Overview
Plesk is a multi-functional and multi-level control panel with a wide range a features to easily manage all aspects of a hosting business. With Plesk module for HostBill you can build a complete hosting platform and give your customers the opportunity to manage all aspects of Plesk hosting directly from a single pane of glass billing interface, without the need to login separately.
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 Plesk module.
Connecting HostBill with Plesk
- Proceed to Settings → Apps → Add new App
- From Applications list select Plesk
- Enter:
- Name - Name of this connection
- Hostname
- IP Address
- Username
- Password
4. Verify entered credentials by clicking Test Connection to check if HostBill can connect
5. Save Changes
Adding Plesk Cloud Hosting product
- In HostBill go to Settings → Products & Services, and Add new order page
- From Order Types select Shared Accounts
- 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 Plesk module and App server created in previous steps.
- Proceed to configuration wizard and set your package limit.
- Submit changes, your package is ready.
For more generic product configuration details including price, automation, emails settings refer to Product Configuration article.
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 Plesk you can enable the following client functions dedicated to this module:
- Access Apps - access apps through auto-login iframe
- Backup Management
- Control Panel Access
- DNS Management
- Database Management
- Domain Aliases
- Domain Forwarding
- Email Management
- FTP Management
- File Manager - access filemanager through auto-login iframe
- Manage DBs - access database management through auto-login iframe
- Sub-domain Management
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