AppSuite:Connector for WHMCS Installation Guide
Connector for WHMCS
Description
Integration of OX App Suite with WHMCS/cPanel makes the deployment of OX App Suite simple for service providers and their customers. Web hosters can easily replace their existing webmail system on WHMCS/cPanel and provide customers a state-of-the-art, web based user interface with the benefits of a best in class, full-featured mobile web application – optimized for smartphones! The combination of OX App Suite, the provisioning of cPanel and the billing system WHMCS provides the perfect package for cPanel Hosting Provider and Reseller
Requirements
The Connector for WHMCS can be installed in any Linux platform that supports WHMCS. Version needs to be 5.2.5 or newer.
For WHMCS installation and licensing, please refer to: http://docs.whmcs.com/Installing_WHMCS http://docs.whmcs.com/Licensing
At least one cPanel server with OX plugin for cPanel, is needed for integration as well.
For information on how to install the OX cPanel plugin, please refer to: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_cPanel_Installation
Mode of Operation
To be able to use the Connector for WHMCS, you will need at least one host with cPanel installed and properly configured to work with OX App Suite and Open-Xchange Hosting Edition and an additional server with WHMCS release 5.2.5 or newer.
The Connector for WHMCS enables hosting companies and their resellers to add OX packages to their product offerings as well as billing and support. The following architectural diagram shows how the Connector for WHMCS interacts with other components:
Installation
Obtain the zip file from the link above and save it to a temporary location.
Open an Xwindows terminal login as the root user and find the WHMCS base directory within the apache document root (for Debian it is /var/www/whmcs, for CentOS and RHEL it is /var/www/html/wmcs/).
# cd /var/www/html/whmcs
or
# cd /var/www/whmcs
Go to the modules/addons subdirectory of the WHMCS base directory and create a directory called “openxchange.”
# cd modules/adons # mkdir openxchange
Unzip the contents of the OX WHMCS add-on module zip file.
# cd openxchange
unzip -a /var/tmp/Open-Xchange_WHMCS_Install.zip
Archive: ../Open-Xchange_WHMCS_Install.zip extracting: config.ini [text] inflating: hooks.php [text] inflating: openxchange.php [text] creating: controllers/ inflating: controllers/ox_controller.php [text] creating: lang/ inflating: lang/english.php [text] creating: library/ inflating: library/ox.php [text] creating: models/ inflating: models/ox_model.php [text] creating: views/ inflating: views/list_addon.php [text] inflating: views/manage_ox_packages.php [text] inflating: views/oxprofile.php [text] inflating: views/search.php [text]
Now login to the WMCS console via http://your.server.name/whmcs/admin |
Once you login, go to Setup -> “Addon Modules” |
After getting to the Connector for WHMCS within the list of modules, proceed to activate and configure the Connector by providing the OX App Suite URL and login credentials. |