Overview
BuyCpanel.com module for HostBill is aimed at selling and managing cPanel licenses at affordable prices with instant license activation. The licenses can be auto-provisioned directly from HostBill using this module. The module also gives you multiple possibilities, allowing you to offer cPanel software licenses from your HostBill as separate product or sub-product to your VPS/Cloud offer.
Activating the module
- If the module is included in your HostBill edition you can download it from your client portal.
- 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.
- Once you download the module extract it in the main HostBill directory.
- Go to Settings → Modules → Hosting Modules, find and activate BuyCpanel module.
Connecting HostBill with BuyCpanel
- Proceed to Settings → Apps → Add new App
- From Applications list select BuyCpanel
- Enter:
- Name - Name of this connection
- BuyCpanel login (email)
- API Key
4. Verify entered credentials by clicking Test Connection to check if HostBill can connect
5. Save Changes
Adding BuyCpanel product
- In HostBill go to Settings → Products & Services, and Add new order page
- From Order Types select Other Services
- After creating order page add new product in it, provide its name and save changes
- In product configuration section proceed to Connect with App, select BuyCpanel module and App server created in previous steps.
- Select license type this product will represent
- Proceed to Components → Forms tab, add two new Text fields, Required input
- For first field under Advanced tab → Variable name enter IP
- For second field under Advanced tab → Variable name enter domain
For more generic product configuration details including price, automation, emails settings refer to Product Configuration article.
Creating addons to license package
- In HostBill go to Settings → Product & Addons
- Click on "Duplicate" Next to addon with Module: BuyCpanel: Addons
- Provide addon name & set prices
- Under Connect with App select addon from avaialble at BuyCpanel that your new addon will represent.
- To link addon to product, go to product Configuration->Components->Addons and link your license addons with this product
Configuring Client Functions
In Products & Services → Your Order Page → Your Product → Client Functions you can control what features customer will have access to in client portal, by clicking Enable/Disable next to the given option.
Use Edit button to adjust function appearance in the client portal.
For BuyCPanel you can enable the following client functions dedicated to this module:
- License IP - manage license IP through BuyCPanel API.
As well as number of standard client functions, such as
- Change Billing Cycle
- Change Label
- Change Ownership
- Edit Forms
- Graphs
- Login Details
- Manual Service Renew
- New Direct Link
- Related Services
- Service Auto Renewal