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Hi,

 

I noticed that on my Admin end Activity Log is having following entries -

 

Activity Log -

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System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'myresellerdomain.xyz': error detail unknown

47.8.2.7

58 minutes ago

System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'myresellerdomain.in.net': extension not listed in /resources/domains/dist.whois.json or /resources/domains/whois.json

47.8.2.7

58 minutes ago

System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'myresellerdomain.ind.in': extension not listed in /resources/domains/dist.whois.json or /resources/domains/whois.json

47.8.2.7

58 minutes ago

System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'myresellerdomain.firm.in': extension not listed in /resources/domains/dist.whois.json or /resources/domains/whois.json

47.8.2.7

 

Right now I am using Standard WHOIS as Lookup Provider

 

How do i fix these WHOIS Lookup Errors, because client will think that domain is not available while it might be available.

 

Thanks

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http://docs.whmcs.com/WHOIS_Servers

 

you'll need to create a whois.json for the TLDs that are missing - going from the above log, there's only 2 to add (ind.in and firm.in) - settings will be the same as the other Indian TLDs in dist.whois.json.

 

i'm assuming in.net is a typo by you and should be net.in - which is already in the default whois file. :idea:

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Hello brian!,

 

.in.net is not a typo, Resellerclub sells this extension see - https://india.resellerclub.com/domain-reseller/pricing

 

Second issue, when searching for domain with extension .xyz and .in.net WHMCS always shows unavailable no matter what domain i search.

 

screenshot - https://s10.postimg.org/6x2y2qpnt/doman_not_available.png

 

I also created a custom whois.json file located at /resources/domains/whois.json

file content -

 

[

{

"extensions": ".firm.in,.ind.in",

"uri": "socket://whois.inregistry.in",

"available": "NOT FOUND"

},

]

 

 

But after this also WHMCS is showing all .firm.in and .ind.in domains unavailable

 

Thanks

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This looks like a bug -

 

on this page of whmcs - https://www.whmcssetup.com/cart.php?a=add&domain=register

 

 

Step 1

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Try to search domain - tecscscsdfdfdtdocdcmain23.com it will show available and in suggested domains it will show -

tecscscsdfdfdtdocdcmain23.firm.in - available

tecscscsdfdfdtdocdcmain23.ind.in - available

 

screenshot - https://s23.postimg.org/rea7ka4pn/step1.png

 

Step 2

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Now on same page search domain - tecscscsdfdfdtdocdcmain23.firm.in it will show not-available

 

 

brian! plz check

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Hi,

 

.in.net is not a typo, Resellerclub sells this extension see - https://india.resellerclub.com/domain-reseller/pricing

apologies, you're absolutely correct - it's one of those CentralNic 3rd-level (subdomain) TLDs. :)

 

for those using v6 or before...

 

.in.net|whois.centralnic.com|DOMAIN NOT FOUND

for v7...

 

    {
"extensions": ".in.net",
"uri": "socket://whois.centralnic.com",
"available": "DOMAIN NOT FOUND"
   },

 

Second issue, when searching for domain with extension .xyz and .in.net WHMCS always shows unavailable no matter what domain i search.

screenshot - https://s10.postimg.org/6x2y2qpnt/doman_not_available.png

when I do the same on our v7 dev, I see this...

 

swg9SDj.png

I don't think it's a coincidence that .xyz is also a CentralNic domain - so it's possible your server IP has been blocked (marked as 'untrusted' by CentralNic) for using too many whois lookups...

 

https://forums.whmcs.com/showthread.php?86494-New-gTLDs-Whois-Server&p=463651#post463651

 

if so, you may need to contact CentralNic support and get them to unblock your server IP.... ironically, you wouldn't hit those limits using the resellerclub lookup.

 

I also created a custom whois.json file located at /resources/domains/whois.json

the content is correct - except in the whois.json file format, the final entry doesn't have a closing comma..

 

[
{
"extensions": ".firm.in,.ind.in",
"uri": "socket://whois.inregistry.in",
"available": "NOT FOUND"
}
]

if you add any entries for different TLDs before this, then you can add the comma at the end of them... if you add any entries after these two, then remember to add a comma to the end of the above entry.

 

But after this also WHMCS is showing all .firm.in and .ind.in domains unavailable

hopefully updating your whois.json to the above will fix that. :idea:

 

This looks like a bug -

brian! plz check

it will likely be because your whois entries were wrong... correct that and see if the issue still occurs.

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Hi,

 

I have updated my whois.json file located at /resources/domains/whois.json as below -

 

[

{

"extensions": ".in.net",

"uri": "socket://whois.centralnic.com",

"available": "DOMAIN NOT FOUND"

},

{

"extensions": ".firm.in,.ind.in",

"uri": "socket://whois.inregistry.in",

"available": "NOT FOUND"

}

]

 

This fixed issues for .firm.in and ind.in domain :)

 

 

But for some reason problem is still there for .in.net and .xyz extension,

see screenshot - https://s31.postimg.org/7wo2kzxgb/xyz_issue.png

 

For .in.net I have created entry in whois.json file as you can see above

For .xyz there is already entry in dist.whois.json by default as -

 

{

"extensions": ".xyz",

"uri": "socket://whois.nic.xyz",

"available": "DOMAIN NOT FOUND"

},

 

 

Activity Logs shows -

System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'testmy2017domainfebok.xyz': error detail unknown

 

3 minutes ago

System

WHOIS Lookup Error for 'testmy2017domainfebok.in.net': error detail unknown

 

 

 

brian! as you mentioned - I don't think it's a coincidence that .xyz is also a CentralNic domain - so it's possible your server IP has been blocked (marked as 'untrusted' by CentralNic) for using too many whois lookups...

 

Working on that front, will update shortly.

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But for some reason problem is still there for .in.net and .xyz extension,

see screenshot - https://s31.postimg.org/7wo2kzxgb/xyz_issue.png

For .in.net I have created entry in whois.json file as you can see above

For .xyz there is already entry in dist.whois.json by default as -

Now what next

read what I posted previously - your server IP is likely being blocked by CentralNic... it's their whois server you're trying to access and if you do it too often, they block the IP.

 

I can think of two simple ways to test this...

 

1. add some other CentralNic tlds to your pricing (e,g online, .site, .ink) - they're already in dist.whois.json and so should work out of the box... my guess is that they'll all be unavailable too.

2. go to the Softaculous WHMCS Demo and do a search for any .xyz domain (i've just added .xyz to its domain pricing).

 

the Softaculous WHMCS demo should be a clean install of v7.1.1 - so if a .xyz TLD search works on their site (as I think it will), but not yours, then either should confirm your IP is being blocked by CentralNic.

 

if that's the case, then the only solution (if you want to use standard whois) will be to contact CentralNic - there's no other way around it. :idea:

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