Custom server modules?

[jared555]

Is it possible to code your own server modules to use with WHMCS?

[Dominic Quick]

if you know php and mysql yes.

[jared555]

Is there a guide on how to do it? (I know php/mysql but would have no idea how to integrate it into whmcs)

[welch]

you could create a custom server socket script that Matt could later implement which really is the best option. That way everything fits in and the features are implemented with everything else. Contact Matt, I am sure he would be more than willing to help.

[jared555]

Was mainly wanting to make sure it was possible/I could get documentation on any needed functions, etc. before I bought the license.

[Steve]

Open a support ticket, Matt will forward the server module template to you.

[othellotech]

Open a support ticket, Matt will forward the server module template to you.

 

Great I'm trying to do a basic Ensim module at the moment.

[ozmo]

Great I'm trying to do a basic Ensim module at the moment.

 

Any luck othellotech?

 

I am moving over to Ensim Pro X from Plesk and this would be very helpful.

 

Cheers,

 

Rob

[othellotech]

I have *some* of the ensim commands working from a shell prompt, so shoudl be able to get working from a WHMCS module, but been concentarting on some other business issues recently (and assisting with the Nominet registrar module) so they ensim auto-provisioning took a back seat.

 

Hope to get back onto it after 3.2 is released in a few weeks

[ozmo]

Thanks Rob.

 

I look forward to hearing more about your progress.

 

Cheers,

 

Rob

[Matt]

I tried to get it working but the guys at Ensim weren't willing to help and I couldn't figure out how to run the commands.

 

Matt

[ozmo]

This may be a stupid question....

 

Without Ensim Pro X compatability does this also mean cron jobs will not work and what about piping?

 

Thanks,

 

Rob

[othellotech]

I tried to get it working but the guys at Ensim weren't willing to help and I couldn't figure out how to run the commands.

 

I learnt a lot from picking apart the very useful daily admin report at

http://wwd-hosting.net/ensim/

and am picking up python as i go.

 

basically started creating shell scripts to call the .py scripts to add package, add name-based account, suspend account etc.

 

last i looked at it I was struggling with functionality issues with the ensim api - where the functions appear to want different parameters to any documetation i could dig up

 

siteinfo = virthost.getsiteinfo(site)

 

for example, actually requires site-id (as most functions do) not site so becomes ...

 

siteid = virthost.get_site_from_domain(site)

siteinfo = virthost.getsiteinfo(siteid)

 

then you can get at:

{'domain': 'aconix-test.co.uk', 'admin_user': 'aconixtnova', 'admin': 'admin29', 'enabled': '1', 'fstgeneration': '7', 'version': '4.1.0-8.rhel.4ES', 'email': 'aconixtnova%40aconixhosting.com'}

 

 

You can directly call the ensim scripts manually with the right parameters from SSH

 

e.g. /usr/local/bin/DeleteVirtDomain {site-id}

 

you can translate site-id easily enough from domain with

#!/bin/bash

`ls -l -a /home/virtual/ | grep -i "$1"`;

and awking the column etc.

 

some of the functions didnt tidy up behind them very well during testing, hence why I started on making my own scripts as I needed to add

rm -f /etc/virtualhosting/subdomain/$site

rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/$site.preview

etc for the terminate to be "clean"

 

I was probably trying to be too clever making it from my own code call

virthost.delete_virtual_domain(domain)

 

This then "morphed" into the idea of having a generic script for each WHMCS function so the automation code module was very very simple and easily coded for any control panel, and then drop in different shell scripts that actually do the work...

 

will definately be going back to it, but not for a month or two

 

HTH anyone else trying

[davet]

any further luck with getting an Ensim module working?