{"id":1459,"date":"2018-04-17T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.easydcim.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2022-10-12T19:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:37:13","slug":"easydcim-whmcs-billing-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-whmcs.easydcim.com\/blog\/easydcim-whmcs-billing-integration","title":{"rendered":"Get Hooked On New Billing Perspectives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick word of introduction for those who have only recently joined our crash course on the addictive subject of colocation:<\/strong> the term refers to the end-to-end process of providing a technical environment in which the client’s web server will run smoothly and at a reasonable cost. The most sizable percentage of all clients opting for colocation services in data centers is occupied by eCommerce companies seeking guaranteed server resources and a secure background for online transactions processed on their websites. The potential of colocation services is also highly appreciated by telecommunications companies which use the devices for traffic exchange with their partners and prospective firms via a high-speed connection. And finally, colocation proves useful to enterprises simply determined to protect their data from disasters as well as back up their data outside the company’s headquarters.<\/p>\n

You might be wondering now what the common denominator in all of these organizations is. The answer is far from surprising: each of them wants to track their resource consumption – most important being outgoing and incoming transfer and power usage – in the current billing cycle.<\/p>\n

Colocation Management in the WHMCS system<\/strong><\/p>\n

What exactly is WHMCS?<\/strong> The Web Host Manager Complete Solution<\/span> is a powerful business automation platform, a single pane of glass for client management, recurring billing, and customer support. It is the software suite of choice for web hosters and service providers, but not only. The present-day software market abounds in extensions and add-ons aimed to provide advanced functionality to the WHMCS platform, and the perfect example of such a solution is EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS.
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EasyDCIM Colocation For WHMCS<\/strong><\/a> is a free module developed by ModulesGarden<\/span><\/a> in order to allow EasyDCIM colocation providers offer and manage their services without the need to leave the confines of the WHMCS environment. As regards your customers, they are empowered to not only place new orders directly from the WHMCS client area, but gain a clear insight into statistics of their already active services as well.<\/p>\n

Integration between WHMCS and EasyDCIM<\/strong><\/p>\n

To make sure you acquire full understanding of this practical fusion, let’s starts from the very basics. Connection between WHMCS and EasyDCIM takes place via API, and a few simple steps have to be taken in order to establish it. Ready? Go to ‘Setup’ \u2192 ‘Products\/Services’ \u2192 ‘Servers’ and pick the ‘Add New Server’ function.<\/p>\n

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Then, select ‘EasyDCIMColocation’ from the ‘Type’ dropdown menu. Enter the essential data, including the server name, IP address, user name and the password (API Key) which can be readily found in the EasyDCIM administrator profile – just take a look on the following screen.<\/p>\n

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Not really sure whether the connection is established correctly? No worries! You can always press the ‘Test Connection’ button to clear up any doubts in this regard.<\/p>\n

Product Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once the compatibility between EasyDCIM and WHMCS is secured, you are free to add your first product. Move to ‘Setup’ \u2192 ‘Products\/Services’ \u2192 ‘Products\/Services’ and choose the ‘Create New Product’ option. Just see how quickly it can be done! As soon as your product is up and running, head to the ‘Module Settings’ section and select the desired module and the server group. All the ins and outs of the configuration procedure can be thoroughly explored here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Default Options<\/strong> (required):
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