Overview

Vultr is a reliable cloud platform that enables you to deploy high performance cloud servers quickly and easily. Thanks to Vultr integration with HostBill you can sell VPS Hosting by reselling Vultr instances and charge for OS templates and instance size.

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 Vultr module.

Connecting HostBill with Vultr

Proceed to Settings → Apps → Add new App
From Applications list select Vultr
Enter:

- Name - Name of this connection
- API Key - obtained from Vultr → Account → API
- User prefix - prefix that will be used for SSH keys added by clients using module

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

In Vultr UI, ensure to whitelist your HostBill server IP in Vultr → Account → API

Adding Vultr Product

In HostBill go to Settings → Products & Services, and Add new order page
From Order Types select "VPS Accounts"
Enter your orderpage name, select orderpage template. Save Changes
Add new product in new orderpage. Provide product name, setup price, Save Changes.
In product configuration section proceed to "Connect with App", select "Vultr" and App server created in previous steps.
Setup Package Limits:

Resources:
- Region - Select region that will be used to deploy client vm
- Size - Select size for client vm, available options depend on selected region.
- Os Template - Select os template to be used for vm.
OS Template
- Source - select between OS / App / ISo
- OS Template / App / ISO - select what template/source should be used to deploy vm from
- Startup script - pick script used after machine startup
Security:
- SSH Key - allow client to enter key during order
- Use passwords instead of keys
- Automatically create a user - create new Vultr user with new machine
- Automatic backup

Note:

You can optionally use "Allow to select by client during checkout" checkbox.
This will automatically add new form items under Components → Forms allowing your client to configure server location, size or os template during order.
You can apply additional charges to those items.

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 Vultr you can enable a number of standard client functions:

Change Billing Cycle
Change Label
Change Ownership
Edit Forms
Graphs
Login Details
Manual Service Renew
New Direct Link
Related Services
Service Auto Renewal

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