Graphs
    ✔ Enable/Disable/Restart Power Outlets
    • Configurable Options:
    ✔ Colocation Model
    ✔ Colocation Location
    • Advanced Billing Integration:
    ✔ Bill For Current Power Usage
    ✔ Bill For Current Bandwidth Usage
    ✔ Apply 95th Percentile Billing Of Bandwidth Overages
    • General Info:
    ✔ Integrated With Advanced Billing For WHMCS v3.2.2 And Later - Actual Server Resource Usage Billing
    ✔ Multi-Language Support
    ✔ Supports EasyDCIM v1.4.3 and Later
    ✔ Supports PHP 5.6 Up To PHP 7
    ✔ Supports WHMCS Template Six
    ✔ Supports WHMCS V7

    Contents

    Installation and Configuration

    This tutorial will show you how to successfully install and configure EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS.

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

    Installation

    1. Log in to our client area and download the module.
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    2. Extract the downloaded file into the main WHMCS directory.

    The content of the package should look like this.

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    Configuration of Server

    3. Now, we will show you how to configure a new product.

    Go to 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Servers' and press the 'Add New Server' button.

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    4. Next, choose 'EasyDCIMColocation' from the 'Type' dropdown menu.

    Fill in your server name, address, username and password (API Key). Then check the connection with the EasyDCIM server and press 'Save Changes'.
    Note: The password can be found in your EasyDCIM administrator user profile listed as 'API Key'.

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    5. The next step is creating a server group. To do so, click on 'Create Server Group'.
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    6. Enter the name, click on your previously created server, press 'Add' and 'Save Changes' afterwards.
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    Configuration of Product

    7. In order to create and configure a product, go to 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Products/Services'.

    Click on 'Create a New Group'.

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    8. Enter the product group name and press 'Save Changes'.
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    9. Once you have a product group, you can assign your product to it.

    To create a product, click on 'Create a New Product'.

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    10. Next, choose your product group, enter your product name and then press 'Continue'.
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    12. Now, go to the 'Module Settings' section, choose both 'EasyDCIM Colocation' and your previously created server group from dropdown menus.

    Do not forget to click 'Save Changes'.

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    11. Before configuring the product, set up the EasyDCIM Colocation cron job.

    After order placement the client's services are usually not activated immediately in EasyDCIM (it depends on your EasyDCIM configuration).
    In such situations the synchronization cron is used to assign a matching colocation as soon as the service is available.
    We suggest to run cron every 5 minutes. 

    php -q yourWHMCS/modules/servers/EasyDCIMColocation/cron/Cron.php
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    12. The module configuration is only partly obligatory. The server will be assigned based on the provided configuration, and will therefore match only those options that have been specified.

    Default Options:

    • Configurable Options - generate if you want to use configurable options instead of 'Location' and 'Model' in the 'Module Settings' tab of a product.
    • Location (required) - the desired server location
    • Model (required) - the EasyDCIM server model

    Product Configuration

    • Auto Accept - automatically run the server matching process after order placement. Use only if you have configured your EasyDCIM to automatically accept services.
      If you use cron synchronization, you can leave this option unchecked.
    • Service Access Level - configure the access level to control the features available to your clients. These levels and features are defined in your EasyDCIM at 'Clients' → 'Services' → 'Access Level' tab.

    Service Actions

    • Choose service actions to send certain email notifications to selected administrators instead of performing provisioning actions immediately.
      Leave the fields unchecked to perform the default WHMCS module commands.
    • Choose administrators who will receive the specified service notifications.

    Options Visible In Client Area

    • Traffic Statistics - display statistics on traffic in the client area.
    • Power Usage Statistics - display statistics on power usage in the client area.
    • Power Outlets - display power outlets in the client area and allow client to manage them.
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    13. You can also generate the default configurable options to allow your customers place orders tailored exactly to their needs.

    To do that, go to 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Configurable Options'.
    Note: Any configurable option will overwrite its counterpart from the 'Module Settings' tab of a product.

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    Custom Fields

    Once the configuration of the module settings has been completed, the following custom fields will be created automatically.
    Note: These fields will not be visible to your clients by default.
    • OrderID - the number used to link the product with EasyDCIM order number
    • ServerID - the number used to link the product with EasyDCIM server ID
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    Management

    In this section we will show you all functionalities of EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS.

    Our module allows you to offer and manage EasyDCIM colocation service right in your WHMCS system.

    Admin Area

    As soon as you set up a server for a client, you can perform various actions and view server details from the WHMCS admin area.
    The 'Log In To Panel' button allows you to immediately log in to your client's EasyDCIM control panel.

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    Our module allows you to create/suspend/unsuspend/terminate server.
    By clicking on 'Update Order Information' you can also check the synchronization status of a service (works like a synchronization cron).
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    Below these functions you can also view traffic and power usage statistics and even specify the time intervals.
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    Lastly, you can also see the custom fields with currently assigned 'Order ID' and 'Server ID' from the EasyDCIM panel.

    An empty 'Server ID' field means that it has not been automatically assigned by the cron yet (e. g. it may not be activated in the EasyDCIM panel yet).
    You can also force synchronization by clicking on the 'Update Order Information' module command, or enter ID manually and save the settings.

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    Client Area

    In the main view of the client area your customers can check basic details of a colocation service as well as log in to their EasyDCIM control panel with a single click.
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    They can also view graph with traffic statistics and even define time intervals.

    Note: Available graphs and time intervals depend on the product registration date.

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    The same goes for power usage statistics.
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    Additionally, your clients can see the current state of all power outlets with the possibility to turn them on, off or restart.
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    Advanced Billing Integration

    EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS supports integration with the Advanced Billing For WHMCS module.
    This allows you to charge your customers for total bandwidth, power usage and 95th percentile billing for additional traffic.

    Important: Regardless of the selected cron interval, the data will be collected only once per hour.
    This is due to the fact that while generating an invoice, only the last billed record is taken into account, so there is no need to collect data more often.

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    If you want to additionally enable 'Recurring Billing' , make sure that the 'Billing Type' option is set to 'Bill On Invoice Generate' .
    This is due to the fact that once an invoice for the product is generated, a new 'Next Due Date' is set, and another charge scheduled for the next month.
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    Once the relevant options are enabled, your clients will also be able to view billing for the current usage in your client area.
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    The same details will be displayed also in the admin area.
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    Tips

    1. Note that placing two identical orders may result in assigning servers with slightly different parameters.

    It is a natural result of how server matching in EasyDCIM works. In brief, it matches a server basing on the resources and models precised in the order, without considering other resources.
    In the first place the process aims at identifying the server matching the order 100%. When it fails, the server fulfilling the highest number of specifications will be assigned instead.
    More information about server provisioning flow can be found on EasyDCIM documentation page.

    Update Instructions

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

    Common Problems

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