Lookup Settings

You can find this section in HostBill Admin Area → Settings → General settings → Domain & DNS → Lookup Settings.

TLS Settings

In this section you can edit TLD's default settings:

Name - domain extension name
Availability engine - you can choose the engine between Core, based on WHOIS protocol and engines offered by registrar modules.
WHOIS engine - you can choose the engine delivering WHOIS data to be displayed in client and admin panels.
Minimum length - minimum length for domain name, excluding extension. Length is taken from unicode name, making "ë" name 1 character long.
Maximum length - maximum length for domain name, excluding extension. Length is taken from idn name, making "ë" name 7 character long (xn--nea).
IDN Format - format sent to server:
- Unicode
- Punycode

Domain availability check - Server host / Query URL - For whois server use hostnames eg. whois.crsnic.net:43, port is optional if its custom.
For http service use full url, you can use variables eg. https://api.example.com/?domain={$domain}
- You can also tick the box to Send lookup query without tld extension
Test string - string to match when testing whois response, case insensitive. You may use variables.
- You can tick the box to do the Exact match, test string has to match whole whois response.
Availability test - Return status when test string matches whois output:
- Available if test string found
- Unavailable if test string found

This tool allows to test TLDs settings - check status for registration and Whois output.

Domain whois data - Server host / Query URL - Whois service address, used to pull whois data that can be displayed to client, for whois server use hostnames eg.whois.crsnic.net:43, port is optional if its custom. For http service use full url, you can use variables eg. https://api.example.com/?domain={$domain}.
You can also choose to:
- Send whois query without tld extension
- Send custom request
Cache Time - controls how long local cache can be re-used before queering whois service for new record. Setting this to higher value may help with rate limits.