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=About [https://www.modulesgarden.com/products/whmcs/hosting-quota-notifications Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS]=
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=About [https://www.modulesgarden.com/products/whmcs/servertastic-ssl Servertastic SSL For WHMCS]=
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;"|'''Servertastic SSL For WHMCS''' will allow you to sell certificates token for [https://www.docs.modulesgarden.com/Servertastic_SSL_For_cPanel Servertastic SSL] For cPanel module.<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.
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You can bill customers for the ordered certificates and generate tokens, which can be then used by customers to add their certificates in cPanel.  
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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 />
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You can also define email templates and view details of each sent notification owing to logs.
 
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*'''cPanel Tokens Integration:'''
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Create Certificate Tokens For [https://www.modulesgarden.com/products/cpanel/servertastic-ssl Servertastic SSL For cPanel] Module
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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;"|✔ Choose Certificate Type
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Configure Notification Groups
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Define SAN Values
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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 Server Count
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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 Management Page Link
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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;"|✔ Toggle Management Page Link Visibility For Client Area
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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 0px 30px;"|✔ Send Generated Token Via Email
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Assign Email Templates Per Notification Group
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"|✔ Automatically Send Reminder Emails Before Expiration Date
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"|✔ Enable/Disable Notification Groups
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"|✔ View Logs Of Sent Notifications
 
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*'''General Info:'''
 
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=Installation=
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 0px;"|'''This tutorial will show you how to successfully install and configure Servertastic SSL 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==
 
==Installation==
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''1. Log in to our client area and download Servertastic SSL 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 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/>
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Files in your WHMCS directory should look like this.
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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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==Configuration of Product==
 
 
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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 />
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Click on '' 'Create a New Group' ''.
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The content of PHP version files should look like this.  
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''4. Enter product group name and press '' 'Save Changes' ''.'''
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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 />
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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 15px 15px;"|'''5. When you have a product group, you can create your product.'''<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 />
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To create a product click on '' 'Create a New Product' ''.  
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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' ''.  
 
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==Configuration of Addon==
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 15px;"|'''6. Afterwards, choose your product group and type from dropdown menus, fill in your product name and press '' 'Continue' ''.'''
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''6. Now you have to activate the module in your WHMCS system.'''<br />
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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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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''7. Now, go to '' 'Module Settings' '' section, choose '' 'ServerTasticToken' '' from a dropdown menu.'''<br />
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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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Next, click on '' 'Save Changes' ''.'''
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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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|style="padding: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"|'''8. You have just successfully installed Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS!'''<br />
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To obtain 'API Key' log in to your '[http://reseller.servertastic.com Reseller Panel]' and click '' 'View your API Key' '':
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You can access your module in '' 'Addons' '' → '' 'Hosting Quota Notifications' ''.
 
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=Configuration and Management=
 
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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 15px 15px;"|Confirm through pressing '' 'Save Changes' ''.
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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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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 15px;"|'''Congratulations! Your module is ready for use.'''
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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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=cPanel Tokens Configuration=
 
 
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|style="padding: 10px 0px 15px 15px;"|To enable selling of certificates with [https://www.modulesgarden.com/products/cpanel/servertastic-ssl Servertastic SSL For cPanel] module, configure the token generator using the provisioning module for WHMCS. <br/>Your WHMCS will now bill customers for the ordered certificates and generate tokens, which can be then used by customers to add their certificates in cPanel.<br/>
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_10.png]]
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After saving the settings in the  ''' '' 'Certificate Type' '' ''' dropdown, available certificates will appear.<br/>
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'' '''Note:''' If you are using a test API key, first make sure that the 'Test Mode' option is enabled.''<br/><br/>
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*'''SAN Values''' - enter how many domain names can be protected with a single certificate.
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*'''Server Count''' - enter how many different servers can indicate the domains protected by a given certificate.
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*'''Management Page Link''' - Specify the address at which the customer will be able to see the generated certificate directly in the '' 'Servertastic' '' panel.
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*'''Show Order Management Page link''' - select whether you want your customers to see a direct link to the certificate in the '' 'Servertastic' '' panel.
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'' '''Note:''' Make sure that SAN and Server vaules are supported by the selected type of certificate. You can find more relevant information on [https://github.com/servertastic/servertastic-api/blob/master/api2.md#further-field-definitions here.]''
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Finally, save the changes and do not forget to generate '' 'Custom Field' and '' 'Email Template' ''.
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 20px 25px;"|[[File:ST_26.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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|style="padding: 10px 0px 20px 15px;"|After placing an order for a configured product, the customer will have access to the generated '' 'certificate token' '', its '' 'status' '' and a direct link to the order at the '' 'Servertastic' '' panel (if that option has been enabled).
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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:ST_27.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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|style="padding: 10px 0px 30px 15px;"|The client should now copy the token and complete the certificate configuration directly in the cPanel. <br/>
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_12.png]]
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These steps are described on the [https://www.docs.modulesgarden.com/Servertastic_SSL_For_cPanel#Request Servertastic SSL For cPanel] wiki.
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==Notifications==
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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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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 25px;"|[[File:HQN_13.png]]
 
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=Tips=
 
=Tips=
 
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This is due to the removal of the existing API support that allowed this module to work properly.
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=Update Instructions=
 
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|style="padding: 0px 0px 30px 15px;"|2. When the certificate expires, a reminder will be sent to the customer to renew it.<br/>
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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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This will be done with the use of the main WHMCS cron and the '' 'Certificate Expiration Reminder' '' template.
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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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=Common Problems=
 
=Common Problems=
 
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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.'''
 
|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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Latest revision as of 12:02, 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.
HQN 1.png
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'.

PHP56 72.png
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.

Drfere.png
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' .

HQN 3.png
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.

HQN 5.png
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' .

HQN 6.png
8. You have just successfully installed Hosting Quota Notifications For WHMCS!

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

HQN 7.png

[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.

HQN 9.png
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.
HQN 10.png
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.
HQN 11.png

[edit] Logs

Under 'Logs' page you can view information about sent notifications.
HQN 12.png

[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.

HQN 13.png

[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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