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Overview 

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// marketingComet Backup is light-weight, fast, re-brandable backup software. Comet provides a secure, encrypted backup system that allows to backup to storage destinations of your choosing. HostBill integration is the perfect tool to sell Comet Backup space.

Activating the module

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1. If the module is included in your HostBill edition you can download it from your client portal.
2. If the module is not included in your HostBill edition you can purchase it from our marketplace and then download it from the client area.
3. Once you download the module extract it in the main HostBill directory.
4. Go to Settings → Modules → Hosting Modules, find and activate CometBackup module.

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1. Proceed to Settings → Apps → Add new App
2. From Applications list select CometBackup
3. Enter:
   • Hostname - Hostname of your Comet Backup panel
   • Username - Username to the Comet Backup panel (ensure this user have two-factor disabled)
   • Password - Password for the Comet Backup panel
   • Custom port - enter custom port if your Comet Backup uses other than 80/443
   • Disable SSL - tick this if your Comet Backup instance does not have valid ssl certificate
   • Default Timezone - select default timezone users should be created with 

      4. Verify entered credentials by clicking Test Connection to check if HostBill can connect
      5. Save Changes

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Adding CometBackup Product

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1. In HostBill go to Settings → Products & Services, and Add new order page
2. From Order Types select Other Services
3. Enter your orderpage name, select orderpage template. Save Changes
4. Add new product in the new orderpage. Provide product name and setup price and then Save Changes.
5. In product configuration section proceed to Connect with App, select CometBackup and App server created in previous steps.
6. Press the Get values ​​from server button
7. Complete the fields:
   • Policy group - Policy group for the newly created user
   • Storage Vault - Storage Vault assigned to the customer when creating the account
   • Number of devices - Maximum number of devices
   • Protected Items Quota - Quota limit for protected items. Value in GB
   • Initial Storage Vault Quota - Quota limit for initial storage vault. Value in GB

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1. • Enable email reports - When enabled client email will be used for Comet reports

   • Billable destination types - When using metered billing HostBill pulls all customer destinations and bills just for last one found.
     To change this you can enter comma separated list of destination type numbers https://docs.cometbackup.com/latest/api/api-constants/#destinationtype
     that HostBill should only sum/count for billable use.
     Example:

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     1000,1001,1005

     
     

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For more generic product configuration details including price, automation, emails settings refer to Product Configuration article.

Configuring Metrics/Quotas

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In Products & Services → Your Order Page → Your Product → Quotas you can define Quotas / Metrics for this product, and define triggers/automation rules to be executed when certain quota values are reached.

Comet Backup module lets you define following metrics:

• Storage Vault Quota

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Configuring Client Functions   

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1. Change Billing Cycle
2. Change Label
3. Change Ownership
4. Edit Forms
5. Graphs
6. Login Details
7. Manual Service Renew
8. New Direct Link
9. Related Services
10. Service Auto Renewal
11. Quota Usage

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