Login to Mosso / Rackspace Cloud Sites Control Panel from Client Area

[pelekan]

We have been working with Mosso / Rackspace Cloud Sites for last 3 years. Recently we started to use WHMCS to manage all our clients.

The first question we've go from users was "How can I get login to control panel from WHMCS's Client Area."

 

So, here is what we did:

1. Created a Product / Services created a group in WHMCS admin pannel. We called it "Linux / Windows Cloud Hosting"

2. In clientareaproductdetails.tpl, we replaced...

 

{$serverclientarea}

 

with...

 

{if $groupname == "Linux / Windows Cloud Hosting"}
<form method="post" action="https://www.websitesettings.com/Login.do" target="_blank" >
<input type="hidden" name="username" id="username" value="{$username}"/>
<input type="hidden" name="password" id="password" value="{$password}"/>
<input type="submit" class="button" value="Login to WebSite Hosting Control Panel" />
</form>

{else}
{$serverclientarea}
{/if}

 

 

Now, our Cloud Hosting clients can click on the "Login to WebSite Hosting Control Panel" button in "Product Details" section (Client Area > My Products & Services > Product Details).

 

P.S.

As Administrator in Mosso / Rackspace control panel we manually sinchronized users / passwords with users / passwords in WHMCS.

[BryanC]

Now, doesn't this leave the user's username and password in plain text in the page source, temporary files, etc?

[othellotech]

doesn't this leave the user's username and password in plain text in the page source

 

As the username/password are shown on that page for the users convenience anyway, I cant see also having it in a "form" is going to make much difference

[jmartinez]

I like the idea of sending the client right to the panel site without the white label login page. I can see how this would be simple for the client. I'm going to see where I can implement this form into the main pages of my site for more convenience.